imagine being 85 years old in 1985 and seeing how much the world has changed since atleast the 1920s

@HenritheHorse

Жыл бұрын

My Great grandma lived to be 100, was born in 1905 and died in 2006, she was really fun and clearheaded until the end.

@LC-fx2lo

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking too!!

@Atl-jv1kw

Жыл бұрын

The oldest living person in 1985 was born in 1871.. now they've seen an insane amount of change.

@Ambaa436

Жыл бұрын

My great nan lived until 104 years old she was born in 1900 and got to see so many changes in the world

@darlenegattus8190

Жыл бұрын

I'm 51 and feel like that now.

I worked at Target as a cashier / cart attendant from 1987-1989 (not here, in Colorado) and this is exactly how I remember it. No laser scanners at the check-out line until 1988. Lots of people writing checks and having to manually process credit cards...the stone ages 🙂

@guerralg63

Жыл бұрын

I would gladly trade the technology of today to live in a better time!

@dennisk207

Жыл бұрын

@Christopher Jacobs I believe $3.75/hr. which was around minimum wage back then. As a teenager, an extra $40 in my pocket per week seemed like a fortune in those days.

@reneastle8447

Жыл бұрын

The Retro Decade Revival Project can help with it.

@sandmanlopez9920

Жыл бұрын

🤣THE STONE AGES

@EfootballC7

Жыл бұрын

What happened if the checks bounced?

5:14 nice to know fucked up baskets have always been a timeless thing lmao

@dissolved5920

Жыл бұрын

Carts*

@SkinniJ

Жыл бұрын

@@dissolved5920 buddy

@tryme9914

Жыл бұрын

lmfao 😂

@gothica3605

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@stopthelightskinguilt.3775

Жыл бұрын

I especially hate the ones that slowly go to the side as you push 😂😂

That’s crazy no music or anything. What struck me first is how quiet things are. No music no target ads playing regularly. Nothing it’s just ambient noise and people talking. Man seems peaceful. I love the old telephone ringing, and the receipts being written up!

@momokoblue8032

Жыл бұрын

His microphone is just not quite good enough to pick up the muzak in the background. If you notice you can barely hear the male stocker speak until he is right near him.

@ganymededarling

Жыл бұрын

I worked at target in the early 2000s and corporate had a rule that no music should be playing in the store because it created a distracting environment. So I was surprised when they reversed course about five years ago and began playing background music. I also wonder if they didn't have walkies yet back when this video was recorded. That would definitely contribute to the quiet!

@dennisk207

Жыл бұрын

@@ganymededarling Definitely no walkies. Either you called the operator who would page someone over the loudspeaker or some of us had to carry beepers. How the beepers worked is that you would dial the beeper number and say something like "Cart Attendant to the front lanes" which the person with the beeper would hear. Sort of a one-way walkie talkie I guess.

@Donna777

Жыл бұрын

I thought I heard the Eddie Money song "Take Me Home Tonight" playing in the book section lol

@geneterrell999

Жыл бұрын

Get you a hearing aid. I hear music in the back.

Target looks pretty much the same today - aisle markers, signage, everything. I don’t know why but I could watch footage like this for hours.

@ramon78433

Жыл бұрын

The only difference is that you couldn’t get groceries from there back in the day

@TexasDog3

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too.

@TimoteoDeBaum

Жыл бұрын

@@ramon78433 right reminds me of Kmart in the 90s but they had a Concessions stand !

@ramon78433

Жыл бұрын

Yup and had they not added the grocery piece to their inventory, they would’ve Paris just like Kmart did

@josels1292

Жыл бұрын

Just keep rewatching this video all day.

The fact they have kept the same font is amazing to me, even for the sale signs etc.

@BebaDivested

Жыл бұрын

Noticed that too

@ilkvomit88

Жыл бұрын

And the shelving system, it's the same exact one used to this day

@richardsequeirateixeira

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Much of the original spirit of Target is very much alive today. Still exciting and love to go to Target.

@anthonymeans7439

11 ай бұрын

​@@BebaDivestedIKR!

Seeing the old folks is heart warming! They're all gone now, but sure brings back memories of my grandmother and her friends...

@thebestchannel5456

Жыл бұрын

A few might still be alive

@rpierce7004

9 ай бұрын

They are not gone....now we are them!

@Tarkusine

7 ай бұрын

There's lots of old folks. Statistically there are more than ever both numerically and per capita.

Target was aesthetically way ahead of the times. Very modern for 1985. The white minimalistic color palettes, the ambient lighting and the cleanliness is if this video was taken 10 years ago. Compare that to the dark earth tones, crome and fake wood that was common at the time most other stores had a very cavernous layout but Target was the outlier.

@Ellie80681

Жыл бұрын

Um not really

@Kevin-ht1st

Жыл бұрын

Yeah once I saw a video from 1984, still had a 70s vibe, much like how 2004 had a 90s vibe

@Kgio-2112

9 ай бұрын

I like the older styling. Target stores look overlook hotel men's room

@robertriley1569

4 ай бұрын

In 1985 I wonder if they had the pick your own gender childrens clothes

Great video! While cell phones and technology has its place, I do miss the days when people didn't always have a phone in their face and actually spoke to one another. I also miss the fashions and quality of products in the 80s. I was a teenager in the 80s. Great times!

@I_come_out_after_dark

Жыл бұрын

Do you think its was the best decade? I wasn't alive back then but it seemed so fun with the bright colors and neon lights.

@-108-

Жыл бұрын

@@I_come_out_after_dark It was. Truly the best time to be alive.

@I_come_out_after_dark

Жыл бұрын

@@-108- im jealous lol. i wish i could have experienced the 80s.

@karenroy9045

Жыл бұрын

The 80s was the best times of my life. Got married to my love and had my 2 kids. I wish I could go back.

@carolsanders3979

Жыл бұрын

I know me too I miss those days I was a teenager back in the 80s and I agree everyone has a cell phone up to their face now I am guilty of it sometimes myself but when I walk up to the register to pay for my items or whatever it is if I'm not going through self-checkout I acknowledge the cashier just the other day I was in WinCo and this lady behind me was on her cell phone the whole entire time when we were in line nothing wrong with it but she had her phone on speaker so I can hear everything the whole conversation that she was having with her friend about her marriage problems I have no issues with someone on the phone that's fine but keep it to yourself the whole damn market doesn't need to hear your conversation anyway she was still talking on the phone you when she got it to the cashier continue talking no respect not even Hi how are you doing or put your phone down and wait till your done paying then get back on but we don't have that kind of respect anymore these days and she wasn't that young she looked to be in her forties.

Target still looked like this through the 90s and maybe even into the 2000s. I would have actually guessed this footage later than 1986!

@ecoRfan

Жыл бұрын

90s/00s Target was neon all over the walls.

@yodhin79

Жыл бұрын

@@ecoRfan I worked for various Targets from 1999-2003 and some stores still maintained the older look. Others were definitively 'neon'.

@Galidorquest

Жыл бұрын

My local Target in Illinois looked like this until the Mid 00's.

@johnhruby6205

Жыл бұрын

Target still looks like this

@PlayWaves1

Жыл бұрын

​ @ecoRfan Yep I remember the neon ribbon lights as a kid. I wish they still had it.

I really miss the good ole days. These videos make me happy and sad at the same time.... i wish we could go backwards...

More of these vintage videos please!!!

@jogmas12

Жыл бұрын

Living in the past huh?

@VHSJoeSlaney

Жыл бұрын

wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

@jakethesnake4971

Жыл бұрын

​@Trophy Tapes everyone dies brother, this was half a lifetime ago

@VHSJoeSlaney

Жыл бұрын

@@jakethesnake4971 so should we pop champaine bottle everynight and watch family guy?

@tias.6675

Жыл бұрын

There's channels with plenty 😊

People behaved so well in public back then. That’s what I noticed right away.

@philipdefibaugh5683

Жыл бұрын

Yeah where are the Karens?

@diegoaespitia

Жыл бұрын

this is ONE video. how do u come to such a general conclusion after seeing ONE video of 1986?

@spaceorbison

Жыл бұрын

@@diegoaespitia Because that's how it was....

@exil3dlivecom

Жыл бұрын

We weren't racially divided. Ask yourselves who did it.

@spectre3492

Жыл бұрын

lol what target are you going to? people behave the same today as well. stop living in the past thinking its that much better than it is today, it isn't

The people smiling while they were being filmed had no idea the future was staring back at them.

@Philitron128

Жыл бұрын

That's the case with nearly every single photo and video ever

@marissaveloz9724

Жыл бұрын

I Love the way you worded that! But there were some people in the video not happy being filmed.

@replysoon3216

Жыл бұрын

@@Philitron128 Not anymore. Now days if you take a video camera into a Target or Walmart the loss prevention people escort you out and call the police.

@originalkingalpha5116

Жыл бұрын

​@@marissaveloz9724@6:19😂😂😂

@jaykojumbles7409

11 ай бұрын

im high as ballsrn u blew my mind wow ma,n...

The sound of the register brought back so many memories. Never would have thought that I would have missed hearing it.

@--MAD

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing! 😂

It’s so bizarre! No one is in a hurry. The body language is so different!

@PoseurGoth

Жыл бұрын

Since this is news footage, I'm assuming that this may have been a new store, so I assume that more people are going there to browse, rather than trying to get in, get what they need, and get out. And the store looks far less full than most of them today (although I'm more accustomed to Wal-Mart, and don't make it out to Target often, despite finding the place a pleasant shopping experience). But, I will concede that even with all of the technology that makes mundane tasks so much faster, more convenient, and easier, it constantly feels like we are somehow forced to rush more and more. Even compared to 20 years ago when I was just entering adulthood, the pace of life feels far more frantic.

@jogmas12

Жыл бұрын

Probably shot in a small town

@everettjenkins9262

Жыл бұрын

No smartphones, longer attention spans, people actually aware and present. We'll never live in times like those again. It's sad that some targets and other stores are closing due to theft.

I still see old grannies writing checks at the grocery store.

@ecoRfan

Жыл бұрын

Even at Staples 2017-20 I still saw people paying with checks

@spectre3492

Жыл бұрын

they're missing out on those credit card rewards

@ecoRfan

Жыл бұрын

@@spectre3492 they could still be getting store rewards programs and pay with any method in addition to their coupons

@PraveenSrJ01

Жыл бұрын

They were born in the 1910s and were in their 70s in the 1980s

@VHSJoeSlaney

Жыл бұрын

wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

I find it remarkable how little has changed. This was 37 years ago. 37 years before that was 1949. HUGE differences between stores in 1949 and 1986, but only small style differences between then and now. A lack of laser UPC checkout and paper bags and no cell phones are the only major changes I see. The rest is just styles.

@cdevidal

Жыл бұрын

And even the styles really aren’t that radically different. Think about 1949 styles compared to this. It’s like we as a society figured out what we like and stuck to it.

@bigpicturethinking5620

10 ай бұрын

All because of the Roswell recovery.

@cdevidal

10 ай бұрын

@@bigpicturethinking5620 the what now

@bigpicturethinking5620

10 ай бұрын

@@cdevidal Do you think that everything changed in 37 years spontaneously? That humans suddenly had great ideas that they were just waiting to put to purpose? The breakthroughs that changed the modern world from the late 50s forward have non human origins, of course.

@lucialuciferion6720

9 ай бұрын

People just seem more polite back then, more classy and more respectfull. I was 13 when this was filmed. It's bittersweet. I feel immense sadness , I miss those days deeply 😢

What a time capsule. Thanks for sharing!

Manually typing in SKUs, old credit card imprinters, writing checks, noisy dot matrix printers, so much different back then. When I started at Sears in 1992 we had similar equipment but we already had new PoS (Point of Sale) terminals ready to replace the old NCR cash registers, which we did a couple months later and those had barcode scanners and full keyboards. A few years later the dot matrix printers were replaced with thermal printers that were quiet and printed receipts much faster. No more having to replace print ribbons on a regular basis!! How times have changed!!!

@shawnaburns5158

Жыл бұрын

Yeah sorry I'm a big huge fan of dot matrix printers ,,,sorry

@GeekBoyMN

Жыл бұрын

@@je862 High school? Not relevant. Stayed there 10 years until 2002.

@snotloutisagod2956

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, I remember when I first started working at Target back in 1996, when the IBM 4683 terminals were in use back then, the handheld barcode scanners, and the separate MICR check readers. All with a simple counter with no conveyor belts. The dot matrix printers were music to my ears, but was sad to see them go once they were replaced with the IBM 4610 SureMark thermal printers. I don't think I've been in a Target back in the 1980's with those type of registers, I only remember seeing the earlier IBM 3683 POS terminals back around '86-'87 when I was younger.

@ChristiRich

Жыл бұрын

I liked the sound of the dot matrix printer cash registers. I found them soothing.

@VHSJoeSlaney

Жыл бұрын

wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

It says this was in Edina, Minnesota, it boarders Minneapolis. One thing I noticed was the low amount of stress there. People were focused on each other as well as the time they spent there. No cell phones or technology to distract you. You can feel it in the atmosphere even in the video. I remember it too!

@karenroy9045

Жыл бұрын

Such a different world back then.

@LostinMIA

Жыл бұрын

@@karenroy9045 Yes it was 😄😘

It feels like Aesthetically, Target hasn't really changed much at all. It's a lot of the same stuff, same styles of signs, and such. The main thing that's changed at the Targets I go to over the years is that the food courts are gone and photo departments. That's kind of what jumps out at me first.

@straightpipediesel

Жыл бұрын

The food courts just got upscaled into Starbucks.

@minipandora22

11 ай бұрын

Now they’ve hired a Satanic 👿 monster to design children’s clothing….

Wow, i enjoy watching these vintage videos. I used to work for Target in the 1980s and it was a fun place to work. My favorite part of the store where we had the clearance end caps in the electronic department. I would work in automotive and the hardware section. I would straighten out the isles making sure it was presentable to our guests. One thing I learned it to never refer the shopper as a customer but refer to them as guests. My other jobs were answering phone calls on the floor when a gust called in about a product. I would also do what we call “go backs” I would get a shopping cart loaded with merchandise from customer service to where I had to put back each item back in its proper department.

@strangebrew1231

5 ай бұрын

Go backs are still a thing today I worked at a target in electronics from march to December

Love the sound of the receipt printer machine.

So peaceful and everyone is so patient.

Wow!!! The lady in line in under a minute is writing a check almost nobody does that anymore. When I see the older customers it’s sad to think they probably have passed on.

@HeWhoLoMeins138

Жыл бұрын

Some people are so stupid and easily irritated/impatient now that they barely understand easily used debit cards and tap to pay on a phone. Lines take way longer than back then.

I'm 56, I miss the 80's! lol Only FOX 9 posts the cool, stuff. 💪🏻

@stephenstead7270

Жыл бұрын

Am 63 and i miss the 80s good old days mate

@MNWILD43

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenstead7270 Yup, you're my oldest brothers, age! Best to you, buddy!

@stephenstead7270

Жыл бұрын

@@MNWILD43 do you ever wish then days was back even tho there was no money about i do mate

@MNWILD43

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenstead7270 All the time, my friend.

@VHSJoeSlaney

Жыл бұрын

wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

The young toddlers in these videos are all grown up in their late 30's.

@TheKnifed

Жыл бұрын

I was born in January 1986, I just turned 37 a few weeks ago. It is certainly something to think about. Although, we had caldors and bradlees where I lived

@Sajomo

Жыл бұрын

And the senior citizens in this video are all dead

@DV-zv4ox

Жыл бұрын

I'm 38 and can remember my local Target and K-Mart looking similar to this. Another thing I remember is the smell of cigarettes! Way more people smoked per capita back then, and you were allowed to smoke virtually anywhere except church. Although there are some conveniences about living in 2023, for the most part, the 80's and 90's were a wonderful time to be a kid.

@ThorStoneGaming

Жыл бұрын

I know, it's shocking that time passes and people age. Thanks for reminding me.

@PraveenSrJ01

Жыл бұрын

I was definitely a toddler when this video came out

I ♥ the 80's! It's funny that the shopping carts are still the same! They haven't gotten any bigger.

It's new years eve and all I can think about is how these people are just out here existing. Not connected to any sort of mobile device. I wish life were still this way

@exil3dlivecom

Жыл бұрын

Intro to the ALWAYS connected web changed the world. Carzy how fast aswell.

@ThorStoneGaming

Жыл бұрын

You type that on a smart phone or PC, so you are part of the problem.

@94champs

Жыл бұрын

@@ThorStoneGaming There is nothing wrong with using a PC or phone to leave a comment on an old video, so no, she is not "part of the problem". The problem is when these devices start to rule your life and you live on social media. This applies more so to the younger generation. TikTok, Facebook, Twitter etc. are the main culprits. Anything where your actual name is attached and you post 100 selfies a day to get "likes". That's the real issue here. Watching old videos on youtube though is fine.

@danacaro-herman3530

Жыл бұрын

​@@ThorStoneGamingso true!!😂

@VHSJoeSlaney

Жыл бұрын

wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

Target was hands down my favorite store back in the 90's! They had great prices and inventory and you could get everything there! Clothes, food, toys for the kids, pet food, and fresh popped popcorn!! Miss those days 😢

@carinarosales6899

6 ай бұрын

Oh yeah true

I can't believe Target still has the same shelving today as they did in the '80s

@rickyalandunham

Жыл бұрын

DITTO 🎯🎯🎯

It’s hurts that times have changed for pretty much the worst 😢and the 80s, 90s and early 2000s are gone and not returning ☹️

@kristydavis7894

9 ай бұрын

Right

@kristydavis7894

9 ай бұрын

😢

No self check out, no rude and impatient customers, we need to go back to this!

The sound of the register and check scanning keying things in even the loose change sounds good

this is incredible!!!!I love everything 80's!!

Wild seeing boxes of cigarettes amongst the merchandise the employees were stocking on the shelves. Different times indeed!

@stephaniemartin-ward4578

Жыл бұрын

I worked at Targer from 88 to 90. We had to get cigarettes from the cigarette case for the customers, even though they could have grabbed them themselves. Stocking the cigarettes and candy was our job as cashiers. We wore our own clothes and a name tag, while people in the departments wore smocks over their clothes.

@boostedmaniac

Жыл бұрын

I remember cigarette machines in the lobby at restaurants. Yes different times.

@carinarosales6899

6 ай бұрын

​@@stephaniemartin-ward4578i know right I miss those days

It's kind of weird how much it still looks like a target today. Sure it's different, but somehow immediately identifiable.

It is kind of crazy how much quieter it is without music playing.

Wow. I remember the look and sound of that cash register at my Target (Boulder, CO), after all these years.

Target stores back in the 1980's looked a lot different than today. Before Target introduced colorful department signage and funky neon lights, all Target stores in the 80's had red stripes on white walls along with plain department signage. This scene reminds me of the 1991 movie Career Opportunities. Even the bullseye on the Target logo signage outside looked different, as the entire bullseye (outer red ring, middle white ring, and center red dot) would glow at night and stand out perfectly. By the 1990's, most of the Target stores that opened in the 80's or earlier were given the funky neon interior with colorful department signage. Today, Target stores are now heavily remodeled with newer red or gray walls with new red department signage.

@sunniertimer598

Жыл бұрын

No Starbucks and pizza hut inside either.

@VHSJoeSlaney

Жыл бұрын

wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

@jackietaylor5035

Жыл бұрын

Fedmart was the store before target was around..

@jackietaylor5035

Жыл бұрын

Back in 1980

@alexanderbanos8125

Жыл бұрын

@@jackietaylor5035 Absolutely. In Los Angeles and San Diego CA, and Tucson and Phoenix AZ. Target's debut in AZ and CA was in 1983 a year after FedMart closed. Target also opened in some former Woolco and Zody's locations in AZ.

It's awesome that everyday life in the past was recorded for future generations to see!

Writing checks and that cash register. Good times.

@jogmas12

Жыл бұрын

People still write checks although credit cards been around for 60 years. Never the less writing checks slows the line down

@GeemailMailboxx

Жыл бұрын

@@jogmas12 What's the hurry? 1 extra minute at most. Slow down a little, you'll live longer. 🌻

@jogmas12

Жыл бұрын

@@GeemailMailboxx hope you have the concept when standing in a long line at Disney world waiting for a ride or better yet in a traffic jam, will you still have “a stop and smell the roses 🌹 “ mentality

@GeemailMailboxx

Жыл бұрын

@@jogmas12 I always do. I never sweat the small things. I've learned to enjoy my life, not rush through it. I even make time to be thankful and meditate every day. It's like living in a different world. Especially when I see everyone so stressed out over nothing these days. I find it strange you stress out at Disneyland "Happiest place on earth " of all places 💖.

@robroy6374

Жыл бұрын

not "strange" at all, sensitive one.

Looks like I had that exact squeaking shopping cart last week😂

Everyone seemed so much more purposeful and efficient, even with all the manual work. And friendly!

@Cargo_Bay

8 ай бұрын

You don’t think it’s because there’s a cameraman filming them?

I noticed in the background "Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money was playing lol. Ahhhhh, my childhood years.

Target is based out of Minneapolis/St.Paul. Edina is one of the wealthiest burbs in the entire metro. I graduated from Bloomington in 86. The stores look kind of the same. But the population has lost its way from 35 years ago. Great vid!

I remember hand punching numbers. Before that in the hardware store we hand wrote all the numbers that had to be reordered and then hand punched the numbers into a machine and then we called the supplier on Sunday night and one fit over the receiver and we electronically sent the order. If you didn’t have it sent by 8:00 pm no order that week.

It’s interesting because of the books on the display in the music and maybe some of the fashion, I could tell it was around 1986, but no later than that. I’m surprised they didn’t have automatic scanners to scan all of that. But I checked on the bull’s-eye view of the target timeline history. The UPC scanning stuff didn’t come into existence until 1988. This is wild. Thank you ever so much for sharing this with us.

@taoist32

Жыл бұрын

I worked at Target in 1989 when I was 15. We all had to learn how to use the new scanners.

@AnotherTruth

Жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 that must’ve been wild’ wow! Thanks for sharing

@strangebrew1231

5 ай бұрын

UPC barcodes were invented in the 70s it took until 88 for them to be adopted

Amazing how different n quiet n well behaved ppl were lol

Sad to think most of these people have passed away.

@butterfliesandfate

Жыл бұрын

It is sad. I was thinking the same. When I saw that most of the elderly in this video would have been around the same age as my grandparents at the time, I almost shed a tear.

@SexAndCandyHair92

Жыл бұрын

Well most of the elderly people have passed

@dirtydomsmullet

Жыл бұрын

Yeah target is mostly a store for old folks like grandparents my grandma loved this store she’s still living tho

Thanks for the upload. Was hoping to see some b-roll of the electronics department.

People dressed so nicely back in my time I miss that the smell of walking in to those store was magical as heck man

This is January 1986 and i just heard " Take Me Home Tonight by Eddy Money and that song was released in August 86 lol

The bane of my existence when I was working at Target was having to refold all the towels that people unfolded and tossed wherever they pleased… people sure love to trash a store. some things never change 🙄

@carinarosales6899

6 ай бұрын

I know right

This video is a gem. Thanks FOX9.

Wow, this is the only video from the 80's I've seen that almost looks like it was filmed yesterday, neat.

@robroy6374

Жыл бұрын

its the type of camera they used, obviously

I was born in 1989 and loved growing up in the 90s. Wish I could've experienced a bit more of the 80s. So interesting to see all of this that existed before I did. Even the babies are now older than me!

@METALFAN4EVS

8 ай бұрын

I was 10-19 during the 80’s, it was incredibly awesome, especially later teen years like 15-19.. Buddies, girls, beer and a little herb and we had a blast! Haha

@carinarosales6899

6 ай бұрын

​@METALFAN4EVS yes true

1980s- I never even heard of a Target store till sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s. We have one around here, but I don't think it's terribly old. Anyway, I enjoyed seeing this window into the not-so-distant past.

I miss the old days. :(

I literally squealed out loud when I saw the kitchen section with the aprons, oven mitts, etc! Do you know how much I have to pay for this vintage stuff on Etsy or eBay now?!? Oh to have a time machine and some really big duffle bags! Wait, who am I kidding? If I had a time machine, I'd go and not come back! It was one of the happiest decades of my life.

@BaptistJoshua

10 ай бұрын

Same here. Take me to the 80's and leave me.

Wow! Look at all the open checkouts!

Brings back memories as a kid shopping there.

We didn't get a Target in our area (Vancouver, WA) until the 90's. It felt so modern. This video from the 80's feels just as modern, it must have been like living in the future going to a Target in the 80's. Especially compared to going to K-Mart.

It’s crazy how much the inside of a target has not changed that much. Just updated models on posters but layout of the store and shelves all still look the same

Even the older folks moved so quickly and seemed more active and alert. But also maybe ppl looked older back then too? So interesting

❤❤❤ I was pregnant with my daughter and about 23 years old. Wonderful days.

Greatly miss how Target used to be a mini department store. The whole atmosphere of it and everything! Unmatched! Stuff packed shelves floor to ceiling and there was always something going on. Fresh popcorn wafting 'round the store! Great stuff.

40 years later and they still have the 30% off sale.

Wow! My first thought was I know all the old timers are dead by now. No one seems to be rushing. Thanks for posting I love vintage videos. They actually have music playing. Target now days are so dreadfully quiet. Except for the squeaky wheels.

@connor_flanigan

Жыл бұрын

that old granny looking at pencils has turned to dust by now

My Target (in central PA) was built in 2008 but it still looks exactly like this

The cigarette behind the ear while stocking the merch on the clock and no one batting an eye, wow that dates it a lot!

Those diet drugs were basically speed in nicer packaging. 😂

@superpayaseria

3 ай бұрын

It's true.

Paper bags in a Target? I never knew Targets used paper over plastic (then again Target didn't come to my area until 1995). kinda quiet, NO Karens and the employees seemed happier, darn I miss the 80's.....

@stephaniemartin-ward4578

Жыл бұрын

I worked at a Target 88 to 90. We never had paper bags. Only plastic.

@carissaexplainsitall8481

Жыл бұрын

The checkbooks lol

@oooh19

Жыл бұрын

Now they have paper but charge customers 5 cents so customers just bring their own bags

@candysmith8724

Жыл бұрын

No Karens because everything was civil and normal, unlike today. I don't blame some of the Karens and Kens I see with today's issues.

@Philitron128

Жыл бұрын

@@oooh19 good

thank the people who took these videos.. im very glad they did. its a time machine.

People were kind and fun back then

People seem so polite back then. So much more respectful and decently dressed in public. Paper bags instead of plastic. People writing checks...nobody on their cell phones and SO MANY people shopping. When retail outlets still existed. People we have to stop so much online shopping, and we can keep our local people in a job.

@JayNoodles

2 ай бұрын

“Polite” but more racist, sexist, more likely to abuse children, etc.

6:03 been there. “I don’t need a buggy, I’m just grabbing a couple things” **proceeds to purchase half the store but stoically sticks to the decision to remain sans buggy

love watching these type of videos, such good times everyone was so calm wish it was still the same!

@BaptistJoshua

10 ай бұрын

I miss it so much.

Hand writing checks brings back memories of a better time.

This cashier knew how to do her job and did it very well! Look at her pound those keys!

That old cash register is awesome

I love the employees uniforms and the people look normal.

Stocking the shelves with Acutrim and Dexatrim.

Sad how the people in this video are probably dead by now , whoever is dead may you rest in peace, at least we have a memory of you from this video!

@carmenmonroe7

9 ай бұрын

I feel they're blessed to not see people fall so far from grace. But may they rest in peace if they have crossed over.

Just by watching this video it is amazing how far America has fallen since 1986! I could go on but you get the picture!

@guerralg63

Жыл бұрын

It's hard not to. Go to target today and everything is locked up. Back in 1986 who would have ever believed that laundry detergent needed to be locked up!

That was fun to watch. What a blast from the past!

5:14 there’s always that one cart 😂😂

@TheWALLofMusic

Жыл бұрын

I always seem to get one like that!

I worked at Target 1999-2000, and plenty of people were still writing checks. The only things that really aged this video were the fashion and the registers. Otherwise, this could have been any Target through probably the early 2000’s.

@EfootballC7

Жыл бұрын

What if the check bounced? What would y’all do?

@Julieroo28

Жыл бұрын

This pretty much looks like my Target NOW except for the registers, book displays, fashion and diet pills.

@HorrorFreak68

7 ай бұрын

You’re forgetting the scanners at the cash registers. There are none in this video. They had to type in a six digit sku and the price for every item.

@carinarosales6899

6 ай бұрын

​@@HorrorFreak68oh yeah that's true

I used to have to ask how they were going to pay prior to ringing them up. If they were paying by credit card, I’d have to insert one of those green slips in the register prior to ringing up the first item.

I need a Delorean Time Machine I miss the 80s so much!💯 Kid in the 80s and a teenager in the 90s 😆😂

I always forget that these stores existed in the 80s. Sears and Kmarts and stuff I can picture because they were so synonymous with that time period but Targets just came into the world fully formed

I use to be a cashier at Target and there's always that 80ish yr old WW, who still pulls out a checkbook to pay for her purchase, "if it was good enough in 1972, it's good enough now" 🤣😆😂

@rachelc.5463

Жыл бұрын

@Derrick Langford...Here in recent years I was with a friend in Old Navy and was wondering what was taking her so long looked in her direction and she was writing a check. I said to her don't you have a debit card use that it's a lot faster through check out.

@derricklangford4725

Жыл бұрын

@rachelc.5463 Actually, while everyone behind them has this facial expression 🙄, it brought back memories of me growing up in the 80's and my aunt paying for groceries like that 😊

@mmille10

Жыл бұрын

@@rachelc.5463 - My mom would love it if she could write checks at the store. She doesn't trust digital tech. She generally pays cash when she has enough. Otherwise, she depends on me, with my cash/debit card, since she sometimes shops with me. :) The last time she had a credit card was in the 1970s. She used to have a gas card she'd use at Exxon stations (essentially a store credit card).

@mermaidlu5125

Жыл бұрын

@@derricklangford4725 in the 80s everyone did it to me since I grew up poor it made people look rich and sophisticated and a credit card was rich rich to me lol

@dreamcatcherjulie1

Жыл бұрын

I still write checks, at 55.

Wonderful without cell phones stuck to everyone's ears,eyes, hands!

Better vibe than 2022!!!

The frilly geese, teddy bear, and heart aprons scream 80's kitchen decor! lol

Every Target I've ever been to looks nearly identical to this one still. Of it wasn't for the way people are dressed in this video, I'd think it's 20 years newer.

I have NEVER seen even any pictures of the old previous Target store in Edina until today! If only they had just one picture of EP’s! 😊

What a trip down memory lane! The good ol' days! Love hearing the printing sound of the receipts. Good times! 😊

The zooming in to the $1.99 bath towels at 4:26 made my 2023 wallet feel personally attacked.