I kinda cried a bit watching this. In 1984 I was 14 and I used to work at McDonalds from 1983-1987. I actually really liked working there! I made my way into making $5.75 an hour (not bad back then!). I even remember the manager making a real good living too; I want to say about $45,000 a year. Back then that was a lot! I had to go to high school and the company respected when I could and couldn't work! Imagine that! This was my favorite high school job! Thank you Vampire Robot for putting this on YT!
Hi Stephanie, I was also thinking about how genuine people were in those days and I miss them. I’m in my mid 40s but I am old enough to remember those days and wish that we could see some of that same kind of human spirit these days. A lot of those young workers there are now at retirement age which is hard to imagine. Time is so precious and yet so fleeting makes you think about the bigger picture or at least it does for me!
I was a young kid during this era. This is when having a birthday party at McDonalds was every kids dream. A Happy Meal was a big deal. It was actually something to look forward to. I enjoy aspects of technology but I do miss how people interacted before the smart phone era. I got to experience childhood in the 80s and teens in the 90s. I miss those days.
Very true. My dad never let me eat fast food unless I was getting a shot at the doctors. After my appointment I would get some McDonald’s fries and I was happy with that. To have your birthday party there was a dream.
@@Smurfyis730happy meal, the kids meal even had the coolest toys for crying out loud!! All it took was one rotten scoundrel raised by crooks looking to catch a case that ruined that forever
@@Smurfyis730 seriously, the aroma filled the entire space. I remember vividly the older folks, it were mostly polish seniors in my area back then, and they'd be the early birds with the freshest brew all sitting together in a row gossiping about everyone and themselves.
Those Bigmac's were waaay bigger then they are today. And heck, the demeanor of everyday life was so just laid back but yet polite and productive. Miss those days quite often.
This is like walking into a time machine. I was a little girl in 1984. This is my memory of McDonald's at that time. Cashiers at each register, lobby full of people eating, enjoying each other's company. I'll be 45 this month. It's almost scary looking back and remembering a world that wasn't cold.
I was in my 20s loved big Macs, Carl's Jr & taco bell, now they don't taste the same. I still do McDonald's every now n then for nostalgic reasons I guess
I'm 45 as well. I remember those times. The first thing that stuck out to me was the ash trays on the tables. I remember loving the playground and going into the Bigmac Policmen's jail thingy. Anyone my age will know what I'm talking about.
@@ekop1778 *Gross* times you mean ... I did not like dealing with smokers while eating. That goodness that is not allowed today! Everything is subjective!
I was a Crew trainer back then. I don’t miss the smoking section, but miss the flavor of actually searing and seasoning the 1/10 patties. Also the soft serve machine always worked, because at least 3 people on any given shift were qualified to strip it down and rebuild it. There was real pride in the work we did there. We were serving guests who deserved our best efforts. Every time.
Aren't clogged arteries just as much to blame for strokes and heart attacks as cigarettes are. Self righteous hypocrites are always great for a good laugh 😂😆...keep em entertained
@MaryjaneSmith-dm8co The difference is that French fries smell fantastic and cigarettes smell like shit but you guys can’t smell it because you’re addicted and you never get away from the foul stench. Good luck with your health. 😉
For the person that recorded this, you’re an amazing human being for having done this back in the 80s. How I long for the 80s 90s again. People were real and genuine.
sure if u think being hyper transphobic, homophobic, racist, etc is “real and genuine”. oh, and having no consideration for smoking in a lobby full of people and food
You probably weren’t aware of it back then but you have made an important historical deed when you recorded this. Giving us a glimpse into a gone past era. Thank you for your work!
The ladies at 7:09 were thinking that maybe they were going to be on the news on TV. They never could have guessed that they were going to be TH-cam famous nearly 40 years later!
@@dazknight9326 bs in the USA today there are many thousands of small towns without calm and nice peoples even today. Here in europe almost every town is calm, in the big cities are the yelling peoples
Wow. Nobody yelling, screaming, cussing or throwing. Everyone clean, groomed, well and dressed, well spoken. Everyone carrying their self with dignity. Now society is a toilet.
Japan is still like that though... But yeah, I live in latin america, and is the same though, people are rude, kids are brain dead and zombyfied, and everything beautiful is somehow tried to be destroyed. I truly wish God or something really big happens soon, so everything can just reset itself, this cannot continue any longer like this really. My best.
I was 17 in 1984 and I didn't realize how much more respectful people were then, cause it was the only reality that I knew. But living today, I see the difference
Come to Germany, the Most grocery stores or even the most Fastfood Restaurants like McDonald's or Burger King are stil places with Peace, yelling karens or criminal violence is pretty low in comparsion to the USA. Germany and USA are two complete different worlds
I would totally go back!! Life was fun back then and it didn't cost a fortune to have a good time. Now days you have to worry about guns, undiagnosed people with mental issues, and prejudice political people!
Me too, there was a better spirit and more hope back then. People didn't have a impatient sound to their voice. I would even say that people had a more innocent look back then, its hard to explain but you know it when you see it.
I was 12 in 1984.. I remember going to McDonalds with friends on a Saturday.. It makes me feel kind of sad to think back that long ago.. Life passes by so quickly.
I was only 13 if I could get in that video I would I worked in McDonald's in 1989 only had 1 crazy lady come in asking for 🧀 on chicken nuggets got very upset when I told sorry mam but we don't that she went ballistic and her hen pecked husband come on sweetie let's go😂
No self-service machines, no customers (or workers for that matter) shouting or making noise that no one wants to hear, nobody in pajamas, paper on trays, man I miss these days
@@texaswunderkind Wow. Somebody having a bad day? Or are they mad they voted for Biden? I can eat at McD's anytime, I just miss the way it was. Am I not allowed to have memories?
@@jasonvoigt We all miss the way it was. The food was real, smell and tasted better.. Politics has nothing to do with people being mean. People are going to become more mean, selfish as the years go by. Yes, it doesn't matter who is elected
Thank you to whoever decided to film this back in 1984, not realizing how many people in 2023 and beyond would watch it and what it would mean, for those of us in our mid 40s who can barely remember these times it brings back memories
Look! Evidence that their ice cream machine worked at one time! I love watching footage like this. I'm so glad people thought to even document just "everyday" life at a fast food restaurant like this.
I worked at McDonalds in 1984. The ice cream mix came in a big bag with a tube and was easy to put in and take out. Every evening you took the machine apart and sanitized it then the morning shift is supposed to assemble it . And THAT'S where the problem started . Poorly managed crews would put it off during breakfast , get busy and never assemble it or maybe didn't know how. We used to call out sundaes by "male" or "female" , with or without nuts. Pretty sure that wouldn't go over today , ha ha
@@BradYaeger Haha, we had a code for when a good looking woman came in, for example if there was someone worth checking out waiting at register 8, we'd say "McChicken on 8." I think the girls used "Big Mac".
That's because McDonald's wasn't all over the place like it's Today... Back in the 1970s the Ice Cream makers were always working because it was Real Ice Cream.... Than the 1980s was when McDonald's and Burger King went to War and the Vendors supplying these machines couldn't keep up.. at that time the average radius of a McDonald's was 30 miles... Grand population Radius.... Today the grand population Radius is 3.07 miles.... It was easier to get a Polish sausage in Chicago than a Big Mac in the 1970s. But the expanse of fast food was Soo great... That the Ice Cream makers today is more Artificial... Than Real Ice Cream. If you notice the majority of the employees are young.... The Manager was mostly the only one above 25 years.... Nowadays the Employees are Upto Elderly.... That's a result of sending jobs overseas to take advantage of the cheap Labor.... The American people are mostly Service Sector and the really good paying jobs disappeared overseas. Back then you could work 4 days and pay the Rent... Car... Food.. utilities... And go to the ballgame.... Today you work 48 hours and never get above water.... Lower wages and less benefits. That's what happened in the last 40 years.... Corporations stripped themselves of the Highly Qualified and Skilled American worker.... To a Highly Qualified and Skilled foreign worker... With No Benefits.... No Union... No Environmental Regulations.... And very Cheap Labor Costs.... Cheap Wages. I loved the 1970s and 1980s.
@@ricardosoto5512 Well, no... the ice cream machines just did the ice cream cones and shakes. Today they have McFlurries and THOSE are the machines that are always out of order.
@@BradYaeger Me too, twice 1978, and 1984. Way different back then. We made the food constantly. After 11 minutes under the heat lamps, and into the trash it went. No old pre made crap sitting around half the day.
I feel homesick now for a bygone era. People dressed nicely and treated each other with respect. Real conversations without a screen in everyones face.
@@gilson1982 bro I'm 34 and while I like the convenience, our society has gone to dog shit. People are rude, dress like whores or trailer trash and have zero shame. I see zero land whales or screaming kids. I'd give up all my tech so my daughter could live in the 90s society I experienced.
Bro I miss when everybody had personality. Not hearing what media tells you to or how to look/ dress. All unique individuals that aren’t sensitive to gender/ roles.
Forget phones. There aren’t savages climbing atop the counters. There aren’t savages throwing things at employees. There aren’t savages assaulting employees.
Does anyone my age (45) or older remember this time period, but it just feels and seems like a different lifetime, or like it is hard to relate to because you've seen the changes in cars, styles, prices, etc. and you are used to the modern times? It just seems surreal. I was recently going through pictures from my early twenties in the late nineties, and I was like, "wow, look how young I looked". Time has moved so swiftly that it's not like you notice the change as much until you look back through pictures or video.
It's called evolution, and the changes you notice now are relative, the RELATIVITY paradigm: There is no change until or unless you have a previous element to compare to
I am 52 years old, and honest to God, 1984 it feels like yesterday, even though it was 39 years ago now. And I agree with you, that it feels like it was another world, and not the same world we are in now. Very strange!
@@22lilacsky It's a strange feeling. Must also have felt even more strange for people living from 1900 to the 1970s, seeing going from horse drawn carriages to early automobiles to changes in style to even rockets.
In 1984 I was 11-years-old. Seeing this video was like hoping into a time machine to a by gone era! Feeling nostalgic for the 80’s almost hurts. I miss this era so much. If I could I would go back in a heart beat and wouldn’t even miss having a smart phone. Look at how nice and cozy this McDonald’s restaurant was compared to how they look today. Look at their uniforms back then, how every staff covered each register, everyone polite, and no fighting.
They look like doctors offices these days.. I think there are maybe a handful or less in my area that haven't been remodeled yet.. I'm born in 1978 and the one I use to live near with my mother growing up (who deceased in 2016 from cancer) is still there and looks the same with the same floors, and it was around 1984 when my mother would take me there.. I'm sure it's going to be replaced at some point in the near future.. Some of them were completely torn down and replaced while others were gutted to the 4 outer walls..
I worked at a few of them during that decade as a teen. Some of the co-workers that I worked with were so nice and treated me as if I were part of the family. Nowadays when going to some of them they have that funeral home look and feel with mostly computerized kiosks that takes your orders now. One time this cashier just stood there for a long time not letting us know what the heck the hold up is with a blank zombie stare staring into space before finally taking my order. And my food was so badly made that I was thinking was this actually a cook or a monkey that made my meal?
I worked at McDonald's in 1990, and I can tell you without doubt: The people, registers, environment etc, was just like this! How has McDonald's (and the rest of the world) changed so dramatically for worse?! I'm so glad I experienced life in the 80s. Thank you for uploading this gem!
they had more employees then to properly run the restaurant. Fewer menu items but better ingredients and quality. Blame "optimization" and cutting every corner to squeeze just a few more pennies of profit out in the short term, at the cost of long term service and quality. I quit eating at McDonalds when half of them installed touch screen order kiosks instead of having an actual cashier available.
Lmao, another nostalgic simp. I say this as a 90’s kid who loved my childhood.. Nostalgia is such a cheap emotion that clouds critical thinking. I'm not saying I don't fall into the trap, but but it is easy to take a past situation where you have fully made it through to the other side, and conclude that since all the variables in play have played out, and since it's familiar territory now, it must have been some less complicated, wholesome time, in the same way people are susceptible to thinking that history wasn't complicated, messy, or nuanced for the people living through it at the time. Every generation becomes nostalgic. So, just because we entered the 21st century everyone suddenly became “less nice”? 🤡😂🤣🤦♂️
@@cbgg1585 “so, just because we entered the 21st century, everyone suddenly became “less nice”? 🤡 “Another nostalgic simp” You said it. After reading through your boring drivel it’s not difficult to conclude that people were nicer back then. And not as boring. 😁
Back when Conservatives were in charge of the nation. Ever since liberals have gotten hold of this country, its gotten significantly worse for everyone.
we still talk to each other just no one likes talking to an old person always saying back in my dad after all did you love it when old people told you about the hill they had to go up to get to school when you were younger
This is the year I was born. It looks like a beautiful time. The McDonald’s now is full of cashiers who just stare back at you like you’re interrupting something 🤦🏾♀️😂. Great video! 84’ ❤
@@typop I noticed that also. Makes you wonder about the cell phones and the internet, computers. The more technology the more stupid and silly people become
@@kaisarr7632 How? People were eating McDonald's in the 1970s and people were not overweight, and eating at other fast food chains. I have seen others that are overweight that never eat out
A different world back then. People are relaxed, aware and communicate without distraction. That vibe - it will never be the same. No kids making brainless TikTok’s. Clean, the lighting is calming, the whole picture is not what it is today, it’s a shame, but I won’t forget these years. Things were simpler and appreciated.
What a surprise, another Karen clutching pearls about TikTok teens. Do you know what we did in the 80's as teenagers? We got wasted on drugs and alcohol, we scammed on intoxicated girls, and we crashed our cars. Teens today are far more responsible, but oh no TikTok!!!
@@texaswunderkind Yeah but we didn't bitch about our feelings, being offended at everything, Whinging self entitled people everywhere, mass psychosis of the commies and LGBT wiggling their todgers in kids faces at drag queen story hour. Social Media and Marxism has destroyed society. They've flooded our countries with mass immigration which has increased crime and drugs exponentially and destroyed industries and businesses. Yeah. We had drugs but no where near the levels it is today. The difference is we enforced drug laws back then. Now we just give them it and include a paraphernalia kit to go along with it. You know nothing about what it was like back then compared to now. Today, society, culture, businesses and family values have all been vapourised. We are a shameful shell of what was once great. Let's face facts here, The small hat tribe of so called "chosen" people have killed our countries. VERMIN!
@@texaswunderkind slow down superstar and act your age . The teenagers are doing what you did as well with drugs and crashing cars and scamming etc but also even more ridiculous stuff on tik tok and instagram reels. I was partying and bar hopping in the 80s and early 90s and it is totally more stupid in 2023 than ever before. Big diff in dumbing down of society. I've lived enough before social media and during it to see the difference
This is awesome footage! Thank you! No rude customers, pleasant customer service, friendly cashiers, no hair bonnets, no sagging pants with dirty hair, etc...everything and everybody looked clean and respectable.
Man, that place is clean, especially behind the counter!! Seeing the bags, the packaging, uniforms, really bought me back, even the civilized customers, staff. Sure there were those rough days but overall, a great experience. Those prices too!! This was an awesome video!! Thanks!!
Notice how differently everyone dressed back then. They took pride in their appearance. And look at all of the employees! All lines open, everyone working fast and courteous. What a different time. I was 21. I miss those days so much.
Ha! I was six! Im older and therefore superior to both of you 1979ers! 1978 ftw!!! ..... oh wait.... that just means im old. My back hurts. Im going to sleep now...
And I don’t know about you, I didn’t get to open my toy until I was done eating and if you were really good you get ice cream ☺️ Food outside the home was really a treat…. So glad I was little in the 80’s a teenager in the 90’s and young adult in the early 2000’s. The world is kinda scary now ❤️
I was born in 1979 so i have memories. I’m guessing this is in Florida. I hear English and Spanish, people of different races and cultures. Yet everyone is so civil and respectful! No yelling, insults, physical fights, etc. Just pure civility and respect !!! 🙄
I was born in 1963, and feel so blessed to have such great memories of living in the 70’s and 80’s. Technology has its advantages, but knowing how much it has changed our overall way of life, I’d vote to go back to ‘the good old days’ every single time.
I also was born in 1963. I miss taking the old trolly to go shopping in downtown Pittsburgh. The variety of stores was amazing and always a trip to McDonald's afterwards.🥰🍔
Old videos of fast food restaurants are further proof of the past actually being superior in many ways. Everyone's better dressed and better behaved, and the restaurant's cleaner and more efficient. I'd expect the food _quality_ to be superior as well
Back when I was a kid we went on a school field trip and stopped at McD's for lunch. I remember you could smell McD's blocks away as we approached. And it tasted soooooooo good. The fries were awesome. My most recent trip the burgers just taste like chemicals and the fries turn to plastic after a few minutes.
@@Anarchist86ed Dear God are you right! Another thing I remember from 80s McDonald's is that they would frequently employ genuine clowns to play Ronald and he'd just be walkin' around in the place!
well, ok I dressed like a metal band person in the 80s and still do, in black with leather and stuff, but I get your point. A lot of people now just go out in pajamas or just don’t dress well in public no matter what style they have, and a lot of employees don’t do their jobs now, Lots of rude people everyone is angry i guess in 2023. I love technology but I’d give up everything we now have in technology the internet, smartphones, streaming TV, VR etc to be back in the 1980s though.
I remember those days. I was 20 in 1984. Look at these young people, smiling, alert, working quickly and being respectful. Look at the quality of the food on the plate, look at how people are interacting and not looking at their phones. I miss those days, but I don’t lament them, I try to interact in 2024 the same as I did in 1984. Make the world the best you can. I still like people even though so many aren’t very likeable. People are really messed up these days. I’m not messed up so I think I should be the one to spread peace and cheer.
Everyone looked like they cared about themselves. Everyone dressed nicely. Employees look great. No rudeness just a lovely din of a busy store!!! I miss this way of life so much. 😢
Most employees were latins, I am, and in those days they were immigrants who took pride in what they did, they feed their family sometimes in another country because of that work!! But still, people simply had their feet on the ground and there wasn't this "brainwash" done by the media, everyone had a different opinion as it should be, but no one killed each other because of it, unlike today, with this pathetic weak generation.
The last time I went inside a Macdonalds I couldn't believe what a dismal, dark, cold, unfriendly, and impersonal place it was. I felt as if I were in a mausoleum. I actually ended up leaving. The remodeled Macdonalds' feel like asylums not restaurants. This was a year ago. Ive only gone to Macdonalds twice since for breakfast through the Drive-thru. I heard a man say about the 50s that he wished he would have realized he was living through The Good Old Days. I feel the same way about the 80s. I was 20 years old for the most part of 1984. It was a grand time! Life today seems so angry and miserable. Everyone wants to be on their devices, they dont want to go out to shop, eat or work. They dont want to speak to people in person. All they want to do is be on tiktok making very stupid videos or sell themselves on Only Fans. Its really an ugly time!!
The McDs near me was like that up to about 10-15 years ago. Now even at lunch time, there's one register in use occasionally taking orders. Most dine-in customers use the kiosks or the app. Very little interaction. For dine-in, they offer table service, which is nice and somewhat surprising. So they're aware the experience leaves something to be desired. Many McDs have downsized their dining areas significantly.
I spent 5 minutes at a kiosk today only to find out the payment thing didn't work, so I had to pay at the counter anyway. And then wait 10 minutes for a simple order.
The biggest difference between now and then is everyone is actually present . There is no way to see or reason to worry what your friend is doing across town, or something political to get mad about online, or people calling and texting you constantly. You just lived your life in the moment.
100% spot on, there is so much and too much social pressure on people from a very very young age these days and its causing so much stress amongst many other issues because of it ... Life is too fast paced now
2:55 - McDonald's used to have the *BEST* french fries (changed ingredients) & apple pies (changed pies entirely since then). They're still good, but definitely doesn't compare to how they used to be. I'll *NEVER* Forget!
@@MeIn321 Thanks. Yeah, I'll take the lard. Those same people buying the fries are gonna get high cholesterol one way or another anyway. I say, instead of changing the ingredients, they could've just offered 1 regular (smaller than their large) size, like some restaurants do, and be done with it. 🤷
Whoever recorded this was just so smart. Who knew we would enjoy seeing this so much..the prices, the clothes, everyone actually talking and enjoying the company they are with instead of their phones...❤❤❤
Hard to believe how nicely dressed, well mannered, and overall how nice people look. Nobody is morbidly obese. No rude remarks or comments. Crazy how times have changed.
It is shocking at the high rate of obesity today. I’ll go shopping and we’ll over half of the people(young and old) are overweight or obese. I saw a picture of a high school female bowling team and 90% were obese. What has happened? I have to blame technology on a lot of it
@Brandon The Sigma I was 19 in 1984 and even though I was out of the house, McDonalds was still a 1-2x a month treat. I mostly ate at home and cooked for my roommates. We also walked everywhere.
I feel like the person who recorded this is a time traveller. It's uncanny to want to capture such mundane occurrences, let alone the prices on the menu. He/she could not have known how this would have been viewed 40 years later.
I really miss the 80’s. I was in elementary school in 84, and it was a treat to go to McDonald’s. Such a happy time. I’m so glad to be a part of this time ♥️
Everyone was so attentive at the register…no cell phones, Apple Pay, etc. Cashiers knew how to count cash lol. Everything was so clean and organized 🤩😬
This is the McDonald's I grew up with. The uniforms, styro containers for the BigMac, quarter pounder, etc. Very retro. Brings back memories when I was growing up.
Very pleasant and calm. No customers and or employess yelling and cursing. Employees are in nice uniforms,very professional and clean....no wild hair and even the restaurant itself looks better than the boring look McDonald's has today. No employees yelling "Girl what time is your break" for everyone in store to hear. Those times were better by far!
Back when people actually dined in at fast food restaurants. Nowadays you can walk into almost any fast food restaurant anywhere in the U.S. during peak dinner hours and be the only customer inside, assuming the dining room is even open.
@@musicalmelodies3595 That's what I'm saying. I'm from l.a. and interior of the McDonald's is scary AF. They have armed guards at the one in Santa Monica
I was at a Micky Ds recently and it was pretty sad. Most people were ordering from the self help menus. They had tons of orders coming in from what must have been from their app and delivery services like Uber Eats. The one guy that was waiting at the register was ignored even though he said excuse me several times and eventually left. They could just not handle the amount of orders. They weren't even slacking off they were all working as fast as they could. Technology can be a blessing but it can also really take away from the human experience. Eventually they really will need robots to work at the fast pace that's being demanded from the workers. People don't want to experience anything anymore they just want convenience. I really miss these days. I was a kid in the 80s/90s and I remember you'd wait at the register for them to go get your food. Things still hadn't gotten messed up yet. It really does suck that the newer generations really never got the chance to experience life offline. Everyday life was pretty great. We just didn't know it at the time.
The online delivery services have really screwed everything up. Instead of sitting on their backside ordering everything through their phones people should take the time to leave the sofa now and again.
You've hit the nail on the head. The last time I was in Maccas in London I popped in just for an order of fries to tied me over till I got home. I waited over 15 minutes just for the order and kept getting shoved around at the counter as I was getting in the way of delivery riders in dirty overalls collecting food orders to take out - food orders being delivered in dirty filthy looking carrier boxes. Is this progress?
Ah, thank god for this video. Its like eyecandy for my brain to be seeing this once again. I was 16 in 1984: I actually worked at McDonalds in 1984 and hung out with my friends. Look how warm everything is. A person at every register. The lights, the menu boards. It just had a feeling of a warm glow of warmth. Go into a new McDonalds now. Its like some AI nightmare out of a future movie where its just cold. They dont want people or families eating inside anymore. I think they just want to be a drive through service. Ugh. Thank you for this amazing video. Im just gonna watch it, and remember.
I want to know who the idiot was who designed all the "new"McDonald's" buildings to look like WWII pillboxes. It is obvious why they did it, because they want people to stay away and use the drive-thru service, but going full brutalist is going to (eventually) backfire.
2:05 employee says thank you have a nice day. I can't remember hearing that at least in this decade. I also say thank you as a customer. Sad that I rarely even get an acknowledgement in return.
I was born in 84 and it's so great to see these old videos. I'm sure all the ice cream machines were working back then. I truly miss the 80s and 90s so much. Thanks for these😊
@@All-TimersCondensedBoxingit wasn’t one event lmaoo know your history and realize there have always been insane and disrespectful people. It wasn’t known because there wasn’t social media back then.
This is how it really was. It was like this at all stores and restaurants and malls and work. Respectful , clean, caring. No attitude. It was so much fun to do Everything and go everywhere and do things. People were considerate while driving too. Ditch the violent video games , cell phones , internet and social media. Turn off your electronics for a few hours a day and you’ll become a lot happier.
Intentional understaffing also makes workers like this. I don't blame them. These greedy corporate clowns try to suck as much work out of a skeleton crew. Those people are overworked and it shows in their demeanor.
This is how I remember McDonalds. Even though I was born in 1985, my first memory of McDonalds was in 1989, I remember the workers dressed in this attire and they were so wholesome back then. It felt like a trip to go to McDonalds, it made you feel good eating there, even the Happy Meals from the 80s/90s were on a different level. The toys were better quality than today and the happy meal carton box had an elaborate design. Different times, better times, people were calmer, dressed better, little to no tats, etc.
Little to no tats. Omg the planet has gone insane with tattoos. Almost everyone has them and now it's normal for ppl to have them on their face, many with a face full.
@@Ironmonkey103 me too 😂 now they just throw your poison at you and you don't get a good toy either. Used to be a beanie baby or pound puppy or those little dolls or hot wheels now it's a cardboard cutout 😂
I still remember my senior year in HS in 1996, a medium double quarter pounder meal was $3.18. Now the same meal with smaller portion sizes plus worse tasting food is $11.25. Ain’t that some shit?
I was just mentioning that. I could get a quarter pounder with cheese value meal in 1994 when I was in my teens (I graduated 1995) for $3.14 and that includes the tax. The fries definitely are not as fresh or as thick as they used to be. The burgers don't taste as good. The Big Mac has shrunk in size and become mostly bread with super thin beef patties. With a family of four, you're spending over 40 dollars for ONE fast food meal. It's no wonder that people are struggling when food costs so much and everything else keeps going up, yet salaries have barely nudged, comparatively speaking.
I was a manager from 1978 to 1987 and we were SOOO busy back then. The lobby would be packed at lunch and dinner. Quarter pounders and quarter pounders with cheese were 55 and 65 cents respectively when I started. There was a big emphasis on workers being fast and always saying “thank you, come again.”
I worked back, front, and drive-thru 1992. Question, would you be able to drop in any McDs today and work your shift like it was in 1980? I know, it might take me an hour to get used to what's changed, but the processes remain unchanged IMO.
@@MikeHawke-h6c Big Marge with the cigarette breath yelling "wadduyah want?" through the speaker and practically throwing your food out the window as you drive past. 😂
@@mikemayo4812 nah. U could feel the peace and calm and sensibility in the air back then. The whole flipping out at fast food restaursnt thing started in the mid 2000s and continued to get worse and worse as time went on.
@akuma4u I have never seen anyone flip out in a restaurant except on video. I'm sure it happened back then too but people didn't have cameras in their pocket to film the evidence then.
@@mikemayo4812 yea im sure it happened then too BUT maybe once in a blue moon not like it is now. Im 100% sure of that. Im willing to bet even the level of anger would be much less and more civil than what ghettoness we have now
People were either christian or atheist but had assimilated christian values What ever you think of the whole bible story. You had to admit it did help a lot in creating a nice pleasant respectful kind society overall And also in creating a healthy family that stick together for life The total abandonement of christianity and its values. Really did not do families and society any good
What gets me is that people nowadays can't even say "Excuse me" when walking in front of someone. No proper upbringing So yes complete and utter shit with no common decency.
Those days months years is when America was still great. Reaganomics going strong, $5,000 brand new cars, $1.25 a gallon gasoline. $1.50 for a real Big Mac that was bigger than today's. You could still live good and make it in that America that's long gone and never to return again. 40 years later and it's all gone to crap.
It's awesome to see no cell phones or major distractions in these hard workers. All focus and dedication, no errors noticed, no arguing with customers.
What are you guys on? I need some of that. This is one McDonald's. I can take a video of my local McDonald's today, put an 80s VHS filter on it, upload it, and get comments about how it was so nice "back in the day". This is literally one McDonald's.
I, for one, would move to a town where cell phones are banned from use in public (barring emergencies, of course). We managed well without them in the past.
Wow, what a nostalgic trip back to 1984! It's incredible to see how different McDonald's was back then-everyone dressed nicely, enjoying their meals and each other’s company without distractions. I can’t help but feel a sense of jealousy for that simpler time when people actually engaged in conversations instead of staring at their phones. I bet the food had a different vibe too! I love the convenience of technology today, but I really wish we could bring back that quality of interaction in restaurants. It really shows how much we've lost in the name of progress. 🍔❤️
@@nocturnalrecluse1216 L O L yes I remember those ashtrays too and if we could only realize how this world was slowly go to the dump level it is now and could find someway to stay back in the 80s I think we would but you never know how things are gonna turn out when you’re just a little child years ago
Listen to all the "Thank-you's". I grew up in that era. What a wonderful world we had. I really miss those days. I really believe we have de-evolved as a society since the 70's & 80's.
I started working at McD's in August of 1986 when I was 17. This were the exact same uniform that I wore for the first couple months until we got new ones that were uncomfortable, stained easily, and wore out really fast. I was in responsible for prepping the counter and drive-thru and my shift was 5am-1:30pm. Those Styrofoam containers were so bulky and the cups were the bane of my employment. LOL I had to bring them up from the basement and it was insane to get everything stocked, coffees brewed, iced tea brewed and poured into the huge dispenser, and then once the store opened at 6am I worked drive-thru taking orders until 9am. I got my breakfast until 9:30 and then it was time to disassemble both shake and sundae machines, clean them, sanitize all the parts reassemble both machines and have them up and running by the time we hit the switch over from breakfast to lunch at 10:30! It was so fast paced that we never had time to hang around and chit chat, but it was fun because we were a team who had respect for each other and our customers. Those prices tho...insane to think we thought a Big Mac was expensive back then! I remember one year it was the anniversary of the Big Mac and we sold them for 99 cents for a week! It was crazy! We had businesses ordering 50+ Macs with fries and people ordering 10-20 for their co-workers. Those days are long gone!
great comment. A long time ago they had hamburger mon and cheeseburger tues. I would buy a lot, sometimes 6-8 and eat them driving home from work. I don't eat fast food anymore, but those were good times.
I worked at a McDonald's in 1984. I had this exact uniform. Except we didn't have those billed caps. We had to wear these awful paper pirate hats. I forgot McDonald's had smoking and non-smoking areas. I used to like working the breakfast shift. Back then, you actually made every breakfast order by scratch; the biscuits, pancakes, and all the eggs. I remember the round burger sized bacon they had. I'd put that on my burger for my lunch. Around that time McDonald's had just introduced the McDLT. It was a great first job.
There are tons of fast food restaurants where the employees care about their jobs. Go to any Chick-Fil A. It also depends on the region, pay, and culture. Has nothing to do with "good old days."
Seeing people interacting with each other genuinely and full, it’s so wholesome I haven’t seen that since my early childhood, I got used to that feeling of emptiness that people give when they are immersed at their phones and don’t give a damn about others. And it reminds me of the big impact that it has, that it generates an intense depression, like being castaway on an island.
@@LarkpawOfForestClan Gotcha👍, there has and will always be drama, but it wasn't so rampant back then! Ask your dad which environment he would prefer, back then or now?!🤔
It's a crying shame today ,all it is today people flipping out over something stupid like ketchup,burgers cold ,etc in which today fast food and the outrageous prices isn't worth it 😕😕😕
It was 1989 when two redneck mama's at Walmart fought over a doll on black friday. It made national news and the world of retail changed forever. . It marked the beginning of the end.
What a beautiful sight to see. No phones, no shenanigans, no fighting, no bullshit. Every race, color and creed working together and existing peacefully with each other. What I would give to go back to this place in time…..
@@doloresbeam8022 And they don't smoke cigarettes today? Plenty of fat and obese people smoke. Not to mention these people are already at MCDONALDS! They don't seem to have a problem with appetite.
The pride we had back then! My goodness, the clothing is well put together, people genuinely gave excellent customer service. Carrying those trays was shown with pride - by patrons.
And compared to previous decades, we were much more casually dressed even in the 80s. I have a picture of my parents and my grandparents about to head out to a nice restaurant dinner in the early 1960s and they looked like movie stars. I mean, maybe it was a little silly that people wore dress shirts and ties to a ball game, but we have definitely gone way too far the other way. There's nothing more depressing than going to Walmart and seeing a grown adult wearing pajama bottoms and a hoodie.
Dang, people didn’t sag their pants and exposing their buttholes, not cursing, not being rude, and not throwing food at the cashier for getting their order wrong. This must be a different planet than earth.
Civilized America. Respect was the norm, no divas screaming and throwing food and McDonald's ruining others property. No swarm of entitled victims. No fighting like savages. Sad world we live in now where bad behavior attitudes are the norm.
This makes me happy and sad at the same time. I was 10 in 1984, and McDonalds was a big treat. My cousins and I would get so happy when my Grandmothers car would pull into the driveway. Such fun times. Nostalgia at its best
It was completely amazing. The Happy Meal was so frigging awesome in the 80s. The fries were the best fries available. I went to McD a few weeks ago and they still haven't found a new oil to cook them in to get them to taste how they used to before the transfat ban. Most fast food today is you pay $13 to be disappointed.
@@magamaga1827 look at everyone’s soda size in the table shots of customers..that was a large 20oz… now that’s a medium…I was 14 in 84..I remember the big gulp was like a huge amount of soda and that was like 32 oz I think .everyone supersizes, eats this stuff 6 days a week -this is why there are landwhales everywhere
In 1984 I was 4…I do remember people being a lot nicer and way more elegant…this video captures that exactly. Customers and employees are smiling at each other and everyone seems to be enjoying their day. Stark contrast to what is happening these days…I truly miss the 80’s and 90’s
if customers cussing, spitting, and throwing food is a normal occurrence, then you either live in a dump or youre confusing your local mcdonalds for a pre-school lunch table
That doesn't happen now hardly ever. TH-cam and social media just brings it to light when it does. I'm sure there were problems back then just as much as there is today.
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I feel bad for anyone who didn't see the world before 2000. Such a different world back then.
Ok whatever
much better times back then.
@@rachel_espinoza jealous much?
@@tomloft2000 yeah right. 😂
@B B sorry.
I kinda cried a bit watching this. In 1984 I was 14 and I used to work at McDonalds from 1983-1987. I actually really liked working there! I made my way into making $5.75 an hour (not bad back then!). I even remember the manager making a real good living too; I want to say about $45,000 a year. Back then that was a lot! I had to go to high school and the company respected when I could and couldn't work! Imagine that! This was my favorite high school job! Thank you Vampire Robot for putting this on YT!
I worked there in 95 when i was in high school. It was still a great job at that time. We took pride in being fast and clean almost like sports lol
Yeah that 5.75 is the equivalent of making $30 an hour now in today's money
@@Jim26Dit would be the equivalent of $14.68, which for 1984, still you got you far. Considering the average minimum wage was around $2.75.
$5.75 back in 87 thats around $15.50 in today money, and you didn't have to deal with nearly as many taxes!
Hi Stephanie,
I was also thinking about how genuine people were in those days and I miss them. I’m in my mid 40s but I am old enough to remember those days and wish that we could see some of that same kind of human spirit these days. A lot of those young workers there are now at retirement age which is hard to imagine. Time is so precious and yet so fleeting makes you think about the bigger picture or at least it does for me!
I was a young kid during this era. This is when having a birthday party at McDonalds was every kids dream. A Happy Meal was a big deal. It was actually something to look forward to. I enjoy aspects of technology but I do miss how people interacted before the smart phone era. I got to experience childhood in the 80s and teens in the 90s. I miss those days.
Very true. My dad never let me eat fast food unless I was getting a shot at the doctors. After my appointment I would get some McDonald’s fries and I was happy with that. To have your birthday party there was a dream.
Back then, the food was still real too so was the their coffee. Tasted so much different
@@temporarybackup5077 mmm I could imagine the taste of some real good coffee from McDonald’s in the 80’s.
@@Smurfyis730happy meal, the kids meal even had the coolest toys for crying out loud!! All it took was one rotten scoundrel raised by crooks looking to catch a case that ruined that forever
@@Smurfyis730 seriously, the aroma filled the entire space. I remember vividly the older folks, it were mostly polish seniors in my area back then, and they'd be the early birds with the freshest brew all sitting together in a row gossiping about everyone and themselves.
Those Bigmac's were waaay bigger then they are today. And heck, the demeanor of everyday life was so just laid back but yet polite and productive. Miss those days quite often.
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The quality was 10X better back then, I worked there as a teenager. The food is not edible now, they cook it way ahead of time and reheat.
those are the results of inflation
@@soyyjojo No, it is the result of wanting able to prepare the food within 2 minutes.
@@info781 could be that or it just lead to demand
This is like walking into a time machine. I was a little girl in 1984. This is my memory of McDonald's at that time. Cashiers at each register, lobby full of people eating, enjoying each other's company. I'll be 45 this month. It's almost scary looking back and remembering a world that wasn't cold.
@Jason Shoots I was too 🙂
I was in my 20s loved big Macs, Carl's Jr & taco bell, now they don't taste the same. I still do McDonald's every now n then for nostalgic reasons I guess
I'm 45 as well. I remember those times. The first thing that stuck out to me was the ash trays on the tables. I remember loving the playground and going into the Bigmac Policmen's jail thingy. Anyone my age will know what I'm talking about.
Ironic you say cold since the Cold War was still going on but I get what you’re saying
See you talk about the world, but lots and lots of messed up stuff was going on around the world in the 80s.
For 1984, the quality of this footage is incredibly good.
6.22 PUFFING A CIG
GOOD TIMES
CANT DO THAT TODAY
@@ekop1778 *Gross* times you mean ... I did not like dealing with smokers while eating. That goodness that is not allowed today! Everything is subjective!
@@dannydougin3925 Weichei!
VHS Quality, it wasn't as good quality as the free-to-air stations though.
Probably a big ass VHS camcorder we used to put them on our shoulder. The little ones came in like 1992.
I was a Crew trainer back then. I don’t miss the smoking section, but miss the flavor of actually searing and seasoning the 1/10 patties. Also the soft serve machine always worked, because at least 3 people on any given shift were qualified to strip it down and rebuild it. There was real pride in the work we did there. We were serving guests who deserved our best efforts. Every time.
Mickey D's was truly under golden arches back then 🎉
Thank you for your service. 🙏🏻
It honestly looks like a really nice job to have in this video.
Aren't clogged arteries just as much to blame for strokes and heart attacks as cigarettes are. Self righteous hypocrites are always great for a good laugh 😂😆...keep em entertained
@MaryjaneSmith-dm8co The difference is that French fries smell fantastic and cigarettes smell like shit but you guys can’t smell it because you’re addicted and you never get away from the foul stench. Good luck with your health. 😉
Born 1984 , and watching this made me cry. Lord how much has changed.
I was 9 in 1984 and I loved my childhood. Worry and anxiety free. I'm 49 now and have anxiety.
For the person that recorded this, you’re an amazing human being for having done this back in the 80s. How I long for the 80s 90s again. People were real and genuine.
No they weren’t. It’s just not as bad as it is now and days
sure if u think being hyper transphobic, homophobic, racist, etc is “real and genuine”. oh, and having no consideration for smoking in a lobby full of people and food
@@joshua_drennen Phobic means fear. I think you are confusing fear with contempt.
Go away with your negative comments
@@joshua_drennenproduct of what they tell you to think. I miss the OLD days.
You probably weren’t aware of it back then but you have made an important historical deed when you recorded this. Giving us a glimpse into a gone past era. Thank you for your work!
I'm adding this to my 80s nostalgia playlist. 🙂
TH-cam is the closest thing we have to a time machine
The ladies at 7:09 were thinking that maybe they were going to be on the news on TV. They never could have guessed that they were going to be TH-cam famous nearly 40 years later!
SO TRUE!!
A gone past era when people had basic common decency.
This is the time when all the ice cream machines actually worked
This was the last time the ice cream machines worked
@@muffycrosswire lol
🤣🤣🤣
Damn I'm hungry for some mickyDees now
I miss MCD banana milkshakes!
Calm, normal, no yelling, no crap. That is the 80's. People actually talk to you like a person, not fear.
The civil rights movements happened before the 80s. What are you even talking about? You’re just talking out of your ass like always.
Every woman wearing 👠 👠 heels 😮😮
Come down to the midwest. We’re chill.
@@dazknight9326 bs in the USA today there are many thousands of small towns without calm and nice peoples even today. Here in europe almost every town is calm, in the big cities are the yelling peoples
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Wow. Nobody yelling, screaming, cussing or throwing. Everyone clean, groomed, well and dressed, well spoken. Everyone carrying their self with dignity. Now society is a toilet.
Japan is still like that though... But yeah, I live in latin america, and is the same though, people are rude, kids are brain dead and zombyfied, and everything beautiful is somehow tried to be destroyed. I truly wish God or something really big happens soon, so everything can just reset itself, this cannot continue any longer like this really. My best.
Not a toilet 😂💀
yes it íß
Which society?
@@MB-gd6beYours
I was 17 in 1984 and I didn't realize how much more respectful people were then, cause it was the only reality that I knew. But living today, I see the difference
It is just nostalgia. Ignoring the bad things of that time.
same here. We thought all people were well mannered and thus, we were too
I was 15 life was so good then.
I was actually waiting for someone smoking?
Come to Germany, the Most grocery stores or even the most Fastfood Restaurants like McDonald's or Burger King are stil places with Peace, yelling karens or criminal violence is pretty low in comparsion to the USA. Germany and USA are two complete different worlds
I would go back to the 80s in a heartbeat... EVEN at the age I am NOW (56)... SO GLAD I was able to experience this decade!!! 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Me too! (53)
Fire up the DeLorean! 🚗
I would totally go back!! Life was fun back then and it didn't cost a fortune to have a good time. Now days you have to worry about guns, undiagnosed people with mental issues, and prejudice political people!
Me too, there was a better spirit and more hope back then. People didn't have a impatient sound to their voice. I would even say that people had a more innocent look back then, its hard to explain but you know it when you see it.
no thanks. the 80's were awful, aside from the music.
This is not just inside McDonald's in the 1980s .. this is inside the heart of America in 1980❤❤❤
Oi excuse me sunshine……and the uk !
Oi excuse me sunshine... and Australia!
@@metalgear292 hahahahahahha. Naaaa Aussies can do one and take Rolf Harris with you! You can have him back 😂😂 had to edit, forgot he died in 23 ! 😁
Good point!
Yeah - and it looks like absolute shit.
Damn I was 14 years old in 1984 I really wish I could just climb inside this video screen and go back to that year
likewise buddy, i was born in 71
Though I was born in 2006, I feel that.
1984💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖I WAS 16 OMG💔💔
Likewise 1970 I miss the mcdlt
I was 12 in 1984.. I remember going to McDonalds with friends on a Saturday.. It makes me feel kind of sad to think back that long ago.. Life passes by so quickly.
I was 20 back in 1984! I remember McDonald's looking exactly like this, employee's dressed well , food was good and cheap! The good old days
I was only 13 if I could get in that video I would I worked in McDonald's in 1989 only had 1 crazy lady come in asking for 🧀 on chicken nuggets got very upset when I told sorry mam but we don't that she went ballistic and her hen pecked husband come on sweetie let's go😂
A value meal is over $10 these days. 2020 changed everything and everybody.
I was 19 in '84 and yes it was exactly like this. What a difference comparing it with today's society.
Food is stil cheap, No wonder 69% of the americans have overweight Problems, too much cheap Fastfood.
High percentage of White people, low crime, high trust. All completely unrelated, of course
No self-service machines, no customers (or workers for that matter) shouting or making noise that no one wants to hear, nobody in pajamas, paper on trays, man I miss these days
If you miss eating at McDonalds, then your life must have taken a very dark turn.
@@texaswunderkind Wow. Somebody having a bad day? Or are they mad they voted for Biden? I can eat at McD's anytime, I just miss the way it was. Am I not allowed to have memories?
Self service machines are good. Who wants to wait in line
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
@@jasonvoigt We all miss the way it was. The food was real, smell and tasted better.. Politics has nothing to do with people being mean. People are going to become more mean, selfish as the years go by. Yes, it doesn't matter who is elected
Thanks to whoever filmed this. This was so beautiful to watch
Thank you to whoever decided to film this back in 1984, not realizing how many people in 2023 and beyond would watch it and what it would mean, for those of us in our mid 40s who can barely remember these times it brings back memories
We didn’t know we’d be looking at in 2023 lol
A film who were instructed to for TV?
Look! Evidence that their ice cream machine worked at one time! I love watching footage like this. I'm so glad people thought to even document just "everyday" life at a fast food restaurant like this.
I worked at McDonalds in 1984. The ice cream mix came in a big bag with a tube and was easy to put in and take out. Every evening you took the machine apart and sanitized it then the morning shift is supposed to assemble it . And THAT'S where the problem started . Poorly managed crews would put it off during breakfast , get busy and never assemble it or maybe didn't know how. We used to call out sundaes by "male" or "female" , with or without nuts. Pretty sure that wouldn't go over today , ha ha
@@BradYaeger Haha, we had a code for when a good looking woman came in, for example if there was someone worth checking out waiting at register 8, we'd say "McChicken on 8." I think the girls used "Big Mac".
That's because McDonald's wasn't all over the place like it's Today... Back in the 1970s the Ice Cream makers were always working because it was Real Ice Cream.... Than the 1980s was when McDonald's and Burger King went to War and the Vendors supplying these machines couldn't keep up.. at that time the average radius of a McDonald's was 30 miles... Grand population Radius.... Today the grand population Radius is 3.07 miles.... It was easier to get a Polish sausage in Chicago than a Big Mac in the 1970s. But the expanse of fast food was Soo great... That the Ice Cream makers today is more Artificial... Than Real Ice Cream. If you notice the majority of the employees are young.... The Manager was mostly the only one above 25 years.... Nowadays the Employees are Upto Elderly.... That's a result of sending jobs overseas to take advantage of the cheap Labor.... The American people are mostly Service Sector and the really good paying jobs disappeared overseas. Back then you could work 4 days and pay the Rent... Car... Food.. utilities... And go to the ballgame.... Today you work 48 hours and never get above water.... Lower wages and less benefits.
That's what happened in the last 40 years.... Corporations stripped themselves of the Highly Qualified and Skilled American worker.... To a Highly Qualified and Skilled foreign worker... With No Benefits.... No Union... No Environmental Regulations.... And very Cheap Labor Costs.... Cheap Wages.
I loved the 1970s and 1980s.
@@ricardosoto5512 Well, no... the ice cream machines just did the ice cream cones and shakes. Today they have McFlurries and THOSE are the machines that are always out of order.
@@BradYaeger Me too, twice 1978, and 1984. Way different back then. We made the food constantly. After 11 minutes under the heat lamps, and into the trash it went. No old pre made crap sitting around half the day.
I feel homesick now for a bygone era. People dressed nicely and treated each other with respect. Real conversations without a screen in everyones face.
BRUHHH you literally typed this message with a screen in your face.
@@sneksteppy if you didnt understand his comment, you are a part of the problem.
@@gilson1982 bro I'm 34 and while I like the convenience, our society has gone to dog shit. People are rude, dress like whores or trailer trash and have zero shame. I see zero land whales or screaming kids.
I'd give up all my tech so my daughter could live in the 90s society I experienced.
Not In Compton.
Bro I miss when everybody had personality. Not hearing what media tells you to or how to look/ dress. All unique individuals that aren’t sensitive to gender/ roles.
People actually chatting in line and not all looking down at their phones. Nice.
In 1984 there was no mobile phone 🤣
@@Le_Mouton_Noir I remember. I was there. No phones. I think a few people had pagers. That was about it. People actually talked.
@@cannondaleman1 The first lightweight mobile phone in the us was in 92 if my memory is correct
Forget phones. There aren’t savages climbing atop the counters. There aren’t savages throwing things at employees. There aren’t savages assaulting employees.
@@TowGunner We sure are living in different times. Things have gotten out of control.
Does anyone my age (45) or older remember this time period, but it just feels and seems like a different lifetime, or like it is hard to relate to because you've seen the changes in cars, styles, prices, etc. and you are used to the modern times? It just seems surreal. I was recently going through pictures from my early twenties in the late nineties, and I was like, "wow, look how young I looked". Time has moved so swiftly that it's not like you notice the change as much until you look back through pictures or video.
Definitely feels like a completely other life.
It's called evolution, and the changes you notice now are relative, the RELATIVITY paradigm: There is no change until or unless you have a previous element to compare to
I am 52 years old, and honest to God, 1984 it feels like yesterday, even though it was 39 years ago now. And I agree with you, that it feels like it was another world, and not the same world we are in now. Very strange!
@@22lilacsky It's a strange feeling. Must also have felt even more strange for people living from 1900 to the 1970s, seeing going from horse drawn carriages to early automobiles to changes in style to even rockets.
@@mysteriousjz I see what you are saying, but it feels like time is moving faster the past 20 years than my first 25 years.
People were so calm , discreet , polite and socially respectful
the good ole days jen
Yes
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@@곽두팔-q3s Oh gosh no!!!!
Thats Just a small part of the past, 80s was punks, vandalism, Graffiti, skinheads Hooligans, same problems Like today
In 1984 I was 11-years-old. Seeing this video was like hoping into a time machine to a by gone era! Feeling nostalgic for the 80’s almost hurts. I miss this era so much. If I could I would go back in a heart beat and wouldn’t even miss having a smart phone. Look at how nice and cozy this McDonald’s restaurant was compared to how they look today. Look at their uniforms back then, how every staff covered each register, everyone polite, and no fighting.
Same!!!! God bless
I know how you feel when you say it almost hurts....it does hurt.
They look like doctors offices these days.. I think there are maybe a handful or less in my area that haven't been remodeled yet.. I'm born in 1978 and the one I use to live near with my mother growing up (who deceased in 2016 from cancer) is still there and looks the same with the same floors, and it was around 1984 when my mother would take me there.. I'm sure it's going to be replaced at some point in the near future.. Some of them were completely torn down and replaced while others were gutted to the 4 outer walls..
Same here! I feel sad seeing the 80s because I want to be a little kid again. Such a great time to be a kid.
I worked at a few of them during that decade as a teen. Some of the co-workers that I worked with were so nice and treated me as if I were part of the family. Nowadays when going to some of them they have that funeral home look and feel with mostly computerized kiosks that takes your orders now. One time this cashier just stood there for a long time not letting us know what the heck the hold up is with a blank zombie stare staring into space before finally taking my order. And my food was so badly made that I was thinking was this actually a cook or a monkey that made my meal?
Man do I missed those days!! People were respectful, hard-working, took pride in their work, good quality food, and so much more!
@@jacksondigitalassetsinvest7850 Lot of violence back then
They actually could buy a house and start a family whit mcsalary. Now its dead.
I worked at McDonald's in 1990, and I can tell you without doubt: The people, registers, environment etc, was just like this! How has McDonald's (and the rest of the world) changed so dramatically for worse?! I'm so glad I experienced life in the 80s. Thank you for uploading this gem!
How..corporate greed...i have a lot of private restaurants where I live and they are very much like the old days.
they had more employees then to properly run the restaurant. Fewer menu items but better ingredients and quality. Blame "optimization" and cutting every corner to squeeze just a few more pennies of profit out in the short term, at the cost of long term service and quality. I quit eating at McDonalds when half of them installed touch screen order kiosks instead of having an actual cashier available.
Democrats and lack of true religion.
Cause when you allow society to behave a certain way it becomes the norm, we let society become sh*t and sh*t is what you get in return
Huh I don't see difference... the same big mag...
The color video have low resolution yeagbthat different...
And price... normal .. infation
I’m shocked at how nice everyone is. Even the staff look happy. And no music blasting out of phones. Good times.
And no rap music blaring. No one hopping the counter demanding their chicken nuggets
Lmao, another nostalgic simp.
I say this as a 90’s kid who loved my childhood..
Nostalgia is such a cheap emotion that clouds critical thinking.
I'm not saying I don't fall into the trap, but but it is easy to take a past situation where you have fully made it through to the other side, and conclude that since all the variables in play have played out, and since it's familiar territory now, it must have been some less complicated, wholesome time, in the same way people are susceptible to thinking that history wasn't complicated, messy, or nuanced for the people living through it at the time.
Every generation becomes nostalgic. So, just because we entered the 21st century everyone suddenly became “less nice”? 🤡😂🤣🤦♂️
@@cbgg1585
“so, just because we entered the 21st century, everyone suddenly became “less nice”? 🤡
“Another nostalgic simp”
You said it.
After reading through your boring drivel it’s not difficult to conclude that people were nicer back then. And not as boring. 😁
Even they spoke Spanish, and nobody complained.
No kidding. Now a days everyone has a chip on their shoulder.
Back when we really connected with each other and weren’t glued to a screen. I wish it was still like this. What a time to be alive ❤️
Back when Conservatives were in charge of the nation. Ever since liberals have gotten hold of this country, its gotten significantly worse for everyone.
Yes it was a great time back then, life and social connections were natural especially for us kids at the time
we still talk to each other just no one likes talking to an old person always saying back in my dad after all did you love it when old people told you about the hill they had to go up to get to school when you were younger
social media has increased our talk..
see now i can talk with u around the world😂
@@coolmonkey5269 "Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it." -Mike Tyson
This is the year I was born. It looks like a beautiful time. The McDonald’s now is full of cashiers who just stare back at you like you’re interrupting something 🤦🏾♀️😂. Great video! 84’ ❤
I was also born in 1984 :)
This was when food tasted real good and when people didn't try to just jump over the counter and fight or kill the workers .
Since the smart phone became more prevalent..society has become inadvertently barbaric
@@typop I noticed that also. Makes you wonder about the cell phones and the internet, computers. The more technology the more stupid and silly people become
This restaurant contributed the obesity epidemic that has only risen substantially since the 80s
@@kaisarr7632 How? People were eating McDonald's in the 1970s and people were not overweight, and eating at other fast food chains. I have seen others that are overweight that never eat out
@@kaisarr7632 no. People contributed to their own obesity.
A different world back then.
People are relaxed, aware and communicate without distraction.
That vibe - it will never be the same.
No kids making brainless TikTok’s.
Clean, the lighting is calming, the whole picture is not what it is today, it’s a shame, but I won’t forget these years. Things were simpler and appreciated.
What a surprise, another Karen clutching pearls about TikTok teens. Do you know what we did in the 80's as teenagers? We got wasted on drugs and alcohol, we scammed on intoxicated girls, and we crashed our cars. Teens today are far more responsible, but oh no TikTok!!!
@@texaswunderkind Yeah but we didn't bitch about our feelings, being offended at everything, Whinging self entitled people everywhere, mass psychosis of the commies and LGBT wiggling their todgers in kids faces at drag queen story hour. Social Media and Marxism has destroyed society. They've flooded our countries with mass immigration which has increased crime and drugs exponentially and destroyed industries and businesses. Yeah. We had drugs but no where near the levels it is today. The difference is we enforced drug laws back then. Now we just give them it and include a paraphernalia kit to go along with it.
You know nothing about what it was like back then compared to now. Today, society, culture, businesses and family values have all been vapourised. We are a shameful shell of what was once great. Let's face facts here, The small hat tribe of so called "chosen" people have killed our countries. VERMIN!
@@texaswunderkind Stop the cap
@@texaswunderkind You might be the key to an unsolved cold case. Guys like you eventually get caught.
@@texaswunderkind slow down superstar and act your age . The teenagers are doing what you did as well with drugs and crashing cars and scamming etc but also even more ridiculous stuff on tik tok and instagram reels. I was partying and bar hopping in the 80s and early 90s and it is totally more stupid in 2023 than ever before. Big diff in dumbing down of society. I've lived enough before social media and during it to see the difference
This is awesome footage! Thank you! No rude customers, pleasant customer service, friendly cashiers, no hair bonnets, no sagging pants with dirty hair, etc...everything and everybody looked clean and respectable.
Absolutely
No pajama pants either.
Only downside that I could see here was the second-hand smoke!
🙌🙌 💯 your right about that
Those times are long gone I’m afraid. We are all witnessing the decay of a Godless society. This video is proof.
Man, that place is clean, especially behind the counter!! Seeing the bags, the packaging, uniforms, really bought me back, even the civilized customers, staff. Sure there were those rough days but overall, a great experience. Those prices too!! This was an awesome video!! Thanks!!
Notice how differently everyone dressed back then. They took pride in their appearance. And look at all of the employees! All lines open, everyone working fast and courteous. What a different time. I was 21. I miss those days so much.
yes, america was mostly still white.
I was 21 in ‘84 too! 60 now, it went by so quickly. Funny thing is, I still feel the same!
my mother was 8 at the time
The cashier telling the customer "have a great weekend"... now ur lucky if they even make eye contact with you lol
@@ov7spears I have not heard “ have a great weekend” in decades 😹
I miss the 80's. I wish I could go back and live through it a second time.
We didn't appreciate what we had. Graduated in 85. I wish the same.
If the time machine existed i wish i could go back in time
Why aren't the women twerking
I was 5 in 84’ and I can tell you, going to McDonald’s was a treat. Everyone was nice and calm.
Same! I was 5 as well, and I remember people treating each other politely and with respect. Adults were adults. I miss that world.
Ha! I was six! Im older and therefore superior to both of you 1979ers! 1978 ftw!!! ..... oh wait.... that just means im old. My back hurts. Im going to sleep now...
We are the same age! I remember when going to McDonald’s my mom rewarded us with for being good. Now there are screaming brats in every McDonald’s
I won't go there now ecause I don't wanna get shot in the parking lot.
And I don’t know about you, I didn’t get to open my toy until I was done eating and if you were really good you get ice cream ☺️ Food outside the home was really a treat…. So glad I was little in the 80’s a teenager in the 90’s and young adult in the early 2000’s. The world is kinda scary now ❤️
I was born in 1979 so i have memories. I’m guessing this is in Florida. I hear English and Spanish, people of different races and cultures. Yet everyone is so civil and respectful! No yelling, insults, physical fights, etc. Just pure civility and respect !!! 🙄
I was born in 1963, and feel so blessed to have such great memories of living in the 70’s and 80’s. Technology has its advantages, but knowing how much it has changed our overall way of life, I’d vote to go back to ‘the good old days’ every single time.
I also was born in 1963. I miss taking the old trolly to go shopping in downtown Pittsburgh. The variety of stores was amazing and always a trip to McDonald's afterwards.🥰🍔
I was born 87 I really miss the way things were back in the day 😢
@@bargeld09seem like good times
I wish I was alive in the 70s I missed out!
65 I agree. The small things like lunch mattered more. Not just a hurried task.
Old videos of fast food restaurants are further proof of the past actually being superior in many ways. Everyone's better dressed and better behaved, and the restaurant's cleaner and more efficient. I'd expect the food _quality_ to be superior as well
Back when I was a kid we went on a school field trip and stopped at McD's for lunch. I remember you could smell McD's blocks away as we approached. And it tasted soooooooo good. The fries were awesome. My most recent trip the burgers just taste like chemicals and the fries turn to plastic after a few minutes.
@@Anarchist86ed Dear God are you right! Another thing I remember from 80s McDonald's is that they would frequently employ genuine clowns to play Ronald and he'd just be walkin' around in the place!
@@flutebasket4294 They also ruined the design of the restaurants making them current year eyesores. That classic look is gone forever.
@@Anarchist86ed 100% agreed
And every night they would join hands and sing We Are The World.
I had forgotten how well dressed and respectful people were. Society has really declined.
well, ok I dressed like a metal band person in the 80s and still do, in black with leather and stuff, but I get your point. A lot of people now just go out in pajamas or just don’t dress well in public no matter what style they have, and a lot of employees don’t do their jobs now, Lots of rude people everyone is angry i guess in 2023. I love technology but I’d give up everything we now have in technology the internet, smartphones, streaming TV, VR etc to be back in the 1980s though.
Obama killed America
Well dressed? Everyone looks old and haggard.
Pantyhose sucked. If you call me having to shove my feet into pointy toed shoes that gave me bunions in my 20s society at its apex, you can have it.
Respect, yes. But compare this to the era when everyone wore suits and dresses, and you could say this was already an era of decline.
I remember those days. I was 20 in 1984. Look at these young people, smiling, alert, working quickly and being respectful. Look at the quality of the food on the plate, look at how people are interacting and not looking at their phones. I miss those days, but I don’t lament them, I try to interact in 2024 the same as I did in 1984. Make the world the best you can. I still like people even though so many aren’t very likeable. People are really messed up these days. I’m not messed up so I think I should be the one to spread peace and cheer.
So you remember the 1970s then ! I am 2 years older than you .
@@LannieLord yes I do, I enjoyed the 70's but the 80's were my favorite.
Everyone looked like they cared about themselves. Everyone dressed nicely. Employees look great. No rudeness just a lovely din of a busy store!!! I miss this way of life so much. 😢
Most employees were latins, I am, and in those days they were immigrants who took pride in what they did, they feed their family sometimes in another country because of that work!! But still, people simply had their feet on the ground and there wasn't this "brainwash" done by the media, everyone had a different opinion as it should be, but no one killed each other because of it, unlike today, with this pathetic weak generation.
And they looked happy, and heck -- thin.
Even fast food looked better back then, enough to fill you up and not bankrupt you. Probably healthier ingredients too.
@@maccagrabme thin people at fast McDonalds, says a lot about the quality of their food back then.
@@ignacio6454most McDonald employees are “Latins” too what your point?
The last time I went inside a Macdonalds I couldn't believe what a dismal, dark, cold, unfriendly, and impersonal place it was. I felt as if I were in a mausoleum. I actually ended up leaving. The remodeled Macdonalds' feel like asylums not restaurants. This was a year ago. Ive only gone to Macdonalds twice since for breakfast through the Drive-thru. I heard a man say about the 50s that he wished he would have realized he was living through The Good Old Days. I feel the same way about the 80s. I was 20 years old for the most part of 1984. It was a grand time!
Life today seems so angry and miserable. Everyone wants to be on their devices, they dont want to go out to shop, eat or work. They dont want to speak to people in person. All they want to do is be on tiktok making very stupid videos or sell themselves on Only Fans. Its really an ugly time!!
Great comment 👍👍
Everything you said ...100% so true
The 80’s was probably the best era ever!
The only thing I would object to is the smoking inside that's going to be a no for me I hate 3rd hand smoke
In -n- Out burger has a very similar feel to McDonald's back in 70's. Simple menu, great atmosphere, and happier customers & employees.
Watching these good people almost makes my cry. what happened to this world today?
What happened to America. Plenty of places in the first world and "third world" still looks like this.
This world is about finished. Lol.
@@BigChap117 not in America.
@@thaistomp and rightly so.
It is everyone's job to champion goodness in one another. Most people are good people. "Be the change you want to see in the world"
I remember the days of more than one register AND all of those registers taking orders. So strange seeing that being done. You never see it nowadays
The McDs near me was like that up to about 10-15 years ago. Now even at lunch time, there's one register in use occasionally taking orders. Most dine-in customers use the kiosks or the app. Very little interaction. For dine-in, they offer table service, which is nice and somewhat surprising. So they're aware the experience leaves something to be desired. Many McDs have downsized their dining areas significantly.
It’s the building. The sign out front. The tile. The ordering board. The outfits. 1984 was a tremendous era.
Back when it was fully staffed and managers up front making sure everything was going smoothly. The staff actually look happy doing their job.
I REMEMBER THAT
GO TO MCDS NOW PEOPLE SCREAM HONK HORNS TEXT TOO
KRAP NOW
@@ekop1778 STILL CAN'T believe how many people are working the counter back then. Now you're lucky to see 1. 2 at the MOST.
@Monica Cabrera You could still make a living working at McDonalds at the time that’s probably why….
I spent 5 minutes at a kiosk today only to find out the payment thing didn't work, so I had to pay at the counter anyway. And then wait 10 minutes for a simple order.
@@bst6791 Lmao 😂!
The biggest difference between now and then is everyone is actually present . There is no way to see or reason to worry what your friend is doing across town, or something political to get mad about online, or people calling and texting you constantly. You just lived your life in the moment.
I couldn't agree with you more. There's nothing better then just sitting down and enjoying a nice meal with no crazy distractions.
100% spot on, there is so much and too much social pressure on people from a very very young age these days and its causing so much stress amongst many other issues because of it ... Life is too fast paced now
Yeah, technology doesn't always make things better!
Social media kind of ruined everything ngl
@@floppydong295 Its put lots of pressure on people which wasnt around back then....
2:55 - McDonald's used to have the *BEST* french fries (changed ingredients) & apple pies (changed pies entirely since then). They're still good, but definitely doesn't compare to how they used to be. I'll *NEVER* Forget!
The fries were cooked in lard. That's why cholesterol was such an issue back then. Now, they are dipped in beef stock and fried in chemicals.
@@MeIn321 Thanks. Yeah, I'll take the lard. Those same people buying the fries are gonna get high cholesterol one way or another anyway. I say, instead of changing the ingredients, they could've just offered 1 regular (smaller than their large) size, like some restaurants do, and be done with it. 🤷
How did you write text that is bold in a TH-cam comment m
Whoever recorded this was just so smart. Who knew we would enjoy seeing this so much..the prices, the clothes, everyone actually talking and enjoying the company they are with instead of their phones...❤❤❤
Exactly! People actually being human and interacting with one another with not a phone in sight.
👀 Look now At 2023 McDonald’s Please?
Hard to believe how nicely dressed, well mannered, and overall how nice people look. Nobody is morbidly obese. No rude remarks or comments. Crazy how times have changed.
Well said! My thoughts exactly 💯
🤣🤣👏👏
It is shocking at the high rate of obesity today. I’ll go shopping and we’ll over half of the people(young and old) are overweight or obese. I saw a picture of a high school female bowling team and 90% were obese. What has happened? I have to blame technology on a lot of it
@brandonthesigma6447 I think it must be that too - people nowadays just don’t move around enough .they are home staring at their phone
@Brandon The Sigma I was 19 in 1984 and even though I was out of the house, McDonalds was still a 1-2x a month treat. I mostly ate at home and cooked for my roommates. We also walked everywhere.
I feel like the person who recorded this is a time traveller. It's uncanny to want to capture such mundane occurrences, let alone the prices on the menu. He/she could not have known how this would have been viewed 40 years later.
Probably footage for a news report
I was born in 1966_ I am 58 years old i was a whole lot happier back in 1984 then I am in 2024.
I really miss the 80’s. I was in elementary school in 84, and it was a treat to go to McDonald’s. Such a happy time. I’m so glad to be a part of this time ♥️
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Everyone was so attentive at the register…no cell phones, Apple Pay, etc. Cashiers knew how to count cash lol. Everything was so clean and organized 🤩😬
This is the McDonald's I grew up with. The uniforms, styro containers for the BigMac, quarter pounder, etc. Very retro. Brings back memories when I was growing up.
Very pleasant and calm. No customers and or employess yelling and cursing. Employees are in nice uniforms,very professional and clean....no wild hair and even the restaurant itself looks better than the boring look McDonald's has today. No employees yelling "Girl what time is your break" for everyone in store to hear. Those times were better by far!
"Girl what time is your break!" 😂😂😂
Back when people actually dined in at fast food restaurants. Nowadays you can walk into almost any fast food restaurant anywhere in the U.S. during peak dinner hours and be the only customer inside, assuming the dining room is even open.
Hard to believe. Look how many workers they had. Corporate greed killed fast food.
Depends on where you live. In Hispanic neighborhoods you still see a lot of people dining in.
yea depends where you live. I live in the suburbs now and it's pretty dead but when I'm traveling for work on the cities, it's very packed.
That are some drunk bums yelling at you from the corner while you try to scarf down a big mac
@@musicalmelodies3595
That's what I'm saying. I'm from l.a. and interior of the McDonald's is scary AF. They have armed guards at the one in Santa Monica
I was at a Micky Ds recently and it was pretty sad. Most people were ordering from the self help menus. They had tons of orders coming in from what must have been from their app and delivery services like Uber Eats. The one guy that was waiting at the register was ignored even though he said excuse me several times and eventually left. They could just not handle the amount of orders. They weren't even slacking off they were all working as fast as they could. Technology can be a blessing but it can also really take away from the human experience. Eventually they really will need robots to work at the fast pace that's being demanded from the workers. People don't want to experience anything anymore they just want convenience.
I really miss these days. I was a kid in the 80s/90s and I remember you'd wait at the register for them to go get your food. Things still hadn't gotten messed up yet. It really does suck that the newer generations really never got the chance to experience life offline. Everyday life was pretty great. We just didn't know it at the time.
The online delivery services have really screwed everything up. Instead of sitting on their backside ordering everything through their phones people should take the time to leave the sofa now and again.
You've hit the nail on the head. The last time I was in Maccas in London I popped in just for an order of fries to tied me over till I got home. I waited over 15 minutes just for the order and kept getting shoved around at the counter as I was getting in the way of delivery riders in dirty overalls collecting food orders to take out - food orders being delivered in dirty filthy looking carrier boxes. Is this progress?
I certainly miss those days ugh
I still order the old fashioned way, person to person and with cash!!!
Young people dont want or value these forced and fake interactions. And I don't blame them.
Ah, thank god for this video. Its like eyecandy for my brain to be seeing this once again. I was 16 in 1984: I actually worked at McDonalds in 1984 and hung out with my friends. Look how warm everything is. A person at every register. The lights, the menu boards. It just had a feeling of a warm glow of warmth. Go into a new McDonalds now. Its like some AI nightmare out of a future movie where its just cold. They dont want people or families eating inside anymore. I think they just want to be a drive through service. Ugh. Thank you for this amazing video. Im just gonna watch it, and remember.
Yes! The environment McD’s used to present was warm and inviting.
Today it’s somewhere between prison cafeteria and DMV waiting area.
buy organic food and stop supporting these places. Genetically Modified Food is awful. Ray Kroc screwed over the original McDonalds founders.
I want to know who the idiot was who designed all the "new"McDonald's" buildings to look like WWII pillboxes. It is obvious why they did it, because they want people to stay away and use the drive-thru service, but going full brutalist is going to (eventually) backfire.
2:05 employee says thank you have a nice day. I can't remember hearing that at least in this decade. I also say thank you as a customer. Sad that I rarely even get an acknowledgement in return.
There's a young kid at this pizza place I just started going to and he always says have a nice night and drive safe. He's rare lol
First thing I noticed was how respectably everyone was dressed. People still took some pride in their public appearance then. 👍
Absolutely. Now people just go out in their pjs with flip flops or crocs. 😢
This could have been recorded n Sunday after church
@@sheep4521 no, this was every average day attire. These were better times. I was there
You got all that from the video huh
Exactly. The women all wore dresses and skirts, even the employees had actual uniforms then. Not tattooed trash like today😢.
I was born in 84 and it's so great to see these old videos. I'm sure all the ice cream machines were working back then. I truly miss the 80s and 90s so much. Thanks for these😊
Oh look - nobody is screaming or cussing or punching anybody out or throwing their food. How civilized.
I miss those days.
I miss this. When people actually wanted to be filmed or didn't mind it, because they weren't afraid of being cancelled or put up on social media
Are you on social media?
@@InterestedTuber What?
@@InterestedTuber I only asked if they were on social media.
@@InterestedTuber I don't know.
Who cares about being cancelled when you are a random? xd
No arguing, no fighting & no drama... Just peace & quiet.
1984 McDonalds massacre says hi
@@fwef7445 You're talking about a 1 in millions event. Get over yourself. The OP's point is as valid as ever.
@@All-TimersCondensedBoxingit wasn’t one event lmaoo know your history and realize there have always been insane and disrespectful people. It wasn’t known because there wasn’t social media back then.
@@TDoubleYu Some of us lived then and have eyes, and a brain that remembers. We'll just agree to disagree.
@@TDoubleYuit was much less. Even with limited media it would have gotten out. You're just bitter.
This is how it really was. It was like this at all stores and restaurants and malls and work. Respectful , clean, caring. No attitude. It was so much fun to do Everything and go everywhere and do things. People were considerate while driving too. Ditch the violent video games , cell phones , internet and social media. Turn off your electronics for a few hours a day and you’ll become a lot happier.
Intentional understaffing also makes workers like this. I don't blame them. These greedy corporate clowns try to suck as much work out of a skeleton crew. Those people are overworked and it shows in their demeanor.
Even the ambience was nice and presentable
This is how I remember McDonalds. Even though I was born in 1985, my first memory of McDonalds was in 1989, I remember the workers dressed in this attire and they were so wholesome back then. It felt like a trip to go to McDonalds, it made you feel good eating there, even the Happy Meals from the 80s/90s were on a different level. The toys were better quality than today and the happy meal carton box had an elaborate design. Different times, better times, people were calmer, dressed better, little to no tats, etc.
Little to no tats. Omg the planet has gone insane with tattoos. Almost everyone has them and now it's normal for ppl to have them on their face, many with a face full.
@@Ironmonkey103 me too 😂 now they just throw your poison at you and you don't get a good toy either. Used to be a beanie baby or pound puppy or those little dolls or hot wheels now it's a cardboard cutout 😂
@@Lilpeanut9 Dang! Lolol!!
I always liked the Popoids in the Happy Meal. They don't make those anymore, or under a different name. I called them 'accordion straws.'
Like the days of Noah....@@selfesteem3447
I still remember my senior year in HS in 1996, a medium double quarter pounder meal was $3.18.
Now the same meal with smaller portion sizes plus worse tasting food is $11.25. Ain’t that some shit?
20 pce nuggets are $4. actually pretty expensive back then compared to the 20pc nuggets now lol
It's $13.99 now in California. After Ronald Reagan left, America fell apart fast.
I REMEMBER GETTING A HAMBURGER 1982- FOR 35 CENTS
FRIES AND COKE HAPPY MEAL 80 CENTS
PEOPLE WERE SO CALM NICE TOO
NOT ITS KRAP
I was just mentioning that.
I could get a quarter pounder with cheese value meal in 1994 when I was in my teens (I graduated 1995) for $3.14 and that includes the tax.
The fries definitely are not as fresh or as thick as they used to be. The burgers don't taste as good. The Big Mac has shrunk in size and become mostly bread with super thin beef patties.
With a family of four, you're spending over 40 dollars for ONE fast food meal. It's no wonder that people are struggling when food costs so much and everything else keeps going up, yet salaries have barely nudged, comparatively speaking.
@@waltchan Reagan is the major reason why America fell apart in the first place
I was a manager from 1978 to 1987 and we were SOOO busy back then. The lobby would be packed at lunch and dinner. Quarter pounders and quarter pounders with cheese were 55 and 65 cents respectively when I started. There was a big emphasis on workers being fast and always saying “thank you, come again.”
Those that now work registers treat paying customers as an inconvenience.
Why aren't the women twerking
I worked back, front, and drive-thru 1992. Question, would you be able to drop in any McDs today and work your shift like it was in 1980? I know, it might take me an hour to get used to what's changed, but the processes remain unchanged IMO.
@@anonanon7235 they should make a video series out of this idea
@@MikeHawke-h6c Big Marge with the cigarette breath yelling "wadduyah want?" through the speaker and practically throwing your food out the window as you drive past. 😂
No one ever flipped out at a mcdonalds like you see now. Everyone was so calm happy and peaceful.
...and how do you know? We just see it more now because everyone has a smartphone with a camera on it and social media to broadcast it on.
@@mikemayo4812 nah. U could feel the peace and calm and sensibility in the air back then. The whole flipping out at fast food restaursnt thing started in the mid 2000s and continued to get worse and worse as time went on.
@akuma4u I have never seen anyone flip out in a restaurant except on video. I'm sure it happened back then too but people didn't have cameras in their pocket to film the evidence then.
@@mikemayo4812 yea im sure it happened then too BUT maybe once in a blue moon not like it is now. Im 100% sure of that. Im willing to bet even the level of anger would be much less and more civil than what ghettoness we have now
I can’t believe this was 39 years ago. What a different world!
Seems far away but at the same time... only 39 years ago? It didn't take too long for the world to go completely bonkers. It's unrecognizable!
all by design. Humans are trained to act the way theyre are. Hollywood and the media have done their job well. @@austins5632
I'll be 39 soon and it seems like yesterday I was in middle school
People were either christian or atheist but had assimilated christian values
What ever you think of the whole bible story. You had to admit it did help a lot in creating a nice pleasant respectful kind society overall
And also in creating a healthy family that stick together for life
The total abandonement of christianity and its values. Really did not do families and society any good
Matthewvanostin. There was more than just Christian and atheist! What about Jewish?
No arguing..fully clothed...smiles..class...jeez this world has gone to complete utter shit.
What gets me is that people nowadays can't even say "Excuse me" when walking in front of someone. No proper upbringing
So yes complete and utter shit with no common decency.
Those days months years is when America was still great. Reaganomics going strong, $5,000 brand new cars, $1.25 a gallon gasoline. $1.50 for a real Big Mac that was bigger than today's. You could still live good and make it in that America that's long gone and never to return again. 40 years later and it's all gone to crap.
No overweight people,
Don't forget no face tats, nose bolts, body mutilations, or green hair.
Ok this is good now if I can some how fit my body through my phone screan I could travel back to the 80s.
It's awesome to see no cell phones or major distractions in these hard workers. All focus and dedication, no errors noticed, no arguing with customers.
People lived in the moment, aware more or less, looking toward the future.
What are you guys on? I need some of that. This is one McDonald's. I can take a video of my local McDonald's today, put an 80s VHS filter on it, upload it, and get comments about how it was so nice "back in the day". This is literally one McDonald's.
I, for one, would move to a town where cell phones are banned from use in public (barring emergencies, of course).
We managed well without them in the past.
Wow, what a nostalgic trip back to 1984! It's incredible to see how different McDonald's was back then-everyone dressed nicely, enjoying their meals and each other’s company without distractions. I can’t help but feel a sense of jealousy for that simpler time when people actually engaged in conversations instead of staring at their phones. I bet the food had a different vibe too! I love the convenience of technology today, but I really wish we could bring back that quality of interaction in restaurants. It really shows how much we've lost in the name of progress. 🍔❤️
Wow. People actually behaving and not climbing over the counter and fighting with employees over a shake or fries! Imagine that.
I was seven years old during this year and back then a happy meal was definitely something to be excited about as a young child
It was happening back then too. There just wasn't a smartphone in everybody's hand to capture Karens being Karens in those days.
Shit. They even have ashtrays on the tables! Wow. I have totally forgotten. 😳
@@christianpatriot7196 I was three.
@@nocturnalrecluse1216 L O L yes I remember those ashtrays too and if we could only realize how this world was slowly go to the dump level it is now and could find someway to stay back in the 80s I think we would but you never know how things are gonna turn out when you’re just a little child years ago
Listen to all the "Thank-you's". I grew up in that era. What a wonderful world we had. I really miss those days. I really believe we have de-evolved as a society since the 70's & 80's.
And then trump showed up and ruined our country
@@luv2bbq yeah that’s it 🤡🤣
Why aren't these women twerking
😂
I don't get the weird replies like this, most people still say thank you when they get their food or drink at any restaurant lol.
What a sad, disgusting world we live in now.
Ikr
Early 80's had their issues too.
Together we can make our world better just by being nice to each other.
Why? I love itty
We truly live in a society
I started working at McD's in August of 1986 when I was 17. This were the exact same uniform that I wore for the first couple months until we got new ones that were uncomfortable, stained easily, and wore out really fast. I was in responsible for prepping the counter and drive-thru and my shift was 5am-1:30pm. Those Styrofoam containers were so bulky and the cups were the bane of my employment. LOL I had to bring them up from the basement and it was insane to get everything stocked, coffees brewed, iced tea brewed and poured into the huge dispenser, and then once the store opened at 6am I worked drive-thru taking orders until 9am. I got my breakfast until 9:30 and then it was time to disassemble both shake and sundae machines, clean them, sanitize all the parts reassemble both machines and have them up and running by the time we hit the switch over from breakfast to lunch at 10:30! It was so fast paced that we never had time to hang around and chit chat, but it was fun because we were a team who had respect for each other and our customers.
Those prices tho...insane to think we thought a Big Mac was expensive back then! I remember one year it was the anniversary of the Big Mac and we sold them for 99 cents for a week! It was crazy! We had businesses ordering 50+ Macs with fries and people ordering 10-20 for their co-workers. Those days are long gone!
great comment. A long time ago they had hamburger mon and cheeseburger tues. I would buy a lot, sometimes 6-8 and eat them driving home from work. I don't eat fast food anymore, but those were good times.
As a kid I remember those "computer" registers where every item had it's own physical button. So awesome.
Computer registers, I miss them very much.
The small fry, small coke, cheeseburger push buttons plastic worn off
I worked at a McDonald's in 1984. I had this exact uniform. Except we didn't have those billed caps. We had to wear these awful paper pirate hats. I forgot McDonald's had smoking and non-smoking areas. I used to like working the breakfast shift. Back then, you actually made every breakfast order by scratch; the biscuits, pancakes, and all the eggs. I remember the round burger sized bacon they had. I'd put that on my burger for my lunch. Around that time McDonald's had just introduced the McDLT. It was a great first job.
haha, everywhere had a smoking area. even the frickin planes.
Crazy how the employees actually looked like they care about doing a good job! Those were the good old days, and we didn’t realize it at the time. 😢
It’s bc now ppl get paid terrible and ppl don’t care abt work ethic anymore
Yes you worked and addressed people may I help you
@@Stopwar1234 😂 I was making $5 an hour at my first job in 1986.
@@mtnbums2000 And today people are making 7. But in 1986, you could live comfortably at 5 bucks an hour. Can you on 7 today?
There are tons of fast food restaurants where the employees care about their jobs. Go to any Chick-Fil A. It also depends on the region, pay, and culture. Has nothing to do with "good old days."
Hard to believe that everyone in this video who were 20 years old are now 60!
Seeing people interacting with each other genuinely and full, it’s so wholesome I haven’t seen that since my early childhood, I got used to that feeling of emptiness that people give when they are immersed at their phones and don’t give a damn about others. And it reminds me of the big impact that it has, that it generates an intense depression, like being castaway on an island.
Well put. I feel it every day. Seeing people actually smile and talk to each other in these old videos I watch. I miss it so much.
Why aren't the women twerking
The good old days! 😢 No fights breaking out, no one yelling at the cashiers, and the food taste good!!!
Idk my dad has stories from his days being a cop back then it just wasn’t recorded 😂
@@LarkpawOfForestClan Gotcha👍, there has and will always be drama, but it wasn't so rampant back then! Ask your dad which environment he would prefer, back then or now?!🤔
It's a crying shame today ,all it is today people flipping out over something stupid like ketchup,burgers cold ,etc in which today fast food and the outrageous prices isn't worth it 😕😕😕
the world really got screwed up didn't it...
It was 1989 when two redneck mama's at Walmart fought over a doll on black friday. It made national news and the world of retail changed forever. . It marked the beginning of the end.
What a beautiful sight to see. No phones, no shenanigans, no fighting, no bullshit. Every race, color and creed working together and existing peacefully with each other. What I would give to go back to this place in time…..
When was this? I never saw all races working together-blacks have never integrated into society successfully.
I totally agree! It would be interesting to see where these individuals are in their lives today.
“Every race, color and creed working together” had me dying. Thank you for that lol
@@HutchIsOnYT What's so funny about that???
@@michaelmcmillan1425 Dude is a psycho weirdo who is unhealthily obsessed with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. 😂😂😂 He is the joke.
Amazing to see that kind of customer service 🤯
I cant get over how slim and polite everyone seems.
People were slim because they smoked cigarettes which was an appetite suppressant.
@@doloresbeam8022 Right, I mean, I was only seven at the time but I was on two packs a day.
Food now is full of chemical and hormones. That's why people have so much mental and emotional problems.
Trumpsters didn't exist.
@@doloresbeam8022 And they don't smoke cigarettes today? Plenty of fat and obese people smoke. Not to mention these people are already at MCDONALDS! They don't seem to have a problem with appetite.
The pride we had back then! My goodness, the clothing is well put together, people genuinely gave excellent customer service. Carrying those trays was shown with pride - by patrons.
And compared to previous decades, we were much more casually dressed even in the 80s. I have a picture of my parents and my grandparents about to head out to a nice restaurant dinner in the early 1960s and they looked like movie stars. I mean, maybe it was a little silly that people wore dress shirts and ties to a ball game, but we have definitely gone way too far the other way. There's nothing more depressing than going to Walmart and seeing a grown adult wearing pajama bottoms and a hoodie.
We could still do that, but it'll just take more effort to have basic standards.
Even how the customers dressed. Especially the women, really feminine and tidy, well put together. Not a pyjama party like these days lol 😆
@@augustcanyon3438Too bad the peoples lack of class wouldn't match the clothing they would wear.
Now they shove everything in a bag weather you eat there or not
1977-1984 were the best years of my life. So many fond memories
Dang, people didn’t sag their pants and exposing their buttholes, not cursing, not being rude, and not throwing food at the cashier for getting their order wrong. This must be a different planet than earth.
Civilized America. Respect was the norm, no divas screaming and throwing food and McDonald's ruining others property. No swarm of entitled victims. No fighting like savages. Sad world we live in now where bad behavior attitudes are the norm.
you have brain worms
This makes me happy and sad at the same time. I was 10 in 1984, and McDonalds was a big treat. My cousins and I would get so happy when my Grandmothers car would pull into the driveway. Such fun times. Nostalgia at its best
Same age, my friend. Happy meals were the best back then.
It was completely amazing. The Happy Meal was so frigging awesome in the 80s. The fries were the best fries available. I went to McD a few weeks ago and they still haven't found a new oil to cook them in to get them to taste how they used to before the transfat ban. Most fast food today is you pay $13 to be disappointed.
yep, i was 11. maybe that's why we were all skinny back then. it was a treat. not a daily meal like today
I still get excited when your Nan pulls up onto my driveway! 😝
@@magamaga1827 look at everyone’s soda size in the table shots of customers..that was a large 20oz… now that’s a medium…I was 14 in 84..I remember the big gulp was like a huge amount of soda and that was like 32 oz I think .everyone supersizes, eats this stuff 6 days a week -this is why there are landwhales everywhere
In 1984 I was 4…I do remember people being a lot nicer and way more elegant…this video captures that exactly. Customers and employees are smiling at each other and everyone seems to be enjoying their day. Stark contrast to what is happening these days…I truly miss the 80’s and 90’s
Thank, GOD, there is not any smoking at restaurants any more!
Yes, for sure! 🤧
No customers cussing, spitting & throwing food across the counter… the good ol’ days!
if customers cussing, spitting, and throwing food is a normal occurrence, then you either live in a dump or youre confusing your local mcdonalds for a pre-school lunch table
That doesn't happen now hardly ever. TH-cam and social media just brings it to light when it does. I'm sure there were problems back then just as much as there is today.