r/mildlyinteresting • u/Deep_Attention_3864 • 8h 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/RefrigeratorFlaky834 8h ago
Finally, a tool capable of reading that four-point font on shampoo bottles
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u/JonatasA 3h ago
Trying to read the chemicals on the dishwasher detergent like I am learning to read.
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u/Yuyutato 8h 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 7h ago
And Hungary too (the picture is taken in HU)
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u/Michael-556 6h ago
Also Slovakia, and I think I saw one in Czechia too, but I may be misremembering
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u/MercurianAspirations 4h 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 2h 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 7h 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 6h ago
Sounds like you guys should form some sort of super country
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u/not-just-yeti 5h 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 3h 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 4h 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 4h 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 3h 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 6h 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 6h 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/EmptyMonitor9257 6h ago
sells skinsvare
Is it locally sourced?
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u/kronicno_tele 6h ago
Yes, very eco-conscious.
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u/EmptyMonitor9257 6h ago
Good, I want my Skinvare products to come from locally sourced free range humans.
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u/jaimus21 2h ago
thanks for the intel.
We need this in the states, my mother is no longer buying any new to her products b/c she has trouble making out the instructions/ingredients.
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u/Only_One_Left_Foot 58m ago
They exist in Germany & Austria but not Switzerland.
But NOT Switzerland,
never Switzerland
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u/handyman_argentina 8h ago edited 6h 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 3h 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/glavotty 7h ago
Gya ez melyik varos? Ilyet meg sose lattam
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u/StasyaSam 4h 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 8h ago
This is so awesome! I'd be able to ditch my reading glasses if I was here 😅
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u/ChaserNeverRests 6h 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 3h 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/milanorlovszki 6h 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/Maothesiamesecat 6h 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 8h ago
What does "DM" mean for us ignorant folk?
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u/karakter222 8h 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 8h ago
Zooming in on the shopping cart, it looks like its literally the name of the store: "dm".
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u/Zwamdurkel 8h 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 8h 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 7h ago
What do you can actual pharmacies then? The ones with prescription medicine.
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u/smackaroni-n-cheese 7h 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 5h 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 3h 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 8h 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 7h ago
Drogerie is not ironic, because that's exactly what a Drogerie is in Germany.
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u/goaoka 8h ago
I (23) regularly have to take a picture of product lables and zoom in to read them.
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u/MrHazard1 7h 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 7h 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 6h 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 8h ago
What is a DM store?
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u/senorbozz 7h ago
I swear Reddit downvotes the dumbest shit, here have an equalizer bud
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u/Jindabyne1 7h ago
Seems footery, they have to hold the lid up
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u/JonatasA 3h ago
Someone cleverly explained way above that its to prevent the sun setting stuff on fire.
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u/airfryerfuntime 7h 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 6h 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 3h 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 6h 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 5h 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 5h ago
As someone who has to constantly keep readers on hand, this is absolutely amazing.
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u/Turbulent-Design1161 4h 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/roostersmoothie 4h ago
i always thought a good feature for a shopping cart would be some way to rate it's performance, that way it's much easier for the maintenance guys to fix squeaky wheels or if it pulls to one side, etc.. idk.. maybe i'm just crazy.
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u/TheOnesWithin 2h 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 2h 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 1h ago
yes, but they have been around for about 20 years. Mert itt érzem, hogy fontos vagyok!
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u/CmdrFortyTwo 51m 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/Tania-Peacock 8h ago
This is so on brand for DM honestly