Inside a Burger King restaurant in 1988
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- Back when Burger King was still pouring Pepsi from the fountain.
They switched over to Coke in 1990 (thx@flutebasket4294for that fun fact).
Gotta love Orange SLICE (your camera is probably blocking it) seen in the video. That had such a unique tangy weird zap!
The tie-in toy in this video is for the now forgotten Purr-tenders:
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I find this more fascinating than modern Netflix shows and I don't know why
Because watching these are like entering into a time machine.
Absolutely!
@@trxshboat8825 totally agree
It's real. Plus, because of technology, it's a way of living that we can never return to.
Netflix productions come from twisted jxxxsh heads.
If the manager is at ease and calm, the whole restaurant is calm...
I'm so thankful that there's a time traveler working for good instead of evil.
A manager that actually jumps in, helps, and works alongside his crew. You never see that anymore. That Manager is a rare breed.
Look at all the people paying with cash! I LOVE these videos! Thanks for sharing.
I grew up in the 80s and 1988 was one of my favorite years ever, so this is a treat to watch. I'm not going to be one of those people who act like things were perfect back then and everything sucks now, it had good and bad just like all eras do, but I do enjoy revisiting a time when I was a kid when I didn't concern myself with adult things. Thanks for the upload.
How was your era? I do feel like people of past decades exaggerate things but the after generations do seem to get worst I noticed
Things are actually get worse by design. The NWO is planning to depopulate the earth by 90-95%. Global communism coming soon (maybe 2025-2030?).
based 80s Link PFP
Great comment, exactly how I feel.
im glad to see someone who isnt a cynical asshole in one of these comments
I was still a kid and I can feel the nostalgia from watching this. I hope every single employee is still healthy and living a happy life. Thanks for the upload.
They are probably retired or long dead by now
@@TojnamComplex Unless they ate BK everyday.
@@TojnamComplex most are now middle aged to early "retirement age". The over 40 individuals are likely in their 70s now.
@@aktan4ik Quomeka ended up being president of burger King. Jamal turnt out to be a crackhead that had 20 children by 20 different baby mommas.
I'm sure these employees moved on to better jobs. Very few people work fastfood jobs for a long period of time. That is a waste of life.
Notice how calm everyone is. Nobody's rushing to get food made and no customers are angry because of wait times.
Cause back then if you worked at a fast food place but were smart with your money, you could afford a home and live an average lifestyle.
This just wasnt filmed in a city. If it was a city, people would have been a lot less calm, even back then.
Up until early 2000s it was fast food because they'd have 10 of every burger sitting there pre cooked
Because they have a professional camera crew inside recording lol
I eat fast food all the time and I never see people in a rush or angry
The service back then was definitely better but the customers also didn't act like entitled fools back then either.
I believe so
I live in a 98% white area, rural, and people still act that way now.
You’re basing that off a 14 minute video lol
@@safffff1000no they don’t, everywhere you go people have there faces in their phones, there is no society like this anymore, not even in rural areas
@@thedailyhummm I mean there is not the violent crime, we still have walmat computer check, no mas shoplifting, no one getting shoved in traffic like on the subways, no knock out games, ect, ect,ect
Everything looks so clean and fresh. People working there are quite polite and chilled. So nice.
@@bathtownship you arr completely right! Seems like people had way more time and were more chilled
Yes, much more polite than today. Unfortunately, handling food with bare hands, no gloves
You’re delusional it depended on which fast food branch one went to some were not as clean . Also they don’t wear gloves how disgusting
@@mj61259 People were also a lot more clean than today. There was no need for signs to remind you to wash you hands and overall be a decent person. It was common practice.
@mj61259 Yeah didn't understand that part
People actually could carry on conversations and they loved the service that they received. Managers actually cared. Managers dressed professional and wore ties. It would be nice to see a rebirth of America like this when I’m old. I’m 44.
i'm also 44. BK was my favorite place to go with my Sis and Mom after Church /Sunday School class every weekend. the one I went to was very much like the one in this video, also the patrons were nice, quiet and stayed out of your way. There was a level of respect regarding cleanliness too. More than today without question, i agree with you.
I still love the OG Chicken sandwich because of that location from the 1980s, it's basically the same sandwich which is great. Unfortunately they leveled it and a car dealership owns the lot now. Sort of a shame however there are 2 other BK's within 3 miles of there lol
I was born in 1997. Most of my generation and younger are far from respectful. I wish I lived during times like this. Burger King now is literally almost lowest of the low high school kids who could care less about customers or the cleanliness of the restaurant. Everything just seemed so much better in the world before my time and its sad.
I was a kid in the 80s, but old enough to know that managers and crew members took pride in their jobs. Yes, the pay was low ($5 or $6 an hour), but they cared.
Yeah, these youngsters today just don't give a damn. They don't great customers, they don't dress nice, and they are almost always on their cell phones. Back in the 80s and 90s, the mentality these workers had was much different.
Younger people these days have a much more nihilistic view on everything, and the older generations are quite literally breaking down. Hard to see the good in anything when you see everything you've ever known die or change for the worst. Neither of these things whole-sale are good for a working society, priorities askew and all. Shame to see it all go to shit from such a had been hard working and prosperous country.
It’s fascinating to know how sanitary changes have occurred… in 198s there were no gloves, handling of frozen meat and bread/cross contamination. Times were a lot different back then.
Yea how do we know they washed their hands properly after toilet 🤢🤢🤢
@@DreamArchitect even nowadays you can’t guarantee that
People wore their damn gloves to the bathroom and out to smoke, I don’t think it’s any different with or without gloves. I worked at Burger King for four years and hated wearing gloves, I washed my hands constantly. They just felt sweaty and gross
@@P1995. is fast food ok to eat or shady?
@@DreamArchitect that really depends on the store. Some are extremely cleanly while others are extremely dirty. Just look around, if you see grub and gime in the lobby, imagine how the kitchen looks. 😱
I was 23 in 88 hard to believe 34 years have passed,it was so different then ,didn’t realize how great it was at the time ,looking back now ,what a breakdown of society.We can never go back,glad I was young and enjoyed life in the 80’s. Thanks for posting ,feel like I’m in a time machine
100% agree...You were lucky to have grown up then.
Satan had not fully taken over the world back then, unlike now
wish i could have grown up in the 80s
I wish I was 23 in 1988 to be at a guns n roses show
I did,just seen how it's gone downhill this century!
These videos are made for me. I reminisce all day long about my past and certain years all the time. Idk why, my brain just always likes to think about the past, so I love thinking of a year and figuring out what was going on in that year, what were the biggest songs, biggest movies, what was the trend at that time? Etc
Me too 😊
@@jessicap6873 I’ve been told it’s not a good thing to constantly think of the past lol. Can’t help it that’s where my mind goes all the time tho..
I do this especially with music. I associate music with times in my life. Even if the song is old, the first time I heard it counts towards a particular era in my life. I remember I heard a song from 1978 for the first time in 2013, and now 10 years later I associate that '70s song with the summer of 2013 when I was traveling and first heard that tune. Takes me right back to that time in my life.
Me too. I miss the old big cars with the block headlights and the big landline telephones mustache and trench coats for business. People also were more polished back then business wise for being on time and had good communication and plans. Unlike today.
I love my life now but I had a great childhood in the 80s and am constantly thinking about it. Videos like these allow to go back in time and experience it somewhat. It's fun as long as you remember it's the past and leave it at that.
This is surreal. I used to work at a Burger King in Conyers, GA and the layout, broiler, fryers, equipment, floors, and interior design still looks like this one! Outside of some updated color choices on the walls, This is exactly how my bk looks to this day! This video was like watching people from back in the day work at my restaurant. I knew My BK was old, But now I know it definitely dates back to the '80s 😳
I also worked at a Burger King in Conyers..I believe it was off Salem Rd not hwy 138 that busy road whoeeeeeeee! But yes great memories I was 15 years old it sits in a plaza where food depo is across from what use to be eckert's/rite aid now. Year 2000.
I still remember a black guy name John training me and chumping the shit out of me alondg the way 😂😅
@@markjacksonjackson7195 THAT'S THE ONE I WORKED AT 🤯
I want to go back to the 70’s and 80’s and do it all over again. We lived in the last best decades.
When I die I would love to just restart life all over again.
Not true , the 90's was a good decade & the early 00's wasn't that bad but once the 2010's came around & smart phones came around , everything literally went to shit !!!!!!
@@maralinekozial9131 Oh I agree, the simpler life was the better it was. Peoples attitudes were different as well.
@@maralinekozial9131 True however being alive in the 70s 80s 90s 00 to 2010 would be perfect. Then end
It’s better now. Food in America is better with way better options. It’s not even a comparison.
Just the fact that the employees speak in complete sentences instead of grunts and groans or waiting for you to initiate every request.
Those young ladies at the beginning of the video are probably in their mid to late 50s now... probably grandmother's. It would be great to interview them today for their perspective.
And ask them how it was working at a Burger King? 😂
They are probably on welfare living in a trailer park. I’m sure they don’t want to talk about $3.00 per hour and smelling like a grease fryer.
I love how calm and polite people are. Also the decor and style is so much more pleasing.
No one being creepy or stupid. It's like looking into the future.
Yes, not on their cell phones arguing with strangers on the internet about nothing.
it was rare that anyone filmed back then. So you are not gonna see anything bad. But there were plenty of rude people and fights in Fast Food restaurants back then. The fact that 100% of people now have a camera in their back pocket has changed things and EVERYTHING can be recorded on a whim now ...
@@Anth230 you have some good points...But, the vast majority of the time you got good service and polite back then at fast food places...now, it sucks 9 ourtof 10 times.
@@petewilcox3354 I don't eat fast food very often nowadays. I do go to Tim Hortons for coffee and the occasional chicken wrap and then Taco Bell for the occasional Veggie Burrito. Always get good service at both places and this is from multiple locations. Sure they may screw the order up once in awhile but that is human error. In my eyes service and kindness has not changed at all in the last 35 years...
@@Anth230 I appreciate hearing your experiences. Wish I had something similar to share, but sadly quite the opposite.
I was 15 in 1988 and just moved to Florida, this is a GEM to look at. I wish someone would see this video and say... " hey that was me working at that Burger King in 88! Thanks for sharing as always!
I was only 2 years old when this was recorded. Honestly love how much calmer and respectful everyone was back in those days.
I was 5. Going on 6.
Me too, 36-37 year old Unite!!lol
Well they do know they are being recorded and is a very tiny sample size of fast food workers working. lol
I was 3! we grew up good too though, in the 90's!
Lol talk about romanticized memories 😂
I wonder if any of the employees or customers ever stumbled across this video…….I’d tear up if I was in it!
Well none of them have comment on this video yet .I came back to view this video and check . I wanna how they look today and where they are today ?
This camera work for a youtube video is worthy of an oscar.
These types of videos keep popping up on my recommended section. I was born in '81 and I think these are friggin awesome! Brings me back to my fantastic childhood in the 1980's!
I was born in 81 also , these nostalgic videos of past times are just amazing reminders of childhood . It was a simpler yet a more traditional time I wish could have remained , it’s sad it’s so different now within society . It’s nice to have these moments captured for sure .
Born in 82'! Definitely a Nostalgia feeling!
Remember going to see Batman in 1989? Or TMNT in 1990? Or borrowing your friends NES games?
Good times.
Me too I was born in 82 and about 2 months ago this thing popped up for some guy I guess he was maybe a famous artist or something and he was filming his trip to a McDonalds Back in 88 or 89 and it just blew me away so many memories and ever since then things have been popping up I love it I wish times were simpler like back then it's so ridiculous now just too much extra and not enough substance
@@SoulUnspoken Another one born in '81 here...
Society has been ruined, and it's rapidly getting worse as time moves forward...
Technology has barely improved in the last 20+ years in regards to anything important to humanity...
I'd rather go back in time than into the future ahead of us, it's going to be horrible...
Whoever filmed this actually cared about filming. Decent framing and camera work back for back then. :)
It looks like B-roll. Perhaps by a local news outlet.
Well, it wasn't a hand held cell phone!
The audio is also in stereo. This is high quality footage.
@@22ergie what would that change?
@@St4r_Z0mb13 Think about it...
These people have been immortalized because of this video. Love to see it.
No staff goofing off and in their phones. Just good work ethic. These videos are such a joy to watch, thank you.
Wonders if the young lady in green (1) is still alive and (2) has seen this video. I bet she'd get a real kick out of it.
So nice to click on a video in a fast food restaurant and not IMMEDIATELY think, “ok, what’s some entitled asshole gonna do this time for no good reason?”
yup and they are using cash so they don't compromise their personal information
The only downside--No gloves
Back when Burger King was actually good. That whooper and onion rings were fire Back then..
Wow I worked at BK from 97-99 in high school and right after graduation, and him breaking apart those frozen meat patties really brought back some flashbacks!
People looked clearer in the eyes back then - more calm, relaxed. Even the feeling of the environment feels more peaceful. Great vid 👍
Yes, there is a very real difference in the pre-internet/smartphone/social media civilization
@@flutebasket4294 thanks for writing, love your thoughts and I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it. truly better days
They weren't pumped with so many toxic chemicals, social media and relentless woke garbage. The 80s were a great time to be alive. The movies, music, video games, pop culture... it will never happen again. They were living in the best time and didn't realize it until it was too late.
@@Anarchist86ed You're my people. Truly relentless garbage around today hey - I think we can revitalize it, but in our own way, and certainly not on a mass scale. More in our day to day lives and our own social groups. Cuz people like you, me, in this thread are out there I'm realizing. 🤝
@@Anarchist86ed definitely!! 💯
The burger king that I remember. Really really takes me back. Thank u from the bottom of my heart for posting all this videos that r worth more then gold.
Wow! Thanks Joel. Happy you like these videos .. 😄
Wow! Respectful and polite cashiers with a ‘thank you and have a good day’ every time, not like today with a silence! I am sure these employees would never guess this video would be watched 35 years later!!! Ronnie was still at the White House in 1988. Fascinating!!!
Ronnie's economics were why fast food employees can't make a living or get health care. He was very much the problem.
Cashiers have to be quick I wouldn’t expect you to understand butt the fact is corporate has a big empathis on times being slow in the drive through taking your time doing stunts like that are not preferred were fast food not slow food fast food.
My only fast food job was at a Burger King in 88-89. We had probably the best store manager in the company and he was also married to the owners daughter..lol Seriously, he was a great manager. He really knew who worked and looked out for them. He never praised bad behavior. You haven't had a good whopper meal unless you've made it yourself. So much better fresh.
Back then you could order anything “hot” or “special” which meant it was freshly made just for you. Not sitting under heat lamp.
Also remember those special orders. Like the customers who asked us to “nuke the Mayo” or fries no salt- just to add their own amount of salt.
@@darrencrane6514 Back in my day! :)
hah, but times have changed for certain.. much more corporate & impersonal now, just a transient period now until the machines take over.
Same
((("""You haven't had a good whopper meal unless you've made it yourself."""))) I ate a cold one right from the fridge that was 2 days old and it was great. The only bad Whopper's I have gotten were slop jobs from an ignotard that put half of the toppings outside the buns. I found that the older I got, the more obsessed with the whopper I became. Somehow I am still a bit underweight like I was twenty years ago.
@@darrencrane6514 LOL that's not true. They had heat lamps as far back as the 60s and 70s.
This video is gold and rare. People were so polite back then, looks like life was so simple. Everyone is smiling
People were NOT more polite back then! They were much more rude and abrasive and less politically correct, lol.
You had to actually talk to people back then. Now everyone has their face glued to their smart phone.
@@Doug_M I used to remember always talking to my seatmates on planes in the eighties and nineties. These days, most of your seatmates act like you're going to kill them, especially if they're some Becky or Chad. Karens are more social though, as well as some minorities and old guys.
Same as it ever was really
LOL
The 80s were the best! What a time to be a kid. We didn’t have much money so eating at BK or McDs was like eating at a “fancy restaurant.” It was Heaven. I miss these days so much.
now every time i go i spend around 15-16 bucks just to fill up, those stupid meal deals have shrunk and not worth it unless your a simp Soyboy that eats like a 12 yr old girl
I don't know how to break this to you, but kids today, also don't have money and eat at BK or McD's
hows the spending addiction now
YUP!!!!!!!!
Same. Our town didn't have a BK so when we went to the beach on vacation every year I always asked to go to BK first thing. I thought it was special.
80s America = BEST America
Funny how the workers don’t wear any gloves like they do today, but I never got sick eating BK like I do nowadays.
🤣🤣🤣
So true! 😂
I worked at McDonald’s circa 98. I remember we were not required to wear gloves til around 99. People think it’s disgusting now but that’s just the way it was then. People never got sick it seems. I guess times just change.
@@antd8259 and now you got people wearing gloves on their face alone in their car 🤣
Your immune system built up naturally before overkilling bacteria and not exposing yourself to it
Burger King was my 1st job ever in the 2000’s. This video really unlocked some memories! I used to be so proud to be on “The Whopper board”. My bff would work on the Specialties (fries, nuggets, chicken sandwiches, etc). My other friend would work the grill. And my other friend would be on the Burger Board during the lunch rush! My manager would expedite the food to drive thru and the front counter. I loved that job as a kid!!!
Great comment 👍
Me too! Worked “burger board” in 1989 this video definitely unlocked core memories for me! You remember the cookie spooner? Lol
Worked there during Dreamcast’s launch in Fall ‘99!
The cameraman is so generous he went back in time to show us how restaurants were back then
LOL Ha Ha Ha
Yeah like no gloves when handling food.
@@BishtrainerTai16 that’s just how it was until the mid 2000s, snowflake.
@@BishtrainerTai16 people wear gloves and still get dirty keep on those same dirty gloves
Man invents time machine just to go to 80s burger king
Lots of respect for that manager in the shirt and tie getting his hands dirty with the crew
I ❤️ this because I was 18 years old. No social media, people were closer,life not so complicated
Yup 👍 100% agree
Same here; 18 in 1988 and what a great year!
@Greysen Gagne I wasn't for 10 years
@@ShawnFX i wasn't for 12 years
Me too, and people actually verbally communicated with each other
Back when you would get 15 years for hopping the counter and attacking the fry cook...
lmao
@@smokeykevin Now you file a lawsuit.
Right
Yeah, half of San Quinten's inmates were fry cook attackers.
Amazing video! Love the aesthetic and the sound of the radio while they were preparing food. I remember when the packaging looked like this, with the red-orange and yellow stripe. That chicken sandwich is still my favourite to this day.
Mine too. Back then it was cut in half, today it’s not.
Believe it or not, there was a time when McDonald's & Burger King was a fun place to go and dine in. I went to BK on my 8th birthday with 4 friends...I remember it being lots of fun!
It still is. I go to these places from time to time and always enjoy it but then again I'm not a bitter old fart.
Back when both of them actually hosted birthday parties! I had a birthday at McDonald's and I had the funnest time. Good memories!
Yes, I remember having a birthday party at Burger King
So nostalgic...most of these people in the video never knew what the internet was, since back then it was so limited. Before smartphones, youtube, social media, and no one using credit cards to pay. It's really fun watching these videos from 30-40 years ago!
Internet didn't exist at all in the consumer space. The world wide web came first online in 1993.
@@mike550 35 years ago; you fool 🤦🏻♂️
@@filthiestfish That’s my bad. I thought the date said 1998 not 1988. Sorry about that.
@@mike550 That is gracious of you to admit that you were wrong. Well done. More people should be like you.
This is the year I was born...I like everything about the 80s...the movies and the music but to live it would've been awesome
The green foliage was so fascinating back in the 80’s. It was everywhere in every business imaginable.
now everything is stale, plain, boring and ugly.
This must have been so fun for the camera person to record this and i hope they are watching this on here and realizing they gave us a great memory to look back on and enjoy
I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys these vintage videos of all locations at a Burger King in the late 80's, that's just incredible
Im glad people took the time and thought to film simple moments like this - this makes me wanna cry.
I graduated High School in 1988! What a time we had! Noticed no one wore plastic gloves back then, and none of us ever gotten sick!!
$1.50 wouldn't get you a cup of coffee today. Burger King is still my favorite fast food place.
LOVE BURGER KING 🤴. HOME OF THE WHOPPER.
My 9year old boy favorite place. Home of the Whopper! It was my favorite childhood burger joint. Lol
Actually I get an extra large coffee at McDonald's 8 cream 8 sugar with tax for a $1.69., not only that but because I used the McDonald's app I got a free hash brown as well for the same price!!! I paid $1.69 for a large coffee and a hash brown at McDonald's today 2024!!!
Fast food is way over priced now
that register was probably the most advanced thing on the market, each item had a button I think 😂
I always loved the sound of the receipt tape.
Dude it was the 80s. What! you expect them to have an ipad and a kiosk?
It did. For example..Whopper, no, mayo, extra, pickle..total of 5 pushes
Those old registers didn't fuck up ur order like they do today with the touch screens
I’d give anything to go back in time and experience old school Burger King.
Dear Lord, 1988 seems like a universe ago compared to today! I was 18 and that time was so magical.
Everyone is just so nice and without worry. Also, do you think that when this person recorded this simple footage, they thought that almost a half a million people would watch it and comment under it with great conversation?
35 Years Later At That! 😩💯
On something called, “TH-cam”
@@JayOliMo youtube did not exist in 1988.. the damn internet was invented in 83 they had no idea that a half million people would see their obscure video
There's no way you can watch this footage and not agree people's behavior have changed.
All from one video? That's called anecdotal evidence. It's usually very misleading to rely on that.
@@brianarbenz1329 There's plenty of high school, fast food and retail store videos marked with 80's/90's. Maybe think more broadly before mentioning me?
Like wearing gloves when handling food? 😂
Oh for sure
@brianarbenz1329 you just proved their point.
It's crazy how time changes in front of us then you see stuff like this brings back memories to when you were little!
Exactly
Awe the memories ! I worked at a Burger King in Milpitas California from 1983 to 1995 . Thanks for posting ! This was a terrific video !
You're welcome Vince
@@vampirerobot Worked at BK in Federal Way/Seattle from September-December 1999 right when they changed their logo and discontinued the BK Kids club. Where was this, BTW?
@@plawson8577 Miami, Florida
@@plawson8577 I forgot about the BK kids club
@@vampirerobot A guy videotaped me waiting to order at a BK on Long Island in this time period, I'm still on the lookout 😄
Love these videos! I worked at McDonald’s circa 98. I remember we were not required to wear gloves til around 99. People think it’s disgusting now but that’s just the way it was then. People never got sick it seems. I guess times just change.
People actually being polite to each other. What a concept.
You're seeing what you want to see in this, which is your right. But there is very little different in the way people working fast food restaurants behave compared to today. If the same nostalgists in this thread were told this was made this year, they'd complain that the employee conversation is idle chatting, instead of complimenting it as politeness. That's how nostalgia works.
You can tell that big guy does a disproportionate amount of the work.
(BTW: Thanks for the shout out Robot!)
He did all the work, but he also bedded every chick who worked there. You have to take the bad with the good.
Gloves weren't really required until after 1993, when four people died, and 500-+ were sick with ecoli, from Jack in the Box burgers in Seattle.
This is great footage. My mom worked at Burger King around this time! I would’ve loved to see her in this video.
That was my first job in 1985, 3.35 an hour. It actually was fun. Such good days.
Going to a fast food place was an experience when I was young. No incessant beeping and panicked and overwhelmed employees doing 2 jobs at once. Then they slap the burger together and throw it at you. Fast food corporations need to restore this culture of taking their time to do things right. Faster is not always better.
I agree...but I have to admit I was there last night and my small order took 20 or so minutes. I would have used the drive thru...but pretty sure I would have gotten stuck because of the snow. Although that wouldn't have made a difference time wise. But yes...faster is not better.
Definitely not faster now.. waaay slower
There are more steps now to make the same burger you had 30 years ago plus people order 10 or more burgers at a time, this is why and only why you wait longer for your food now.
Exactly! Greed,corruption and lack of patience is what’s destroying our country today!
@@gusc6785Is faster now and employees we get pay miserable! Wages have not kept with inflation. We didn’t have all these Karens back then like yourself!
Notice how clean the store is, and how well groomed people are
NOW PEOPLE ARE SHOLES
PLACES ARE SMELLY NOW
PEOPLE CLOTHES ARE SAGGY HALF HANGING DOWN YOUR AZZ TOO
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No. Looks like anyone would today. You apparently did not live as an adult during this time... 😂
When Burger King was actually good…….
_Back when you could have it your way._
Yes, it was, 90's too, mother of fukk I miss it, the milk shakes were so fukking good!!!!
@@DoctorRickSanchez and they didn't have that annoying TV king mascot!
Its still really good If you catch them while they're busy and you actually get a patty fresh off the broiler
Decent*
Wow, such amazing footage! Thank you to the camera man/woman for filming and preserving such a video!
Everyone is calm and polite!
The good ol days.
Does anyone else remember the original “BK Big Fish” sandwich? Not the paltry little ones they currently sell. This one was introduced in the early 90’s (1993ish) as a replacement for the “Whaler”. It was literally the biggest fish sandwich I’ve seen in chain restaurants and tasted fantastic! My friends and I would walk the 10 minute trek to BK as teens to get a Big Fish at least twice a week. I always wondered why they switched to the current “Big Fish” which pales in comparison both size and taste-wise.
I was around 5-6 years old back in 88’ and I can tell you right now. Fast food was just on another level back then. McyDs, BK, Wendy’s even Tacobell
Yes I'm the same ages you and back then it was so awesome it really was a treat
Hi fellow 83 babies, are we scared of 40? I am.
I will say that my local Taco Bells still care about quality and service just like back in the day. I don't eat much fast food but if I do, that's why it's always at Taco Bell.
Is it me or Wendy's burgers have become smaller ? They're almost $3 where I live too.
@@tias.6675 , Oh yeah, I noticed that a year ago. The JBC is a joke.
Even him touching everything with no gloves. No one sick. Everyone is calm. No one rushing. Just a great time.
and customers smoking as well.
Apparently gloves were optional in 1988… 🤮
Wow! I just had to comment! Look how clean everything is? Look how nice they made and wrapped the food? The manager even looked like a real manager lol. Man I miss those days!😞 I wish I could go back in a time machine.
Yeah and nobody wore gloves while touching all the food.
@@johngillard3 which is better than dirty gloves all day that don't get changed
Stop glorifying it because it's vintage footage. You seem ready to worship and defend burger king and the "good ol days" whether they use poop hands to prepare your food or not. Hands that were used to itch an ass are worse than gloves that were used to prepare a few meals.
My ghetto town has two burger kings. One is abandoned and derelict. The other might have at any given time a "manager" with meth mouth and piercings and one guy in the back making the food. And one of the entrances is boarded up with plywood as if they're expecting a hurricane and they spray painted "We're open" on the plywood.
One time at burger king my extra long chicken sandwich had a bite taken out of it when I got it. Must of been a monkey.
The chicken sandwich was my favorite, I hate that they stoped slicing it in half. Thanks for posting this video!
You're welcome 😄
Thank you for these throwback memories. My grandmother passed away in 88’ and she loved Whoppers. It remind me our one of our many memories.😊
You're very welcome ☺️
@@vampirerobot 😉
BACK WHEN WE ACTUALLY EATING REAL MEAT..
and real meals
Those cash registers are humongous 🤣🤣😂
I bet u wish ur tiny simple minded entitled brain was that humongous 😂😂😂
Back when soft drinks weren't the size of 5 gallon buckets..
Loved this video. I worked my way up to manager in high school 1985. I remember the shirt and tie. When I saw the cash register, I remembered the layout from over 35 years ago. The boxes, paper, etc putting the burgers on the grilling chain. Omg I feel so old and miss simpler times...thank you for the video. I was burger king on hwy 400 king city. 1985-1989
I like how the manager jumped in and bagged fries and got orders out to help his workers. Today you see a lot of supervisors just standing around letting the others do the work.
Yea cuz they supervising..you got your job, and they got theirs. If you dont wanna scoop fries go get promoted
@@gatzzinnyaaareaa "why is there no teamwork at my location? :("
"Why do my subs hate meeee? :("
"Why do my coworkers always come to work unmotivated and with shitty mood? :("
You fool never heard of leading by example like all great natural leaders of history and our lifetime
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti stop crying and stop making excuses and blaming others for not being successful. Own your shit and do what you need to do to make something of yourself. Simple as that
@@gatzzinnyaaareaa you just read what you want to read and shouldnt hold any position of authority like I already do and did for the past 7 years. Anyone below you will just be miserable and that will shoe in the results of their work
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti glad you're proud of what you do and what you did for 7 years in your position of authority. Hopefully you can continue that til your retirement. bless you brother
It’s interesting to hear the music and realize anything they hear on the radio is 1988 or earlier. They have no idea of most of the music we know of now.
I love the cleanliness of the restaurant! They really took pride in their service.
no gloves tho
@@chuckchuck4016 exactly what the fuck i was thinking touching people food with your bare hands. This country already don’t like our kind
So we gon ignore the handling of the food barehanded
They are being recorded you know?
Bruh he went right from putting frozen raw patties on the grill to grabbing the buns
No creepers, no fights, no stained pajama pants, no Bluetooth conversations in line, people actually being somewhat civil? Definitely must be decades ago.........
Just people touching your food with bare hands
@@cmdrfunkBet you think you actually did something with that comment.
It sounds like you didn't live through the '80s. Civility was considered to be declining greatly in that decade. Movie theaters had to start running announcements telling people you were not supposed to talk during the movie, a fact in previous decades people had instinctively understood. In my city, some students from a private high school had a food fight in a McDonald's, resulting in them, being banned from the restaurant. Just adding some info about the real 1980s.
@@brianarbenz1329id still rather live in the 80s than deAl with the insanity that goes on now
I miss those times. I could live in the 80s and 90s forever
Me, too.
Me three ❤
Ah there’s something oddly soothing about watching this… the ambience… the nostalgia… I love the 80s.
Everyone is skinny
Cool video :)
I was 18 at this time and had a 16 year-old girlfriend(nobody panic) that worked at BK. I'd mess with her about the brown and orange uniform with the puffy hat she had to wear. She said that was the 70's and they don't wear that anymore. Then she made it a point to stop by in uniform that was similar to these but more blue if I remember right. Anyway, I proceeded to slip her the secret sauce...
it was rare to see someone filming back then haha
Seriously 😂 and no one wanted to fight him for it because there was no youtube
Very good quality, feels like you're there in person.
You ever notice how BK, MCD’s or otherwise never have the live plants in them anymore? I know part of it was probably to help filter the air because ppl used to smoke inside but, it would be so nice if they still did that.
I miss that, too. Made it feel more inviting.
Nobody would keep them watered, then you'd have a bunch of stores with dead plants inside.
The plants would not filter anything worth mentioning. Customers walking in and out had a zillion times more impact on improving air quality than a dozen small plants could ever hope to achieve. Regardless, my joint would have plants all over. In Flint, MI, there was a place called Country Kettle that had a large fountain in the lobby entrance with lots of plants. I loved it and the fresh smell of volatile organic compounds it provided. I get the same satisfaction from the fresh produce isle at supermarkets, especially when the misters are active. A cut fresh flowers walk in refrigeration unit practically gives me an erection from the pleasant smell.
Thank you for all these videos!
I remember back then my uncle used to work for Burger King. A rowdy customer started assaulting him. He defended himself and used force to get the man to leave the store. The manager shook his hand and thanked him.
Today if a customer assaults you behind the counter, you are supposed to take the beating with a smile. You then apologize to the assailant on the way out as you are being fired.
What a difference 35 years make.
Well....I don't know about all of that, LOL. You get fired for getting beat up???!!!
@@joesmith9216 For defending yourself he's saying.
I have a friend who had this exact thing happen lol. He literally got assaulted while working and fought back. He definitely did NOT get fired. He was offered free therapy through the company and was allowed to take a little time off. It was all on camera. Let them fire you and get a lawsuit and a half.
Freeze you diseased rhinosaurus pizzle
Clark you have seen too much TV, people still fight back, and not everything gets recorded or reportedz
Notice how they don’t just literally throw everything together. Wish they still had that standard in fast food.
Did you see the burger part? Dude is building them like it's the high school snack bar.
Nothing to do with the fact they were being filmed, or the fact it was a quiet time in the restaurant of course…
People were so much more warm back then, evident from a casual experience in a 1988 Burger King. I was born in 1998 and I often resent how technology and smart phone-media changed everything. Even back in 2015 when I was 16 I could sense the decline of common decency. Obviously it wasn't always perfect back in 1988 either but, damn! To this day it's still very interesting to look back on and check out. Did people in the 1990s think the same of people in the 1950s ? i'm sure. history repeats itself.
I think what you’re seeing is how much more comfortable people were with face to face communication and with each other back then. You lived your life on the outside, in society, with others. There were subtle norms that kept people generally pleasant with each other. That’s not to say there weren’t jerks, nasty customers, and rudeness. But it was the exception, not the norm.
Today, many people live in a veiled, cloistered, digital world. We may actually be more connected than ever. But we’ve lost our ability for comfortable, face to face interactions. In our digital world, people are quicker to anger, to rudeness, and to randomly lashing out against others. Because of that, many seem to go through life anxiously, defensively, and on guard. Even when we’re in public, we’re hiding in our phones and avoiding interactions.
No time period has ever been perfect. The 20th century definitely had its many problems. But there was a calmness and presence in everyday society then that we seem to have lost.
No gloves on touching final production, Times changed a lot. I was 10 years old in 88. I saw a McDonald's video of 84 it really does seem like people had more love in their hearts back thin, I noticed a lot of smiling faces.
Back in the days ppl were normal....
The Good Old Days When A "Whopper,Fries,And A Drink" Didn't Cost Close To $10 BUCKS!!!!!!! 😠😠
2 double cheeseburgers, small fry, $8.29 a few days ago when I went. Tasted like crap. McDonald's actually tastes better.
@@napalmstickylikeglueBurger King was really good in this era, it’s disgusting now because the meat isn’t flame grilled like it is in this video. More like conveyors with gas heating elements And the burger patties now are injected with liquid smoke
@@AvenueD417 do you not see the machine theyre using to make burgers in the video? you realize that is a pizza oven w a conveyor & gas heating right? they do not inject their beef with liquid smoke, thats something that costs extra money and you know theyre not spending extra money.
Burger King even in the early 2000’s had low quality meat where you would randomly get little bits of what could only be bone that would almost break a tooth or some piece of inedible gristle.
That's inflation and capitalism lol
Damn! What was the health department's standards for handling food back then?
Normal world brother, normal world.
@@adrianopereira3060 Now I know why I got food poisoning from Burger King in 1984, LOL
We all lived
@@crystalballfantasy9382 That we did.
@@crystalballfantasy9382 Just because you lived doesn't mean everyone did.
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