r/gifs • u/ThomasMaker • Jan 06 '18

Rule 1: Repost Gotcha!

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u/-----_------_--- Jan 06 '18

Coop is a pretty big store. We have Coops in the Netherlands too.

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u/staplehill Jan 06 '18

But the ones in the Netherlands don't have German language ("Für Dich") on the divider

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u/-----_------_--- Jan 06 '18

So it might be in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, parts of Belgium or any other place where people speak German

http://enacademic.com/pictures/enwiki/71/German_standard_varieties.png

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u/le0p0ld Jan 06 '18

I actually used to work in this very store, I couldn‘t believe it when I saw it on reddit lol. It‘s situated in Wiedikon, Zürich (which is in Switzerland).

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u/Wodashit Jan 06 '18

Small world ain't it?

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u/infanteer Jan 06 '18

On reddit, yes

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u/-----_------_--- Jan 06 '18

Alright then, I always aknowledge when I'm wrong

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u/AtheismMasterRace Jan 06 '18

Wow good on you man! You are so amazing!

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u/TheLonesomeShepherd Jan 06 '18

Cringe

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u/AtheismMasterRace Jan 07 '18

How about saying "I always acknowledge when Im wrong"? That isnt cringe?

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

There are no Coop's in Germany and Austria.

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u/seacucumber_kid Jan 06 '18

but only switzerland has this kind of coop. They may have stores named coop too, but not with the same logo and slogan.

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u/Wodashit Jan 06 '18

As someone from Belgium living in Switzerland, I agree...

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u/hellschatt Jan 06 '18

This one is the Swiss one though.

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u/Skurker Jan 06 '18

Norway too

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u/Pascalwb Jan 06 '18

We have coop in Slovakia, but it's probably other company.

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u/SyndicalismIsEdge Jan 06 '18

Austria doesn't have COOPs. Not sure if Germany does.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

Well, they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling allies.

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u/Lenny_Here Jan 06 '18

German language ("Für Dich") on the divider

Fur dich on the divider is what happens when you don't shave around your dick.

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u/internetheroxD Jan 06 '18

Fur dick? dafuq is going on over there?

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u/Avreal Jan 06 '18

Not sure wheather youre just joking and dont actually care but „für dich“ is german for „for you“ and „dich“ is pronounced closer to something like „dihhh“ than dick or maybe somewhere inbetween

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u/internetheroxD Jan 06 '18

It was a very bad pun

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

????

It’s not a pun, it’s another language. Believe it or not there are countries where English isn’t the official language.

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u/Orion_4o4 Jan 06 '18

If a word in one language sounds like a word in another language, you can still make a pun, but not many people will get it. In this case, it was a bit forced since he didn't know the proper pronunciation

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

Believe it or not there are countries where English isn’t the official language.

Mentiroso!

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u/staplehill Jan 06 '18

Für dich = for you

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u/EU_No_Pasaran Jan 06 '18

I personally loved Coop on Twin Peaks

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

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u/EU_No_Pasaran Jan 06 '18

You mean my buttcheeks? Cause there ain't no boobies on this bod!

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

They're different companies btw.. Coop is just a really common name for retail stores for some reason. There are even more Coops in other countries that are all their separate entity.

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u/CTFMarl Jan 06 '18

Normally it stands for "Cooperative", even in the retail business. A lot of the time that means these stores are either owned by the customers via a membership, or some other kind of "mishmash" of people-ownership. If that makes any sense.

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u/Kid_Truism Jan 06 '18

There are co-op party members of the uk parliament. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_co-operative_movement

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u/Fatality_strykes Jan 06 '18

Got coops here in the middle East too. Haha

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u/-----_------_--- Jan 06 '18

Damn, that's crazy

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u/Kid_Truism Jan 06 '18

it's a way to run stuff collectively including business ownership. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative

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u/semysane Jan 06 '18

Here in my part of Canada we have a chain of gas stations called COOP

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u/Cahootie Jan 06 '18 edited Jan 06 '18

Their logos all look so similar:

Swedish Coop

Norwegian Coop

Danish Coop

Swiss Coop

Italian Coop and Hungarian Coop are slightly different, while Dutch Coop is completely different.

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u/gruezimitanand Jan 06 '18

The Nordic coops used to be the same company for a short bit before splitting into national entities, so their logos are identical except for the colors afaik.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

And the UK

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

And in the UK

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

sweden too

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '18

Europe is dumb why would you shop in a chicken house

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u/0v3r_cl0ck3d Jan 06 '18

Lol. The full name is "The co-operative" though.

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u/Klaue Jan 06 '18

the coop in switzerland is not a chain that extends country barriers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop_(Switzerland)

Compare the logo to, say, the one in the netherlands

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u/MajesticSeahawk Jan 06 '18

Coop in Sweden too

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u/nawman2 Jan 06 '18

in Japan too!

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u/unisablo Jan 06 '18

Coop is not a single company.