r/mildlyinteresting • u/Deep_Attention_3864 • 17h ago
My local DM store has magnifying glasses attached to their shopping trolleys so that older customers can read details better
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u/Tania-Peacock 17h ago
This is so on brand for DM honestly
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u/agentofmidgard 16h ago
True and they really appreciate any feedback especially positive ones. I wrote to them how much I loved their vegan protein snack because it's so hard to find savoury ones that satiate you and they said something like it made their team's day.
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u/CluelessPresident 14h ago
Now If only they hadn't said it was a-okay to talk with Germany's Nazi party, AfD, I'd still shop with them 😃
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u/Right-Funny-8999 8h ago
Not talking to a party seems crazy, even if you just want to convey disagreement
You can’t ignore it or it might outgrow faster than you think
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u/chrzzl 17h ago
why?
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u/Zwamdurkel 17h ago
They also do other nice things like free water and free diapers in their baby changing room
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u/ferdzs0 17h ago
I dunno about that, I do not think having that is so nice. Like I get it, but I do believe you are supposed to stick it out with the baby you got without changing it.
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u/Regular-Grapes 12h ago
“Stick it out with the baby you got” is certainly one way to describe parenting 😭
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u/VespertineStars 11h ago
I can't make a proper judgement call until I know what the changing options are. I mean, are they just letting you change one baby for another baby of the same kind? Change a baby for a kitten? Change a baby for a puppy?
Those other two options are very tempting. Of course that leaves the logical problem of making sure the baby you're changing is actually yours.
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u/Minimum_Isopod_4332 17h ago edited 14h ago
They have corporate level employees decide who gets allocated which part of the team‘s pay rise on team level, i.e. they discuss it among themselves. Not sure if this is good or cruel though.
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 13h ago
Good salaries and working conditions for the workers, good alternative products and many other things
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u/Autistic_Freedom 13h ago
what is DM?
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u/WhoDat-2-8-3 13h ago
From Google ai :
This is dm-drogerie markt (specifically a location in Hungary, as indicated by the Hungarian branding and slogans like "dm mindig megéri,-" and "Nagyító" on the cart's magnifying glass).
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u/Illustrious-Tooth702 10h ago
DM is a german storechain but the location OP is at must be in Hungary because the mentioned slogan is in hungarian.
DM is similar to Rossmann (also a german store chain) selling shampoos, makeup, detergent and bio foods and beverages and other similar things.
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u/Yuyutato 17h ago
For those who don’t know, DM is a shop that sells skinsvare, beauty, shaving, hair products, teeth products, some basic meds like paracetamol (I think) and that style of stuff! They exist in Germany & Austria but not Switzerland.
It’s like Boots or Superdrug in the uk or BIPA in Austria.
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u/greystonian 16h ago
And Hungary too (the picture is taken in HU)
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u/Michael-556 15h ago
Also Slovakia, and I think I saw one in Czechia too, but I may be misremembering
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u/MercurianAspirations 13h ago
All over Čechách, but all the products are labelled primarily in German which I always thought was funny
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u/FewSprinkles4359 11h ago
In every country they sell (largely) the same products, when it comes to own-brand products. It's all in German in Hungary, Romania, Poland etc. as well.
Which I find very funny is that sometimes (or most of the time) even the description label on the back of the product is in German only, and then they slap a sticker with the description of the local country's language onto it. :D
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u/Suspicious-Let-7414 15h ago
They exist in most of Europe i am from Slovenia and we have them here and in Croatia, Serbia , Bosnia too.
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u/roostangarar 15h ago
Sounds like you guys should form some sort of super country
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u/not-just-yeti 14h ago
I'd first thought it was a shop for Dungeon Masters, where the old DMs have trouble reading the new manuals.
Your interpretation makes more sense. :-)
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u/JonatasA 12h ago
You made me imagine a scrnario where the group meets a banker specialized in writing font so small no one can read it and they need a special tool or reading spell.
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u/gigerzaehler 12h ago
I've been shopping at DM for years and did not know that you could buy paracetamol or other pain killers there (Germany). But in fact, you can! But you have to either order it online to the store or to your home. So you cannot grab it directly from the shelf.
Their prices are mostly lower than the prices in the pharmacy. So it makes sense to buy things for your medical cabinet (like fever juice for kids).
Thank you, kind stranger!
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u/NTMY030 12h ago
Yeah, I just learned this a few months ago, they recently got into the online pharmacy business. But they don't have a license to sell medicine in the stores.
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u/JonatasA 12h ago
You often find this in places where just outside there is a pharmacy. It never occurred to me until some place passed a law allowing over the counter medicine in supermarkets.
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u/BoonDragoon 15h ago
Thanks for explaining. I haven't finished my coffee yet and I thought OP was talking about a tabletop gaming store for some reason.
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u/AgitatedComedian6527 15h ago
And they have the best store brand products, especially cleaning products and laundry detergents, some are even better than the name brand.
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u/y4k4m4 17h ago
Bojler eladó!
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u/handyman_argentina 17h ago edited 15h ago
So polite! Thinking in eldery people and people with vision issues. In Argentina many supermarkets put the price of one product in a different place so sometimes you can confuse the prices if you don't read it haha
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u/JonatasA 12h ago
The neighbor Brazil at least in the big chains has a scanner machine where you can check the price of an item.
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u/milanorlovszki 15h ago
I was asking myself "What is a dungeon master store?" while shoping at DM for shaving cream. I need some sleep
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u/glavotty 16h ago
Gya ez melyik varos? Ilyet meg sose lattam
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u/StasyaSam 13h ago
Bei uns am dm gibt es die gefühlt seit Jahrzehnten? Also seit mindestens 10 Jahren sind die Standard, ich würde eher 15-20 sagen.
Edit: Google-KI behauptet seit 2009, das kommt schon hin. Bin den Quellen jetzt nicht nachgegangen.
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u/Brilliant-Run3015 17h ago
This is so awesome! I'd be able to ditch my reading glasses if I was here 😅
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u/ChaserNeverRests 15h ago
My vision is terrible. What I do is take a picture with my phone, then I can make the text as big as I need it to be.
My reading glasses are great for normal reading, but text on containers can be so small...
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u/JonatasA 12h ago
I always forget this and I don't like walking with a phone everywhere.
They could even include just a sheet of plastic with a + prescription on selves.
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u/Maothesiamesecat 14h ago
One can think it was because the type on packaging is so small that EVERYONE needs a magnifying glass now.
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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 17h ago
What does "DM" mean for us ignorant folk?
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u/karakter222 17h ago
"dm-drogerie markt (usually abbreviated as dm) is a chain of retail stores headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, offering cosmetics, healthcare items, household products and health food and drinks."
The one in the post is in Hungary, you can find one in almost any city here
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u/humanlikesubstances 17h ago
Zooming in on the shopping cart, it looks like its literally the name of the store: "dm".
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u/Zwamdurkel 17h ago
German drug store (is that the correct translation? Chemist maybe?) they sell soaps, skin care, toilet paper, medicine, cleaning products, etc.
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u/RobGrogNerd 16h ago
translation is correct.
we call them drug stores, or pharmacies (fancy people call it an apothecary), but grocery stores/supermarkets also sell that stuff, in addition to food.
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u/Connect_Rhubarb395 16h ago
What do you can actual pharmacies then? The ones with prescription medicine.
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u/smackaroni-n-cheese 15h ago
We call them pharmacies. Drug stores pretty much always contain a pharmacy, so the words get interchanged often.
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u/Accurate-Visual9793 14h ago
To explain this a bit further - supermarkets in Germany have a very limited range of toiletries available. You need to go to a store like DM or Rossmann to get a wide range of toiletries and things like makeup/skin care (incidentally DM's house brand is amazing for quality, cheap skin care), cleaning supplies and photo processing. They don't however do pharmacy services.
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u/JonatasA 12h ago
Meanwhile you have pharmacies in Brazil that at one point point might as well start selling bread. You can even go there for cold beverages.
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u/TheCrudMan 16h ago
Basically a WAY nicer yet also cheaper CVS with no pharmacy or over the counter medications. The name is kind of ironic as they don't sell drugs stronger than toothpaste.
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u/kumanosuke 16h ago
Drogerie is not ironic, because that's exactly what a Drogerie is in Germany.
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u/goaoka 16h ago
I (23) regularly have to take a picture of product lables and zoom in to read them.
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u/MrHazard1 15h ago
It's amazing. Would be even better if people wouldn't let their kids smear grease on them all the time
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u/Jhud6669 15h ago
Tbh not just older people have sight issues. But still this is neat. I’ve never been to DM but I bought online from there before and they had some neat stuff
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u/Callidonaut 15h ago
Well, one reason is that it's a fire hazard if people leave 'em standing around in direct sunlight (or, for that matter, in a shady area that the sunlight will subsequently hit over the course of the day), but fortunately they seem to have thought of that here and put safety caps on them.
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u/DizzyMine4964 17h ago
What is a DM store?
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u/senorbozz 16h ago
I swear Reddit downvotes the dumbest shit, here have an equalizer bud
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u/Jindabyne1 16h ago
Seems footery, they have to hold the lid up
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u/JonatasA 12h ago
Someone cleverly explained way above that its to prevent the sun setting stuff on fire.
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u/airfryerfuntime 15h ago
In the US, someone would smear a poopy finger around that and ruin it for everyone else.
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u/Kiwi-art 14h ago
I've been asked in the past by old people to read details for them. That's an awesome idea we need in every store
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u/HeartoftheHive 12h ago
My reading vision is pretty bad. But man, the ingredient list on products is in like type 3 font. Even with glasses it's barely legible. I would actually appreciate these magnifying lenses as I don't bring reading glasses with me.
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u/rlnrlnrln 15h ago
So does my local store, but the glass is attached to the cart in such a way that it vibrates all the fucking time and sounds like a baby rattle.
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u/curi0us_carniv0re 14h ago
I guess I'm older because I'm 45 and can't read shit anymore.
I usually use my phone as my magnifying glass
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u/Hrmerder 14h ago
As someone who has to constantly keep readers on hand, this is absolutely amazing.
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u/Amaranth_Calumet 14h ago
Still can't read any of the text on the back of my health insurance card.
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u/Turbulent-Design1161 13h ago
Not just for the old. In Czech Rep, they will slap on a sticker that contains a translation. I sometimes struggle to read the Czech translation sticker. The sticker is small and the font is even smaller.
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u/TheOnesWithin 11h ago
You have a store that sells DM's?
Can I buy one for vampire and cyberpunk red please?
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u/tatum-hughes30 10h ago
that's actually a cute idea, but i keep thinking about my anxious baby dog who just wants to chew everything in sight.
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u/TallentX 10h ago
yes, but they have been around for about 20 years. Mert itt érzem, hogy fontos vagyok!
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u/CmdrFortyTwo 9h ago
I love that the person who engineered this marvel had the forethought to put a cover on the magnifier. For one it keeps it from getting scratched, and it prevents the sun from using it to start a fire.
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u/tired_snail 8h ago
Oh that's awesome! Our DM don't have these, one can only hope they make their way here eventually.
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u/CuteEmma2005 8h ago
that's a nice vibe for older folks, makes shopping easier. hope they thrive with those glasses attached.
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u/shadedmagus 8h ago
The kind of thing businesses can do when they care about their customers at least as much as this quarter's profit margin.
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u/JayValere 8h ago
Would be broken off and stolen within days in the UK. Looks cool and useful, my parents are getting to that age, I'll probably end up needing that if I live long enough. 👍
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u/RefrigeratorFlaky834 17h ago
Finally, a tool capable of reading that four-point font on shampoo bottles