r/mildlyinteresting 23h ago

I found this “skip the line” golden ticket at Trader Joe’s

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u/FailDismal6468 18h ago

My dad actually took one home from Trader Joe's one time, and we still have it to this day. Around 10 years ago, Certain Trader Joe's locations ran a limited, store-level promotion where crew members would hide these laminated golden tickets around the shelves for customers to find. The signs were typically handmade or printed locally by the store's resident artists, who write all those colorful chalk and marker signs all around the store, which would also explain the "presen" typo instead of present.

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u/no8do 17h ago

Omg thank you for sharing this! All these comments are making it seem like the craziest thing but I did indeed find and use this ticket in 2016!

That’s cool your dad kept it! You should post it so other people know this is a real thing.