Working at McDonald's! 1989
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I had this job in 1989! What McDonald's was like in the 80's.
I worked at McDonalds back in 1989. I used to do 10:1 or 4:1 (hamburgers or quarter pounders). I cooked chicken nuggets and fillet O fish as well. I remember I used to get PISSED when restaurant is almost closing, then a SHIT LOAD of customers come in at the last minute! OH OF COURSE the busiest times there. Where we can't seem to make enough burgers for everybody..SHIT I hated that. And it's funny cause many employees particularly the youngsters,would LET OUT our frustration of the SUPER BUSY moments. AND I MEAN SUPER SUPER busy by reusing buns, cheese, patties etc after dropping on the floor! I did not usually do that. Even though I was a KID then.
I worked here for almost a year. Then I quit. Because I fell for this gimmick. And ad I came across to. The ad promising I can make $300 a week working at home assembling products (making normally $75 a week here). So I let the manager know, I will be moving to the "work at home" job, assembling products. Only to learn (just after quitting) of the deadly mistake I made. The assembling products job WAS A GIMMICK! DAMN, (You know, young kids believe in everything, ME). Quitting was a BAD mistake. Now, I'm cut from income.
To THIS day, it is a MEMORY! I really regret quitting the McDonalds job.
I was working as a driver for 18 years but lost my job last year. Right now I just have a part time job as a driver in another job. Im just a regular guy. Im nothing better than this now, but I still an happy with life. As I dont feel I need big money to be happy
God bless you my man!!!
That's a great attitude to have man, many people have tons of money and still ain't happy.
Don't worry my boy you're a Good Person and the Lord is Alwaysz Watching♧
@Ca Nadian thepride He won't chat with you unfortunately.
Money is only as good as its value. If you're happy, that's all you need
I just can’t get over how you carried that big camera everywhere and took such vast and amazing footage - just brilliant
Yeah I did the same thing but there really not that heavy as the one I carried in 1900.
He wanted to be TH-camr and was determined to get an video up
Lol it wasn’t that heavy I’m sure.
well get over it because it’s not that big a deal
@@silvrx-pz3ce 1900 huh LOL
They have the same type of floors today
@@sushicolors gloves werent invented back then
Camera work is better than a lot of folks now a days!!!
Junior romero because the camera is huge and over his shoulder, that’s why it’s steadier
Junior romero 9:53
What a time, no cry babies , no pajama wearing customers , polite children . no line cutters. No " F" word users. It's all over now.
The year the Soviet Union fell. Ronald Reagan was president. I was only 29 yrs old.!! ( I'm 60 now😁) "Batman" with Michael Keaton was in theaters.
Thank you so much for always filming everything. You were literally one of the first bloggers ever. You’re like a time machine for us young teens who wondered how the 80- early 2000s were. I’m 19 and the way life looked back then seemed so simple and good.
Hi kiddo, that’s because it was. 🖤
It was a great time to be a kid. No phones, no computers, just hanging out with friends and enjoying life.
@Josh Traffanstedt Exactly. Only because of nostalgia people say life was simple and easier. Try being a mechanic or tool and die apprentice back then. Your boss or supervisor would give you a swift one across the temple if you messed up.
@@dancollins8296 Me too! I’m a 90s kid.
Funny cause it was typical for me eat a peice of cheese while working. But actually I did typically bring home a butch of left over hambugers or other things. But we were not allowd to take food home then, but I used to secretly do it anyway.
Lol uhh oohh Gilbert might have to tell the supe what you been up to lol. Jk everyone that has worked in fast food has took food home. I probably owe McDonald's a couple gs 😂 when your a teenager and sometimes smoke pot before close you take home all the left over 😁
I use to work for KFC and its unbelievable/ criminal how much food they throw away. So much chicken and sides it's crazy. They can feed like 20 people with leftovers
can I borrow a roll of toilet paper 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
hahahaha we all did. when the cheddar melt burger was on the menu, i lived on those things.
@@otraves4236 glad I'm not the only one who took food home
It's the one in the corner of Azuza and Amar street in the West Covina CA area. This McDonalds still exists her right now. I got a meal from there just on Sunday 9-16-12
Gilbert Arciniega wow lol
Gilbert, you should have shown them this footage to prove you were an ex-employee. you might have got a discount !
Keep it up something to watch while having a bad day..thanks..👍🏽
I know that McDonald's....está bueno
Why wouldn't they let you have your job back?
Can’t believe how young I look🤪😂man good old times me and Alex still friends currently 💯
Which one are you? I’m curious now.
Wow and you were in this video so cool bro I wish I worked there
Which one were u
Are you that one guy wearing that one shirt on the right side towards the back?
Ew emojis.
I hope you know that I'm so very grateful for the tapes you've shared with us. It's all so precious. Thanks from 22 yr old girl from Toronto
Wow flashback to those McDonald's cookies! I remember the chocolate chips were my fave!
as a McDonald's employee it's really bizzare to see what it was like before they had the technology we have today lol
fr im a kitchen manager it's so weird to see the table like that😂
Yea like gloves, back in the day a lot of grubby fingers and hands all over your food, turns my stomach thinking about it. GREASE PITS.
I think McDonald's was everybody's first job. It was mine at age 16 in Memphis, TN.
My first paycheck was $42.00. I felt rich!! Lol
Amy's Atmosphere 42 dollars😂😂😂sheesh thats peanuts today
Preach Girl!! I only worked weekends cause I played ball. I got really good a this job before I quit when turned 18. The McDonalds I worked at was right off an interstate so we got a lot of truck drivers and busses. And it was next to a church! I survived a 3 1/2 hour rush one time. It was the perfect storm
I worked there in the 80's.
i work there now and my first paycheck was 52 dollars hahaha
So funny! Fast forward to (3 years ago now) and mine was 10x that (though it was bi-weekly).
Dude, I have worked at Mcdonalds twice in my life, once back in 1999 and then most recently, literally for the hell of it, in 2014. Their procedures havent changed much in the kitchen. lol
for the hell of it?
@@tribemaster101 Yeah. I wanted to see how the industry has changed since I worked there last and really, the only thing that changed was the recipes, items and equipment, everything else is just as it was. People not caring about how they prepare the food, how they clean the restaurant and its equipment, and they definitely could careless about the workers and their antics.
@@aathanraan8819 But were you unemployed before and just thought "what the hell"?
@@tribemaster101 My occupation gives me 3 months off a year and I was getting into a debate with a family member, one thing lead to another and I ended up working for McDonalds for a year. lol.
@@aathanraan8819 I ALSO worked at McDonalds back in the Spring and Summer of 1999 in Federal Way/Seattle,WA.
I was only 17 days old..... ahhh memories....
Fantastic Mr. Vulpes Vulpes I was born June 29, 1989 18 days old when this was filmed.
I was 16 days old!!!
I wasn’t even a sperm cell
I was only 7 days old! Ha 08/09/89
I wasn’t even alive yet lol. Not till 2004.
Great footage! I worked at Mcd’s in Illinois from 91-95 in high school and I started with the same uniform! Then in ‘92 we got new grey and red striped ones that I didn’t like as well. Food, folks and fun…and the menu was better back then!
Back then they used an actual grill where they had to physically flip their patties until done. Nowadays it's on a button press grill where you just throw the meat on the grill, press a red button, a clamp comes down and it cooks all on it's own within a minute. No need to flip or anything.
Absolutely soulless.
To be fair, at least the got rid of the red heat lamps, remember those?
Food is garbage now too ☹️
Almost like the point of fast food is to be fast
Crazy idea that 🤯🤯🤯
Did the ice cream machines work
Miguel Pérez they did apparently.
Hahaha I swear they never do
@@fueledbymusic3 alot respect for u men u look like an amazing guy and i would like metting u im from mexico but grow up in florida . ive been watchin u videos for a few months and im impressive thank u i cant bealieve is just like not much difference back then from now like kitchen looks like now except from computers i dont see for the orders ?
@@paperchaser4176 I used to manage at BK and yes they "work" when they are not broke down early for close😏
8:53 hell yeah that Boombox and cassettes! Yeah this is the 80s alright!
this channel is a gold mine it just gives everyone a look at how life was back in the day
wow brings back memories ,i use to work in Mcdonalds in New York from 1989 -1993 and there is one lady that still works there that is special needs and posted it on facebook take care my fellow Latino
McDonald's kitchens look pretty much the same now as they did then lol
Kcuf elgoog same beeping
You're right
Ironic how fast food sounds sound a lot like hospital sounds.
Eat enough of that garbage and you'll end up in one.
Lol
@@oaw972
Confession time. I had 2 McDoubles, large order of French Fries drowned in Heinz Ketchup, and a large coke yesterday. #YOLO
Nah
That man was a level 99 Grill Cleaner. He cleaned that thing fast and efficiently.
Around this time is when I was working at McDonald's too, my first job at 16. Seeing the closing takes me back when I worked there. I was a sophomore in high school. Worked until 1 or 2am and still got up at 5am for school! That was dedication! I lasted 9 months! Depending on the closing manager, we would be able to take home left over food. And occasionally grabbing a chicken mcnugget and eating it was common practice in our McDonald's! That was until I saw a guy push a roach into the oil that used to fry the mcnuggets, chicken patties and filet o fish! Yup, no more! And funny how at the beginning of the video the guy grabs the raw hamburger patties and then proceeds to assemble the Big Mac! A little cross contamination never hurt anybody! Lol, love it! ♡
It's great you were allowed to film. The managers i had at my McDonald's would have been pissed off if any of us did that.
McDonald's was my first job back in my senior year of high school. 2009! I worked Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the back of house (BOH). The pay sucked in comparison to what you were expected to do but no job is easy. haha. I can still remember the smell of the grease from the deep fryers and the sound of the grills as they beep after they've cooked the beef patties.
It always pissed me off how even though back area had a lot to do we were always expected to fill the sundae machine with shake mix. Even when we were pumped with orders.
Thanks for sharing this video Gilbert, it brought back a lot of memories.
P.S. Do you ever look back and wonder what became of the people you worked with? How their lives ended up? I do.
Ok, i gotta ask, with the whole shake machine thing. Was it a combination Ice Cream and Shake maker? I work in BK now and we have one of those. And if so, With how often you guys were expected to fill it, i assume its before McDs started the "Ice cream machines broken" trend, yeah?
9:24 if that's not a creepy ass clock 😂
Nick Rodriguez hahaha. Good catch there! Lol
Nick Rodriguez bhahaaha clownssssssd
lmao
Crazy to think that all these teens are in there 40's or late 30's.
xXhighrushXx i wish i was back then so i could of layed up with EazyE
Wise Diva that's a very bizarre thing to say being as though Eazy E died of complications from AIDS.
Tania Jones i didnt mean have sex with him i meant lay up with him as chill im from Compton i know the deep truth the public yall people dont know plus my family is very close with Eazy family we know everything
Wise Diva tell eazy’s family I said wasup
Matthew Read i sure will
Yep, that was the 80s alright when you had to wear a transmission/receiver unit the size of two house-bricks clipped to your belt !
I love watching your videos Gilbert and remind me of my family thank you for making them
I was born in '80.
thank you from the bottom of my old heart, this is a little pot of gold 😩🤗
I binge watched your channel. Just discovered it. Who would have known what you recorded back then would be this valuable. Thank you.
I’m so grateful you took the time to make these videos! Wow!
Welcome to my time capsule!!
Why, if only I was around in 1989, I would've LOVED the way fast food places used to be!
Gilbert was always more worried about filming cool footage thanks
The song 'Bamboleo' by the Fania All Stars playing on the boombox! I still have that record. It came out in 1988.
this is so awesome! its like if you had Been IN a time machine that in the future, life was going to be really different than to what it as 36 years ago! awesome vids, I didn't grow up in the 80s but watching your videos simply put me into thinking im in the 80s!
Just think, in 1989, minimum wage in California was only $4.25. So a full 8 hour shift wouldn't even get you $35.
so cool you videoed this and its fun to watch after 20 years
Wow i started working at McDonalds in 2014 and the store was built in 84 and i worked with a lot of equipment from when the store opened but we got a total renovation in 2016
Wow this is so cool, I was born on 8/16/89 when this video was filmed. 16 years later I started working at my local McDonald's where I stayed for the remainder of high school and for half of my time in college. Thanks for posting!
I worked at McDonalds early 2000 the procedure was still the same way back 89, such a nostalgic moment, thanks for the video!.
When the other guy covered the camera with his hand, I bet that was when you scarfed a burger !
Wow. I worked at McDonald's from 1987-1989. Brings back some memories.
Looks about the same nowadays 😂💯 the ketchup and mustard squirts the grill noise and the poles on the grill for the trays for meat
That Mickey D's looks sparkling clean.
Most are unless you're in the ghetto.
You have the memories, priceless.
I remember having to degrease the whole place with the red stuff at the end of the day
Your BLESSED GIL, Very inspiring . ..
So nothing much has changed for McDonald's in 25 years.......
Other than the prices
Joel Villarreal McDonald’s weren’t as busy back in the day, as well as their wasn’t uhc cabinets to hold food for certain amounts of time, main reasons for the changes
Joel Villarreal No they don’t except for the quarter pounders or unless the customer asks for the food to be fresh I worked In the one in El Paso by Coronado high school the one in Georgia twice in two different Mcdonalds and most recently in las cruces in which I finally quit after 10 months the McDs in cruceswasn’t so bad compared to thee others but still had its moments but yeah the good thing about mcds nowadays is they went back to the basics of how they sold it back then by selling a limited menu and not all that extra shit like the all day breakfast and the stupid salads because of the corona Virus Ooh yeah shoutout to Village inn at crossroads in El Paso Tx 2012-2017 the times I worked there where allot of good memories and some bad I was the dishwasher there I’m pretty sure u remember me I keep bumping into you in these videos comments
@Joel Villarreal only for the quarter pounders are cooked to order
Joel Villarreal it was aight at first was there for two years then moved back to El Paso for two days then I moved too New Mexico in a nearby city close to El Paso Story of my life lol
This is great. I worked there from '86 to '89. So many good memories. Thanks for posting.
My high school job was working at McDonald's from 2007-2009. Crazy how in that 20 year time frame, nothing has changed as far as the back goes.
Back when fast food used to close up for the night and had some integrity.
I didn’t want this one to end.... reminds me of when I worked at Burger King in Whittier.
It's super fun seeing all the advancements in health safety and what used to be okay back then
just made myself a burger... this video made me hungry :)
I worked at a McDonald's in Las Vegas way back in 1984/85 as a 16-year-old, probably about the same age as some of the guys here. Now these guys look like babies to me. 😆If I recall correctly, we had one of, if not THE first double window drive through. I was there when they added the second window. Also, the McDLT was in its early release; so new that we had to, by hand, place sticker labels on the foam lids as the containers were not printed yet.
Damn I was working at a McDonald’s that same time in 1989 when I was in High School in Iowa - odd how different the store you worked in but oddly the same - a lot of good and bad memories mostly good tho
agreed, i was working there in 89 as well...in Massachusetts...different but oddly the same is a perfect description!
I love the way the goofy looking guy doesn't appear to be aware of the camera till @ 1:57, then after that, he's acutely conscious of every move he makes !
hahaha LMAO! Is that what you think of me when I was 19. LMAO! That goofy looking kid was me! LOL. Man you are Funny!
I swear that's also you working at Dine In Pizza in 1991??
mistofoles yes! Only my hair wasn't as bushy. LOL
It's weird because I grew up in these times and remember doing things with friends but forgot the look and style of things like the restuarants and the clothes
Working at a McDonald's was hard work. I worked at one inside of a Walmart. All the animals eating there always made it a mess, much like a pig sty. Its a lot of work for a little fiat currency. Basically a slave to the system.
wc02 lmao. You think McDonald’s is a lot of work for minimum wage? You have another thing coming son.
@@williswhatchutalkinbout4367 It really is man. You do the most for little but that depends on where you live.
wc02 Because it’s inside a Walmart many McDonald’s aren’t like this, only in the bad areas.
Wow, good job filming back then and posting the videos now. I am 100% sure you didn't know you would be sharing your videos through social media or TH-cam years later. I enjoy all your videos so much I wish I had recorded my own. Thumbs up man!
Oh crap the the same grill scraper we used in 2004 at my McDonald's lol. They still have it to this day! I guess not everything gets an upgrade lol.
Bro this videos are gold
I use to live right off azusa and and Amar back in the early part of the 80's, I remember that because of the landfill right on azusa it used to stink really bad every afternoon. good memories! Good videos Gilbert, I went to BPHS in mid 70's
Wow Celia Cruz on them tapes love it !!!!!! Them floors haven’t changed at all !!
You’re a master piece. I want to see you in all of the museums around the world.
This takes me back LOL. Thanks for posting this video.
No gloves...and everyone touching each other....good times.
I don't prefer this:)
Builds your immune system
Food was prepared for years without gloves for years and there are more cases of food poisoning today. Gloves are a false sense of security.
Love this episode! Gil thanks!!Super!
This is why I never order more than a cheeseburger when I go to Mcdonald's. I work in food, too, and I know how intense and frustrating it can get when everybody and their mother is ordering at the same time. This was recorded with an RCA camera, right?
Same here, I try to keep my orders simple. Because I remember slaving away in the back.
Yes RCA CC250....I know bc I seen him discuss it
That pleasant-sounding A-Gb-D chime on the grill timer. Nowadays, McDonald's grills sound like an arcade machine.
I'm just Curious is this McDonalds the one located on Azusa and Amar In West Covina??? It looks Familiar to me... 🤔🤔🤔
Wow! Ashtrays on the tables! Back when everyone smoked inside restaurants.
@Nairb Gleason wtf good find
No gloves, and we all survived. Holy shit! It's a miracle.
Yes. No plastic traces in our food causing health problems long-term. We just washed our hands often
I'm surprised they didn't care you were recording
i can smell the grease through my screen. (amazing footage btw)
I think you and Nelson Sullivan would have made good friends. : )
Reminds me of a 1980s movie
I can’t believe that 1989 is 31 years ago today
Gilbert is making a BIG MAC yall!!!!!
I remember those shirts worked at a McDonald's 💖
I happened to come across this video exactly 10 years after it was posted. Pretty cool
Oh wow. How bout that!!!
Thank you Lord August 16 1989 McDonald's French fries August 16 1989
I like the paper hat :)
Som McDonald's locations still use them. A GM can order them for us in the store
In N Out uses them
That's me!!
Back when burgers from McDonald's were made in the spot 😋 I wonder whats the procedure now..... thanks for sharing all this videos bro, 🥰
15 days from then, I was born.
You Really Take Filming Yourself To a Whole Nother Level 🙂
Hi there Gil.... OMG! What a coincidence with the dates lining-up. I'm watching your McDonald's video EXACTLY 30 years later! Today is August 16, 2019 and you recorded the video back on August 16, 1989. This is so cool.
Oh man, this takes me back...
"GIMME A RUN OF 4:2!!"
The pay phone in the kitchen. That sure brings back memories.
At the 4:13 mark there is the coolside set for a McDLT in container on the counter - wish they would bring that burger back!
Burning my knuckles on clamshell grill every fricken day.
Oh the 4:30am opening! So many good times! Long live Buster Branch!
Now thats a fresh big mac
Damn This was my 4th birthday! August 16, 1985 Los Angeles, CA
Mine is December 7th 1985
Reminds me of my first job, Burger King. McD's and BK looked virtually the same. That's a job I don't miss at all!
I worked there during this time as well. Those shirts were all supposed to be tucked in, even on back line.
I wish I could be there them are cool years
Damn i was like 6 months hwhen this was filmed, i born in Feb 89
Cool video 👍