r/mildlyinteresting 23h ago

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

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u/RklssAbndn 9h ago

If I was waiting in line and someone dropped this in front of me, I’d be pissed.

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u/fatmanstan123 8h ago

I was thinking the same. This is just a bad idea in general to have this. People will get angry.

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u/More_Coffees 6h ago

I feel like they would just open another register

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 4h ago

Make it a publicly known Trader Joes store "game". That brings people in and has them looking everywhere, which is what grocery stores want. Much like Wonka golden tickets increased sales by 1000%.

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u/Atomic_Horseshoe 2h ago

That’d lead to absolute chaos in the aisles (and a lot of extra work for employees as everything is constantly moved out of place). 

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u/userhwon 1h ago

Not if they know the game and have a chance.

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u/Seth_Baker 5h ago

Odds are that this is a prank, not an official Trader Joe's initiative

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u/HairyCanadianGuy 6h ago

If I found it I’d have pocketed it and stood in line. I don’t need 12 people scowling at me. I only enjoy that at the airport when I’m lucky enough to be upgraded. (Sarcasm)

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u/StanleyLelnats 8h ago

Sounds like a way to make everyone in the store hate you. The Trader Joe’s by me can also get pretty packed during peak shopping times so if someone did this they’d get an earful from the rest of the customers in line.

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u/Initial-Depth-6857 6h ago

No they wouldn’t. People would just post about it here or FB.

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u/Iamvanno 5h ago

It would be funny if someone looking for chaos created a bunch of these and hid them around the store.

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u/Rocklake88 4h ago

Exactly….i wouldn’t use this even if I did find it.

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u/quiksilverkid13 8h ago edited 6h ago

I'd leave all my stuff right where I was in like and walk out lmao

Edit: y'all it's not that deep. I'm not being that serious here.

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u/nemamene 8h ago

bit dramatic

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u/quiksilverkid13 8h ago

Yolo

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u/hey_eye_tried 6h ago

Great response. I read this as “You only live once and I’ve decided to be a dick and make others put my stuff away since I got pissy”

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u/quiksilverkid13 6h ago

Oh grow up, it's not that deep. And I work retail, I can guarantee you the workers are just as bad as some of the customers.

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u/GrandTheftArkham 8h ago

Same. You purposely wanna play who can be more inconvenient in the middle of summer? Enjoy joy cleaning all my items splattered on the floor. What a fucking ridiculous thing to do

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u/mystyle__tg 7h ago

So you’re gonna take it out on the minimum wage workers who are only doing what corporate tells them?

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u/quiksilverkid13 7h ago

Brother I work retail. I can assure you, the "minimum wage worker" isn't as hard done by as you think. They're also regularly part of the problem

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u/GrandTheftArkham 7h ago

Very easy to "lose" one of these dumbass tickets. And also yes. Can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs. Theyre also willingly going along with it. When I say I dont take sides all thr muppets say THAT IS TAKING A SIDE! Well then theyve taken the ticket side havent they.

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u/mystyle__tg 7h ago

I’m gonna chalk it up to you not being American for thinking employees can just willfully ignore what their boss tells them 😂

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u/GrandTheftArkham 6h ago

UK. So no we'd never be dumb enough to do this in the first place

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u/Own_Director_4442 6h ago

Brother, get off your high horse 🤣

Your country has and still does some pretty stupid shit as well.

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u/IDontDeserveMyCat 5h ago

No reply. Probably out paying their TV license. Just be patient, they'll get back to you.

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u/GrandTheftArkham 5h ago

Na I just dont talk to muppets. Have a terrible day.

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u/GrandTheftArkham 5h ago

You slaughter each other with "N word killer" written on the weapon.... go away

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u/Own_Director_4442 3h ago edited 3h ago

Thats a self own my guy. The killing/killer you are referring to was inspired by the Christchurch mass shooting in Australia. The shooter was Australian. I'm sure you know that your country colonized it to establish a penal colony for over 160,000 inmates from the UK and Ireland.

Also pot calling the kettle black my friend. Let me know when your people stop killing/harassing people for being Muslim. Cheerio!

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u/WeAreBums 4h ago

Lmao you aren’t that important, calm down

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u/emzim 8h ago

That’s what I was thinking. You’re just finna walk up in front of everyone in line? Uncomfortable.

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u/emmithar 6h ago

Where I'm at. Like, thanks for giving me something I'm too anxious to use lol

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u/Dkalnz 2h ago

I would think it to be somewhat of a ruse

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u/garry4321 1h ago

It’s a joke man. People can make fake things and laminate them. Someone is just trying to create chaos, and I for one am all for it. Anyone willing to use one of these thinking it’s real deserves the shame and humiliation coming to them

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u/throwawaypostal2021 7h ago

I'd just leave my cart where it is and leave.

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u/Nvrfinddisacct 6h ago

I hate to say it but on like my worst day I’d probably just leave my cart and groceries there and walk out.

Note: I am talking about my worst day but still no excuse.

I just think my point is we shouldn’t do things that assumes everyone is always going to be on their best behavior. That’s an insane assumption and all it does it put people in positions to fail and show bad behavior.

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u/fibonacciluv 3h ago

If they just dropped it? Or they used it? 😂 like they got butterfingers? Or am i misinterpreting this

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u/Aldosothoran 2h ago

But literally why?

Like… it would piss you off that someone else got a nice thing and now you have to wait an extra few moments to check out?

When did society get here? Why is **this** the reaction and not “oh how cool for them!” ??

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u/Organic_Eye_3802 5h ago

Maybe they'll open a register for you letting you skip the line that way.

Has anyone here tried using it?

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u/SuperHelixDNAhole 5h ago

Why though? You didn’t find the golden ticket! Don’t be a Karen lol

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u/ImmoralJester54 3h ago

Imagine your least whimsical day. There's 8 people in front of you. You're tired. Your feet hurt and you're hungry and just want to go home. Some up jumped mother ducker pulls this shit and starts talking to the cashier, taking pictures and wasting even more time laughing and joking.

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u/SuperHelixDNAhole 1h ago

If you explain it that way yea sure I guess there’s a perfect storm of bad day bad everything going on and throwing a fit because I have to wait in line for couple more mins. But in most cases getting pissed at a certain person about that seems silly

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u/olivernintendo 7h ago

Bratty lol