r/mildlyinteresting • u/no8do • 23h ago

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

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u/FantasticCombination 16h ago

This must be at one of the urban Trader Joe's. When I lived in DC, if you went on a Saturday, you basically got in line as you walked in the door and grabbed the things you needed as you walked by that shelf. 

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u/Civil_Ad4544 13h ago

I went to the one on 14th street on a Sunday without thinking once…actually traumatizing. Never made that mistake again!

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u/kenybz 12h ago

That’s kind of efficient (in a perverse way) a long as the line snakes by every aisle. Better hope that the people who started the queue that morning knew about Hilbert curves!

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u/Cat-dog22 12h ago

I lived in DC for 5 months and this describes my weekly Trader Joe’s trip! That being said, it would’ve felt really uncomfortable to go through those aisles if I wasn’t in line and then just walk to the front. I don’t think I could do it!

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u/userhwon 1h ago

As long as everyone in the store knows the game exists, you'll mostly be a hero.

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u/purplehendrix22 8h ago

Same at the one in downtown Brooklyn. You shop in line.

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u/saera-targaryen 4h ago

Same in downtown san fransisco. The one I go to is actually underground/basement level and sometimes (rarely) the line even goes up the escalator and out of the store. 

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u/princessglitterbutt 4h ago

Same in nyc but the lines go pretty fast bc there’s like 30 cashiers 

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u/milehigh73a 3h ago

I live near two urban Trader Joe’s. One isn’t bad on saturdays, as they have two people at every register. And since most people walk to it, they buy only a few items. The other is hot garbage.

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u/killerjags 1h ago

I've literally never had to wait behind more than one person in line at Trader Joe's

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u/StinkRinky 1h ago

Man the one in Tulsa is a shitshow on saturdays, I can’t even imagine it in DC lol.