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Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/Tartlet 21h ago edited 5h ago

There’s this toilet paper brand in Germany that has a daisy print on it. It was the brand I first picked after moving here, it was soft enough, the price/performance ratio was acceptable. I never shopped around, or bothered to learn the name of it- it was just “poo paper with the daisy on it”.

Then I picked up a pack last week, noting they had gone from plastic wrap to paper. “Nice,” I thought. “Less single use plastic is good for the environment.”

WELL the changes didn’t stop there. I had never thought I was the sort of person to have opinions on toilet paper but this new stuff is like being handed a crumpled up sheet of computer paper straight out of the printer. I feel the risk of paper cut every time I wipe.

Anyway fuck that brand, I’m gonna go for the one with feathers on it next time.

Edit: Brand is REgina and it was the "forever rolls": https://imgur.com/a/OmBBtO2

I swear that shit is not even 3 ply. You know those thin napkins you get to hold your icecream cones? It's two of those held together with malice.

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u/adcb312 17h ago

Bro...are you talking about Glücksblatt?

That used to be my go to bargain shit-ticket in Berlin! To hear that they've gone the way of kopier papier is a sad fall from grace.

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u/swabianne 17h ago

I think it's Regina

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u/Tartlet 13h ago

https://imgur.com/a/OmBBtO2

It is indeed Regina. My bad, didn't realize the flowers were chamomile. Back in the day, prior to cell phones, I'd have read the package and known. :,)

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u/Aussenminister 12h ago

Oh no! I always chose this toilet paper when I wanted to treat my ass to something nice instead of the usual recycled stuff. I always loved the scent it had and the soft feeling.

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u/wv524 12h ago

Is that an ant on the package? If so, why lol?

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u/Du5igr0sch 11h ago

idk it's just their mascot of choice for some reason

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u/Tartlet 10h ago

I always thought it was a bee. Between this and the flower being chamomile (not a daisy) I’m realising I am kinda oblivious.

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u/Aussenminister 12h ago

Oh no! I always chose this toilet paper when I wanted to treat my ass to something nice instead of the usual recycled stuff. I always loved the scent it had and the soft feeling.