I finally had a moment to reupload this in 4:3 ratio. Check it out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJ9sz5mkk8XQirw.html😙

I remember working as a stockboy and this old lady wanted to buy a half a head of lettuce. I told her she had to buy the whole head. She then demanded to see the manager. I went through the double doors to the 'employees only' section and told the manager ''some cranky old hag is demanding to buy a half a head of lettuce''. I heard a noise from behind me, turned around and she was standing right behind me looking angry. So, I said ''and this nice young lady would like to buy the other half''.

@Whateva67

Жыл бұрын

Nice save soda 😎

@codyluka8355

Жыл бұрын

Good save...lol

@OutyMan

Жыл бұрын

You had me for the first half.

@11dsw

Жыл бұрын

Nice save…funny too.

@EphemeralProductions

Жыл бұрын

Funny. :)

I’ve forgotten about this time in supermarkets where nobody is wearing their pajamas or having their private parts hanging out while shopping. 😂

@stevefoster4326

Жыл бұрын

And very few jeans.

@sandybeach123

Жыл бұрын

I read your comment and laughed way too hard. Thank you for the belly laugh.

@stephaniegormley9982

Жыл бұрын

The food displays look much the same. It's at the check out that things would look different.

@unknownninja4430

Жыл бұрын

@@stevefoster4326 jeans are too formal nowadays. sweatpants are the new jeans.

@happycook6737

Жыл бұрын

Yes, people dressed nicely in public in general. I am tired of seeing people with stuff hanging out shuffling around. And their foul mouths cursing continuously...🤦

Back when this country had some class.

I’m hiding in my bedroom watching because my wife thinks I’m crazy watching this. I can’t help it. This brings me back to my childhood when everything was AOK👍 Heyy👍😎

@robinlanier6886

Жыл бұрын

Same reason here. To escape from today's bull💩!!

@BonesBrigader

Жыл бұрын

Terrible that we have to be ashamed at something like that

@veronicajackson1674

Жыл бұрын

Awe watch with your wife she may see why you like watching them you can be crazy together LOL

@maryjeanglenn2486

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@khj8716

Жыл бұрын

I was actually trying to climb into my phone screen. Couldn't do it unfortunately.

Look how nice everyone looks. I miss the days when people didn’t go shopping in their pajamas.

@blankchck

Жыл бұрын

People seem to have a little more self respect in those days.

@philllipracco9027

Жыл бұрын

People are slobs now

@ReflectingonReflection

Жыл бұрын

Fr

@sharpfamily4938

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I wear dresses all the time and I get so many compliments especially from the older generation of people who remember when women dressed nicely lol

@juliekraft4102

Жыл бұрын

Ain't it the truth?🤣

Look no one is shopping with pajama bottoms on.

@us-bw6hg

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought! Everyone is dressed as if they respect themselves!

@TheFairyDickmother

Жыл бұрын

@@us-bw6hg If they knew what was coming....they would be...

@drink15

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t used cherry picked footage as proof

@999benhonda

Жыл бұрын

People used to respect society, and nobody wants to see other people in pajamas or pants about to fall off or big girls testing the limits of their stretchy pants

@maria-melek

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was the standard at the time 😂 but I agree I’m a genZer (‘02) but I love the fashion from the early-mid 60s and 70s.

All the soft drinks were in glass bottles in those days. Man they tasted so much better to me than drinking out of plastic or aluminum. I remember helping my grandparents take the used coke bottles back to the store to get money back. Those were the days.

@mrcoldshower2823

Жыл бұрын

2 cents a bottle, i would pick them up for candy money. a win win bottles recycled & store got the money back!

@robinlanier6886

Жыл бұрын

They were heavy too.

@psychosneighbor1509

Жыл бұрын

Also made with real sugar and not high-fructose corn syrup.

@MollyT119

Жыл бұрын

You can still get the REAL deal with real sugar in the glass bottles...Mexican Coke and Pepsi. 😉

@strawberryseason

Жыл бұрын

By 1971, they had soft drinks in aluminum cans. That appeared mid-to-late 60s as I recall. BUT the ubiquitous plastic bottles of today had not come yet. You are right that soft drinks were in bottles still to a large extent in the early 70s.

Cashiers that actually know how to count back your change, amazing.

@sunniertimer598

Жыл бұрын

I remember when you had to open the doors physically.

One thing missing here, something that used to be common in front of grocery stores but that I don't see much of anymore. Those kiddie horse rides, the one you put a quarter in and it moved back and forth. Those seem to have faded out.

@jkeelsnc

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember those well and even riding one at least once.

@SK-bb6ms

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I was thinking of that. Also, there were those heavy standing ashtrays with sand, near the doors. However, people would smoke while shopping, throwing the butt on the floor with a foot smear to put it out, Lol!

@beberle9641

Жыл бұрын

Ride Sandy the horse for a penny I think that was her name?

@RideAcrossTheRiver

Жыл бұрын

No insurance company in North America will permit those now!

@morticia981

Жыл бұрын

It was a dime back then! And now I officially sound like my dad, who constantly talked about nickel candy bars.

Recording people grocery shopping back then seemed pointless probably, but seeing it 51 years later...glad they did. It is a very valuable gem. ^_^

@MononaNona

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Absolutely!

@spectrum10

11 ай бұрын

They put your bags on rollers and sent them to the edge of the parking lot, where you pulled your car up and picked them up.

@Hy-Brasil

5 ай бұрын

imagine the laugh we'll get in fifty years when we see footage of people "grocery shopping" today ... (and by "grocery shopping" i mean shoplifting..."

Times were certainly not perfect back then, but I'll take them over how we are as a society today.

As a time traveler who has been in a grocery store back in 1971, I can say for a fact that the stores were cleaner and the people more polite.

@jja1483

Жыл бұрын

And purchasing power was way higher😏

@VolkswagenNut1969

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely true!

@EphemeralProductions

Жыл бұрын

If only it could be like that again

@craiglangley1478

Жыл бұрын

Joe, where have you been? Haven't seen you since 1896.

@noahhyde8769

Жыл бұрын

Things have not gotten better the more that so-called 'progress' has been made. But then...mold, cancer and toenail fungus 'progress,' too, so it's not always good. The old world of 1971 was LIGHT-YEARS better than the current one -- on most counts, quite frankly. NO one who's even remotely self-honest and self-respecting could possibly argue otherwise.

Aside from prices...I noticed two wonderful things: 1. All the shopping carts had four wheels that all turned in the same direction. 2. More than two checkout lanes were open...at the same time!

@sicfrynut

Жыл бұрын

cashiers had to know all the items or use a checklist AND type in everything. pretty roomy as well. no self checkout lines. 5 oranges for 79 cents.

@davewanamaker3690

Жыл бұрын

My old hometown grocery store had two checkout lanes in 1971. Still, that's one more than Walmart here in Altoona has running at any one time.

@gailsmith3581

Жыл бұрын

You need to stop! Hilarious!😆😅🤣

@manictiger

Жыл бұрын

Food-to-customer ratio was better. The way the shelves go empty so fast continues to hint toward a future famine, like how Earthquakes come only after we've already been warned by smaller tremors.

@lovesmusic36

Жыл бұрын

@@sicfrynut They also had to know how to count back change. I wonder how many people of this generation know what that expression means.

It’s great people filmed things like this so the following generations could see how simple life was then, and how hectic life is now. I vote for the old days!! Lived them, loved them!

@anns.9443

Жыл бұрын

DEFINITELY!!!

@Hy-Brasil

5 ай бұрын

funniest thing is people only thought life was complicated back then. i'm an 80s baby and would gladly go back in time to the 60s or 70s. sure i would be expected to wear dresses and pantihose or be discouraged from working full time away from home. but i would gladly take that over today's chaotic utter nonsense and irrational hatred for anything and everything in general.

I love these old videos - makes me want to go back in time to simpler times without all this technology!!

@sunniertimer598

Жыл бұрын

Isn't it ironic, technology was supposed to make our lives so much simpler and more efficient.

It’s crazy to think the little babies in the carts are in their 50’s now

@joseh3564

Жыл бұрын

Keith: Yep, and I'm one of those.

@foxbasealpha

Жыл бұрын

I was born that year and can still fit in a cart!

@orchids3332

Жыл бұрын

Not 50 yet! July 1972. For the next few weeks I'm only 49. 😉

@jchisholm1968

Жыл бұрын

Shopping Trolley! Lol

@jameshoopes6467

Жыл бұрын

Me. 😔

I grew up in the seventies, remembering being a little girl going grocery shopping with my daddy. We would go grocery shopping on the weekend when he was off from work. My mom would put a cute little dress on me. If she went with us, she would put on a nice dress or pants suit with her makeup on and her hair fixed nice. Everyone looked nice to go shopping back then. All the lanes would be open and yes the muzac would be playing lol! My daddy would sit me in the front of the cart with the shopping list my mom made out in her handwriting. He would be scratching out everything he got with his pen. I remember everything being so neat and tidy and the shelves well stocked. We would get in line he would always get me some candy or a little toy by the cashier counter. There was the cashier and the person who bagged your groceries. Everyone was so nice and helpful. The adults acted mature and knew what they were doing. It was a completely different time and a better time at that. Now I hate going shopping in Walmart. I miss those days.

@michah321

Жыл бұрын

I remember going with my mom to AP and it was pretty nice, but the big store, it was like today's Walmart, the lines were unGodly long, the cashiers had to enter everything. No scanning, no self check out, no debit card or Google pay, fewer choices I like it better today.

@rubyparchment5523

Жыл бұрын

Things wiped out at my suburban DC stores: the Spanish coffee I like. The flavor of energy drink I prefer. Amy’s frozen vegan meals. At Walmart, the entire Rubbermaid aisle is cleared - u can’t buy a basin, trash can, laundry basket. No way.

@etzerdlasgaudistuben5300

Жыл бұрын

so beautiful, had to cry

@chloel.8007

Жыл бұрын

What a sweet memory ❤❤ thank you for sharing

@beeinthehive

Жыл бұрын

I had similar experiences in those days as a child. People we're far more lacked and friendly. I never once saw a Karen or worried about violent mass shootings. Everyone, from child to adult had self-control and tolerance, and was certainly more respectful. Sure, we didn't have the internet, but you can't miss something of which you had no comprehension, so it was no biggie. It was a great time to be a kid.

Back when you could get a whole cart full of food for under $20

@canuckfixit7722

Жыл бұрын

....and you needed help bringing it all into the house.

@qwertyuioplkjhgfd116

Жыл бұрын

Good old time

@55tumbler

Жыл бұрын

well i dont know about that

@spectrum10

Жыл бұрын

and you could get 3 boxes of Stop and Shop pop-tarts for $1 and they contained real strawberries

@skillplusluckequalsthat

Жыл бұрын

Reality is being created so we allowed that shit to get worse.

I grew up in the 70's..this was such a wonderful time to live. Sometimes it's kinda hard to watch because you yearn for those times again. But hey at least we have KZread to bring us back.

@g.m.5395

Жыл бұрын

👍👏😊

@ramencurry6672

11 ай бұрын

The supermarket I remember in a small suburb from the 70s is still there. Also across the street, the same Burger King and McDonald’s is also still there from the 70s. Even the same mom and pop pizza shop down the street is still there too but I assume different owners. When I fly in to visit, it does have a time travel feel to it

@alandale2182

9 ай бұрын

​@@ramencurry6672Shoppers actually got dressed up to go shopping back then.

No pajamas! What a dream. ❤️

@cacatr4495

2 жыл бұрын

People actually had decorum about their behavior, their mouths/language, and their attire when they went out, what used to be self-respect that they shared with others through courtesy.

@gardendormouse6479

Жыл бұрын

One thing you did see, back then, was women in curlers. I was only a little kid, but I remember that. You saw that, even in the 1980s, occasionally.

@littlebitofhope1489

Жыл бұрын

@@cacatr4495 Lol, literally every generation says that. I have letters from the late 1800s saying almost the exact same thing you did here. That’s pretty funny.

@dabear2438

Жыл бұрын

I saw plenty of women grocery shopping in curlers and bedroom slippers though.

@somersetdc

Жыл бұрын

@@dabear2438 I don't remember bedroom slippers...but curlers... definitely. Also, you had to put your vegetables in a paper back and then would bring it to a man who would weigh them and write the price on the paper bag with a crayon. Then the cashier would ring it up with your other purchases.

There's something strangely satisfying about watching this. I was 9 in 1971, my mom dressed like she was going somewhere important, did her makeup and made sure her hair was perfect before we went anywhere.

@andrewm1660

Жыл бұрын

I remember my mom and so many women would wear those thin head scarves when it was windy to protect their hair. I miss walking around the grocery store with my mom as a child, with no worries about costs or calories.

@Sabres16

Жыл бұрын

I was also 9 in 1971,and i agree it is very satisfying to watch. I work in a grocery store now and always try to be as helpful and friendly as possible.

@lifewithdenturestoldbytracyj

Жыл бұрын

I was 4 and if my sister and I went with her we were put in neatly pressed dresses and patent leather shoes just to go to the grocery store or to any store including the 5 and Dime. I remember being 5 or 6 and going to The Terminal Tower in Cleveland to meet my dad for lunch on weekday afternoon, we were in our Sunday best complete with gloves, hat and jacket. It was a big event to meet him for lunch.

@jrus690

Жыл бұрын

The only thing that really is getting troublesome is the Tattoos, COVID doubled them, and to a certain extent the piercings. Hair coloring so far is not bothering me, adds character. Even in the early 2000's, things were still largely like this scene. On the other hand, that was actually 20 years ago, time flies.

@JTcadillac

Жыл бұрын

One example of why divorce rates were lower

Back then I was 5 yrs old and life was beautiful. Today I'm 57 and life is hell. What happened?

@renzo10199

Жыл бұрын

en que cosas?

@spaniardsrmoors6817

Жыл бұрын

Liberals

@243wayne1

Жыл бұрын

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 Exaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaactly...

@Keeferboy

Жыл бұрын

You became an adult.

@u-shanks4915

Жыл бұрын

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 that’s what they want you to think saklas

That beautifully stacked table of oranges would be knocked all over the floor, by some obnoxious person, these days. So many people are unhinged now and there are tons of vids on social media, that capture so much of it. It's sad how much things have changed.

@mikedowell9874

Жыл бұрын

People turned their backs on God

@jamesp13152

Жыл бұрын

Nowadays someone would pull the bottom ones out so the entire pyramid would fall on the floor. Put it on Tictok. Disgusting. No morals anymore, no respect, never thought I'd say, I'm glad I'm getting old...

The beginning of one of the most amazing decades! Everyone loved the 70's!!

@shakzor

Жыл бұрын

The irony will be lost on those who do not know.

@55tumbler

Жыл бұрын

me toooooo

@strawberryseason

Жыл бұрын

@@shakzor it's not ironic. Had the best music, styles, and people still cared about each other.

@JxT1957

Жыл бұрын

both 60s and 70s for me

@seanhunter4297

Жыл бұрын

@@JxT1957 80s were excellent, you have to remember I was born in '74. The 90s were good also (prosperous).

I was a small child in the 70's and I remember when grocery stores were like this. My mom would drop me in the cart and we were off to an adventure. Today,. September 21st, would have been my mom's 86th birthday. Happy birthday, Ma.

@ripvanwinkle2002

Жыл бұрын

i remember getting too big for the kid seat in the cart.. thats when the REAL fun begins, clinging to the front of the cart. feet on the bottom rack.. holding on for dear life as mom whizzed the cart around from one aisle to the next..

@dr.bunterhidenbrobruh5502

Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday to her! My wife's birthday is also Sept 21 but she was born in '70.

@rricci

Жыл бұрын

@@ripvanwinkle2002 10 years ago, I was shopping with my roommate's daughter. We got the cart that looks a car. I started steering wildly, saying "Hey, slow down, Mari!" She was laughing non-stop. I wish I had my own kids. I think they would've loved having me as a dad.

@metrotek5

Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Mom

@wisegal88

Жыл бұрын

💕💐

Those were great times. I wish young people today could go back and experience a week in the 70s. It was a different world. A better world. A much simpler one

@andrewm1660

Жыл бұрын

True, but funny to think back to it now, and how I remember older people back then saying the same thing about the 50s.

@LittleKitty22

Жыл бұрын

Trouble is, nowadays almost everybody is drugged up to the eyeballs and not necessarily on illegal drugs. All these antidepressants now make people aggressive and violent.

@theresedavis2526

Жыл бұрын

Things were starting to change by then. The social/sexual revolution, that started in the mid to late 60s, opened the floodgates and today's generations are drowning in the flood.

@zochbuppet448

Жыл бұрын

@@theresedavis2526 Everyone is now scrambling to figure out "where did we go wrong". The liberalism staring from the mid 60's was a double ended sword that benefited everyone...except by 2005 it started going off the rails and here we are.

@annieholbis2430

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewm1660 the boomer generation was young then - they all sbocked their parents too because many were hippies !

Anyone else love the sound quality of orchestral music from this time period? It's much higher quality than what you'd hear in the 30s to the 50s, but it's not as clear as a modern recording. It's right in the middle, almost giving it a dream-like quality.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

I've been putting music like this in my MP3 player for 20 years when I grocery shop.

@GraniteStateVictoria

3 ай бұрын

It kind of sounds like cassette tapes.

I hate the time we live now. I just want to go back.

@sunniertimer598

Жыл бұрын

O.k, no more internet, only t.v., and home phones(which are shared with the whole family). No microwaves at that time. Letter writing and snail mail. Home cooked meals every day. No VCR's, or DVD players, or video stores, but trips to the movie theatre occasionally. Expected courtesy, and respect for elders. Just a few of the adjustments that would need to be made.

@spooky3120

2 ай бұрын

@@sunniertimer598 I'm all for that!

@lauramichael4958

2 ай бұрын

That does sound wonderful. I loved those times.​@@sunniertimer598

Love how everybody is moving about…calm, cool, & collective.. really proves to me how anxiety ridden the world has become.

@bobbydean6661

Жыл бұрын

it's like this in the Maritimes...

@HopeLaFleur1975

Жыл бұрын

Yes people have become so rude and its because of the fact they are Godless!

@wspencerwatkins

Жыл бұрын

Looks exactly like it does today

@aquamarinebarbie

Жыл бұрын

social media has a lot to do with that i agree

@RkicF8

Жыл бұрын

@@wspencerwatkins It certainly does, but these people are from the city, they shop daily instead of weekly or monthly.

Back when people took pride in everything…Their appearance, their work, their composure…

@josephdockemeyer6782

Жыл бұрын

Things have degenerated.

@ryansimasek5480

Жыл бұрын

I take pride in being the guy on their phone in their pajamas. Sorry, I hate how formal everything was.

@myalfie

Жыл бұрын

The benefits system hadn’t properly kicked in yet no 16 year old getting pregnant for a flat!!! Bye for now

@loulou7963

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@stephenorona2253

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100 percent. 👍

Ahh, civilized America. I miss it.

Where are the screaming children running around?! The pissed off employees scowling at you walking by?!?!? The unorganized shelves and missing inventory?!?? What is this incredibly made up world of yesterday? Seems like heaven to me 😊

@mrk1075

Жыл бұрын

It’s because today (Since 1914) we are getting closer to the end of this corrupt system of things and peoples attitudes are getting more disrespectful: 2Timothy 3:1-5, Matthew 24:3-14. nwt bible, or kjv

@KelleyM462

Жыл бұрын

it was, it was, I miss it

@justlive5387

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't even born yet and I miss these days.. I'm jealous..😢. At least you all got 2 at least experience this❤

@fortheloveofnoise9298

Жыл бұрын

People got paid a better wage back then (if you are taking account of inflation) music was better back then....the world wasn't flooded with safety BS making the cars lame or overly expensive....ect ect...im only 28 and even I know that

@Cwgrlup

Жыл бұрын

@@justlive5387I was a kid growing up back then and it was great. I’m glad I’m old now and going to die soon. The country has become a hellhole. I feel bad for you kids.

As much as I love videos like this, I'm always torn between happy memories and deep melancholy, wishing I could just imagine hard enough to have those times back again 😣

@heatherronan

Жыл бұрын

Yes! You put into words perfectly the way I feel when I watch these videos or think about those days: the 70s, the 80s, even the 90s. Everything started to go downhill in our society after Sept 11 but it's really accelerated in the past 10 yrs. I long for those simpler times so much that it physically hurts sometimes, especially in the last couple years for obvious reasons...and it feels like it's just going to get worse and worse from here on out.

@commentingisawasteoftime7195

Жыл бұрын

There's a golden age bodybuilder who just passed named Ric Drasin. He responded to a similar comment on his appearance on Cher's variety show by basically shrugging and saying "different eras".

@rockabillylaker

Жыл бұрын

Same. I grew up in the early to mid 90s, In my opinion, those were the last years of "simpler times". We still played outside a lot, rode bikes, read comics, baseball cards. Video games only took you so far. You beat a game in an hour then, what?

@JKBelle

Жыл бұрын

@@rockabillylaker yeah the FF of 9/11 changed everything and then 19 years later the FF of Covid 19 changed everything again.

@latinavalentina3898

Жыл бұрын

@@heatherronan You are so right. I know that everyone always misses their childhood and each generation thinks things aren't like they used to be, but every so often, things change so much that it isn't just a "generational thing". In our case, the internet made such a difference in our society, that things are unrecognizable from 30 years ago. Mainly for the worse, IMO 😔

Childhood memories! Am I the only who remembers smelling fruit and vegetables as soon as I walked into the store? Even organic has no smell! I was reminded when I visited Israel and was buying produce there; I could smell the celery! The melons! It was wonderful. Our food has changed.

@violetsprings470

Жыл бұрын

Smells were different then

@carolynprokopenko3918

Жыл бұрын

Yes! You are so right!

@memahselfni

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't around back then but I did work at a small town grocery store a few years ago that was still a staple in the community and had been for years. I was literally just thinking, "I can smell this video" when I stumbled across your comment.

@MelodyAnn1957

Жыл бұрын

I was 14 in 1971 and this really brought back the memories for me. It all looked so familiar. I do remember the smells of fresh produce. I wonder what they are doing to our food to take that away. My pastor and his wife just returned from a trip to Israel. They enjoyed it so much!

@ItsIdaho

Жыл бұрын

@@memahselfni This, my mom keeps saying seasonal was much better. And my grandma still refuses to buy out of season fruits.

I'm 86 now. I was the store manager walking around with a clipboard squeezing fruit and acting busy. I had to do it when there wasn't any customers around because they might ask me a question. The clipboard thingy made look like I was doing something. I've been retired for quite a while now, but that was the best gig I ever had. Keep on squeezing the Charmin !

@MomtoZnE

Жыл бұрын

Lol… I saw that guy and thought “well, he must be the MANAGER” 😂

I was ten back in 71'. No one is wearing pajamas, no phones, the basics on the shelves. Back then it was naval oranges from Florida and now we have several different kinds from around the world and the same with apples, etc.... Remember the colored toilet paper and the flowered ones? I always wanted to work a cash register! At our old A&P they had an 8 O'Clock coffee grinder right there at the register. I miss those simpler times and my parents.

@jeffgarmon1

Жыл бұрын

Yes Linda, that freshly ground coffee at the checkout had a wonderful aroma.

@robinlanier6886

Жыл бұрын

I remember everything you just mentioned. I miss it all too.

@malomama4750

Жыл бұрын

Remember the paper towels back then were in colors, often with prints. My mom wrapped Christmas ornaments (the delicate ones) in paper towels back in the day n in my closet is some ancient 1970s yellow and greenish paper towels.

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

I remember the colored toilet and tissue paper. It was later discovered that the dyes were very toxic in those.

Hard to believe this was more than 50 years ago. Time sure flies by.

@maximilianoferrer6841

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be born in 1974 until another 24 years, it would’ve been nice to spend some time back in those years, just by how things seemed simpler.

@765lbsquat

Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t simpler then. Still had hookers and drugs

@DissentingTirade

Жыл бұрын

I cant believe the story your tellin me, is macabre

@55tumbler

Жыл бұрын

I miss the 7 up candy bars

@ntal5859

Жыл бұрын

@@maximilianoferrer6841 Wow glad your math is so bad, The film is 1971... 3 years before you were born.

1: Wider aisles. 2: Thinner people! 3: MORE Checkers working! 4: Better dressed people. I miss those days!

@mattbelinski7760

Жыл бұрын

No dump bins cluttering up the aisles!!

@janetslater129

Жыл бұрын

Uh....there were some people in the video would be considered overweight by today's standards.

@jonas3333

Жыл бұрын

Plus, you could smoke anywhere!

@user-is7xs1mr9y

Жыл бұрын

@@jonas3333 Ah yes, having to endure the stink of some stranger who doesn't care about their own health, so why care about others'?

I was 5 years old then. That Leggs egg display was everywhere.

@mariec4275

Жыл бұрын

I was 5 as well! I remember the L’eggs at every store.

@garywilson4597

Жыл бұрын

Also, the Brach's candy display.

Oh God! Muzak was everywhere!! But I would pay a thousand dollars to hear that in stores now instead of the shit that passes for popular music these days!! And it too is EVERYWHERE!!😵

@akira2196

Жыл бұрын

Floors so clean you can eat off them! Let's see stores of today touch that!

@mikewillett5076

Жыл бұрын

Yep. They erred on the more conservative side with things like atmosphere music , even for the time. You wouldn't hear The Doors or Zeppelin even though they were out for awhile, lol. Same with what was played on the radio or a band on TV shows and movies (except for the rare real band that was hip). I recently heard a newer song in the grocery store that had a line that was screaming. As I said in another comment, it just seemed so wrong. I like some heavy stuff but right time, right place.

I was 20 years old then and worked part-time in a local grocery store. We stamped the prices on all canned and boxed goods. The clerks actually had to know how to run a cash register and make change. We bagged and carried the groceries to the cars as well. Great times.

@petercermak1910

Жыл бұрын

I was 9 years old then, and I remember you and your counterparts using the labeling "guns" to apply the little paper stickers with numbers to cans. Our A&P had a moving belt ramp in the middle of our store that brought up cartons and boxes for the floor team to put out. The cashiers had lightning fingers that tallied up the totals, and the fast one's had a "bag boy" assisting to move the lines through. It was common to have a hand Counting money device, usually red or green plastic, to help keep tally while you shopped. Credit cards weren't common, so you couldn't go over your $20.00 or if you were Rich $50.00 dollar bill!

@gregorydahl

Жыл бұрын

The purple metal stamper that flips to ink itself . Hold it flipped and do a whole case faster and save ink too . Feather dusters

@mewhor

Жыл бұрын

I remember the stock boys with the feather dusters in their back pockets.

@canileaveitblank1476

Жыл бұрын

I can hear the sound of the metal price stamping device! Thanks for a nice memory. ❤️🍀

@theemptyatom

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly and the gas station attendants actually checked your oil and everything! Green Stamps, Hardy Boy books :-)

OMG! The LEGGS display! I remember that and I was born in 1973. Great nostalgia. Thanks.

@sonofhibbs4425

Жыл бұрын

Used to love that big egg. They were such a common household item people would do crafts with the plastic egg packaging. Then to cut down waste, they only used the top portion of the egg. I think that was the beginning of the end for L’eggs. I remember people saying they were disappointed not to get the full egg!

@ShortCrypticTales

Жыл бұрын

born in 1977 here and remember that

@lincolnparc8897

Жыл бұрын

Yes! My mother 💖 used to collect the plastic eggs to make Easter toys out of them. 🐇🐣"Nothing beats a great pair of Leggs" I remember the ads took

@DVD927

Жыл бұрын

Yep! L’eggs! We used to do so many crafts with those plastic eggs.

@jpalberthoward9

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and the models they used in the commercials had some legs, too! And, you could say that because political correctness was 20 years away.

I was 10 years old and enjoying life.

@jimmycline4778

Жыл бұрын

I was 4 years old getting beat by my stepdad not enjoying life!🫤

Everything looks so clean and civilised. I love how smart everyone is dressed. Seriously what the hell happened?????

@pamtrebell3966

Жыл бұрын

The little girls looked so cute in their dresses and no children running wild!

@frdsg8350

Жыл бұрын

We 'progressed'

@cole007

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment this! Everybody now seems to shelp around in their pajamas!

@vincentseidle954

Жыл бұрын

Athleisure wear happened

@kenweller2032

Жыл бұрын

@@vincentseidle954 Ironic, isn't it. Everyone in athletic wear and more out of shape than ever.

I think it's actually remarkable how constant the grocery shopping experience has remained since 1971. Sure, the music is different and the signage and equipment have all been updated, but the experience of walking around with a shopping cart and going from aisle to aisle hasn't changed much.

@ShastaOrange

Жыл бұрын

And it was still a new-ish thing back then. The grocery cart was invented in the '30s, and grocery stores didn't really get popular until the '50s.

@RunninUpThatHillh

Жыл бұрын

Sadly it is changing. People order online via instacart or Amazon... More and more.😣

@SL-cl9gt

Жыл бұрын

Like at all 😂

@lulz4lulz

Жыл бұрын

Because it's primitive, only thing that will change it is online fulfillment and delivery without customers ever going to the store.

@cdshull

Жыл бұрын

The music is more '61 than '71 🙄.

Remember when people dressed as though they respected themselves? Ahhh...those were the days Let's bring that back

Back when peolple dressed with some decorum and pride.

@poshonyx8567

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Dresses and nylons for the ladies and shirts and ties for the guys. Not a tattoo in sight!

@anonanon7235

Жыл бұрын

@@poshonyx8567 Not true. If you actually watched the video, there were guys wearing t shirts and shorts.

What a huge culture change, the people seem polite; they're well dressed, and the store carries a serenity feel to it.

@maryjeanglenn2486

Жыл бұрын

It does

@timothylegg

10 ай бұрын

These people lived through a great depression and a hell of a war. They learned young to appreciate each other. That's been lost.

The L'eggs carousel and Blue Chip stamps. I was a teenager in the 70's. Was always helping my grandmother paste those stamps in a book. For me they were better times. My parents and grandparents, and favorite aunt were still alive, as was my childhood dog. All have long passed. I liked my school, had a bunch of neighborhood friends on my block. No wonder I'm so nostalgic. I even like this Muzak. One of the stores I shop in now plays jarring music, not conducive to shopping.

@jkeelsnc

Жыл бұрын

I actually miss the elevator music at the grocery store. I don't have the nostalgic indulgence you did about school and teenage years mainly because peers were assholes and bullies so I hated to go to school. However, the shopping experience in this video is QUiTE familiar from the time in the 70's and 80's. They were "simpler times".

@calendarpage

Жыл бұрын

You noticed the L'eggs as well! I used to wear them all the time.

@sandrap6321

Жыл бұрын

Wish I could go back & thank everybody for raising me & giving me good memories that have lasted a lifetime. You just never know what you have til its gone.

@glennhubbard5008

Жыл бұрын

I was in Kroger recently and a song was playing that involved oral sex. Sad.

@paulaboynton8299

Жыл бұрын

For us it was S & H green stamps.

My momma graduated high school in 1977, she always reminisced about the 70’s and I’ve always been jealous that she got to be apart of that era. She passed away in 2021. RIP momma 🌻

@MsTwister57

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry about your momma. I graduated in 1975. I remember the 70s well. I really miss that time.

@LA_HA

Жыл бұрын

@@MsTwister57 My older siblings talk about it all the time and I love listening and looking at the pictures and film reels. So awesome

@Kenna198

Жыл бұрын

@@MsTwister57 I graduated in 1975 as well, where did all the time go?

@santaclaus1208

Жыл бұрын

Too soon. RIP.

@bananabuttons6637

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. I know what you mean, I was born in 1979 but wish I was born before that. Especially now the world seems so crazy.

It’s so nice to see at 2:27 a nurse in a uniform and not scrubs

Give me a time machine, i wanna go back and stay

@llg3pe

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@robinlanier6886

Жыл бұрын

Take me with you!!

@Hibiscus123

Жыл бұрын

Make room for me please

@Roger-hp1yg

Жыл бұрын

Me to !!!

It's brilliant that someone thought to film this bit of daily routine. It brings back great memories!

@tam1729

Жыл бұрын

❤️

Almost all the little girls were dressed beautifully in dresses!!😇🤙🏼🙏🏼

@robroy6374

Жыл бұрын

yeah, so cute.

@BridgesDontFly

Жыл бұрын

Creeps

@wriggletu144

Жыл бұрын

@@BridgesDontFly how is this creepy?

@strawberryseason

11 ай бұрын

it's probably because they had just come from school. We girls always wore dresses or skirts. Pants started more 1972-73.

Ah yes, the good ole days.What a great time to be a kid. The Wonder years indeed.🤩

Gee look--almost all the cash register lines are open! Supermarkets today like to show off that they have 20 register lines---but only 3 are ever open!!

@akira2196

Жыл бұрын

Or you gotta check out yourself lol. I should get a name tag and benefits with it! lol.

@BennieWilll

Жыл бұрын

Cause they won't hire more cashiers. Cut down on employees.

Wasn't it nice that people actually cared what they looked like when they went out in public.

@retromoviefan944

Жыл бұрын

so true. Today you'd never or rarely see anyone in a suit jacket and tie shopping in a grocery store. Yet, in the video there is a guy dressed like that. People would never have worn overly casual stuff back then, nor would they allow their children to dress like slobs either.

@grammerpolicedeputy6913

Жыл бұрын

Modern day people either don't care at all about their appearance, care way too much about their appearance to the point of mental distress, or they pretend like they don't care about their appearance to appear cool and edgy to others.

@wankertanker1813

Жыл бұрын

It's just clothes. Totally subjective.

@gailcurl8663

Жыл бұрын

People Cared about their Appearance in those days. Lot's of Freaks walking around everywhere today.

@janwheeler87

Жыл бұрын

I remember when I was a child mom's always wore dresses then in the late 1960s some dared to wear pedal pushers. I've noticed that when traveling abroad, most children even in these days, are dressed in full outfits, socks and shoes when out in public, even on walks in town. In Spain, in Germany and in England families take strolls in the evenings in many cities and towns and children and parents always dressed nicely. Take a walk in the states and American kids are barefoot or in just diapers and a shirt. Such differences.

I missed the rides outside the doors! I remember if I was good in the store, I would get to ride the horse, .10!

@sandrap6321

Жыл бұрын

And the penny bubble gum machines & prize machines

@user-ejxomyq

Жыл бұрын

My local grocery store still has a couple of those along with some soda machines

@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations

Жыл бұрын

They used to have those at the grocery store in my neighborhood up until the late 2010s

Take me back please....I'm ready!

I could watch this video, and others like it, all the time. I was 12 in 1971. I used to go grocery shopping, with my mom, every Wednesday evening. This brings back a flood of wonderful memories. I miss my parents. God bless the person that made this film. Thank you.

@schkaren

Ай бұрын

I feel the exact same way…

This and videos like it are PRICELESS and a true time capsule. Far more than old movies or tv shows. Looks mundane like your average trip to a grocery store except you’re 50 years back in time. I bet these people were just thinking of how they were gonna spend their evening and what to do tomorrow.

@EphemeralProductions

Жыл бұрын

For the guys is was most likely thinking about work and for the women, thinking about house stuff and stuff about the kids. Just how it was back then! A lot more “old time family style” than it is now

@sarahshouse1890

Жыл бұрын

@@EphemeralProductions ecactly!👍

@babyg8662

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it makes me a little verclempt!

@Capnbuttchicken

Жыл бұрын

Who was gonna be on carson?

@harryhagan5937

Жыл бұрын

I imagine they would go home and turn on the brain roaster TV; just like all the way back to ca, 1950.

So nice when they would stock shelves either at night or early in the morning. No one is tripping over the staff.

@ripvanwinkle2002

Жыл бұрын

i have to stock a cooler and IK Sooooo R we get deliveries IN THE STORE during business hours because its open 24/7 so here i am trying to get literal TONS of product OFF the floor while the customers have to dodge duck dip dive and dodge to get around it all and then it starts anew the next day.. its a nightmare.. if i hadnt stopped giving a shit if i could get it all done each shift. id have suck started a shotgun by now ( metaphorically)

@hatingontruth9118

Жыл бұрын

@@ripvanwinkle2002 Oh yes, it's a pain for both parties.. the consumer and the store workers. I've just accepted this is how it's gonna be now so I stay out of the worker's way. But, it's still frustrating. Notice how much food is put out at a time. This allowed more time before restocks.

I remember those days! Also, people took pride in how they looked in public.

@feathermerchant

Жыл бұрын

So, how do you dress for public these days?

@lg2573

Жыл бұрын

Yes they all dressed well now days you don’t know where to look everything is hanging out but l guess now it comes under body positive !

I was thirteen in ‘71 I miss those simple days everything was cleaned people we’re friendlier …. I wish I could go back I always knew it was a special time there was something in the air that has long been gone never to return again.

Made me cry!! I was still a kid in 71 going to the grocery store with my Mom. Look how neat and nice people are dressed. They are not half naked. No one on a stupid phone !( sometimes I wish cell phones had never been invented). Life was simple, people were kind, you could shop in peace and my Mom was still here !! 😢😢. I miss the A&P and Delchamps!!

@mjfoxfan3101

Жыл бұрын

I was born in '71...my grandma raised me. I remember going to our small town's shopping "Center". She loved the Gateway grocery store; except their meats. So we would put all the groceries in her car. Then walk down the sidewalk to the other end and go to Winn Dixie for the meat specials. She would tell me, "Don't let me forget the stamps." Then she turned in the stamps for the "new" plates, bowls, etc. I have 4 of those plate settings (with bowls). She passed in 2003; I think of her everyday.

@rv6205

Жыл бұрын

i agree 100 percent......2022 is horrible and getting worse

@Cappysailsagain

Жыл бұрын

@@morgannye1331 what's right about it? In just the past few months my 401k has dropped by $55k. My stocks are down $64k. My govt refuses to even pretend to give a shit that we're paying $2-3 more for gas. Their solution? Buy a $60k Tesla! I'm paying at least an extra $300 a month for groceries for my family. And that's with making cuts. There is a host of political and social issues destroying society. There's more, but that's the short of it.

@Cappysailsagain

Жыл бұрын

@@morgannye1331 Oh yes the war, the unchecked mental instability, the 73 million abortions in the world, the 450 killings in Chicago so far this year...Yes the list could certainly go on...

@IngefromGraz

Жыл бұрын

I think all this technology ruined our lives!

The shopping cart is a prime example of a design that is so perfect it has not been changed.

@mikephalen3162

Жыл бұрын

Fortunately, they now have smaller carts so that you aren't pushing a Cadillac up and down the aisles.

@voiceofreason2674

Жыл бұрын

Ehhh I want to start a volunteer organization that goes around town spraying WD40 on all the wheels. Some of those carts at Walmart damn near careen over when you try and hit a sharp turn cuz the wheels are all locked up

@katie7748

Жыл бұрын

Until you get the one where only 3 wheels cooperate with each other haha

@elhatesallofyou

Жыл бұрын

@@voiceofreason2674 im with you on that

@gregorydahl

Жыл бұрын

@@katie7748 or it sounds like a chug chug chug chug steam train or horse galloping

I was 9 in 1971. There were several things I noticed in this video that stood out compared to today. All adults were dressed nicely. No jeans. Dresses, suits, pant suits. One woman had a poncho on. I loved those! Hardly any kids shopping with adults. When I was little it was rare for us to go to the store with my mother. We stayed home! Older siblings watched us. Oranges show 5 for .79 cents. Today oranges are .80 cents each! Also, most of the women carried their pocketbooks over their arms and didn't set them in the carriage. Very smart. You don't see that much today. Also, there was a sign that said, "7 day milk diet"! No idea what that was. 😂😂😂 Great video. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy these. Memories of better times.

@saleplazma5109

Жыл бұрын

In New York city , orange is 3 for 5.

@robinlanier6886

Жыл бұрын

I noticed the very fashionable poncho as well. All the ladies and girls wore them bk them. 😁

America was so much better back then...

The magical times back then. People were dressed up going to the market and so polite and the music was happy!

@samanthanickson6478

Жыл бұрын

there were house coats worn that usually snapped in the front, and plenty of curlers and scarves to cover them; also slippers worn. people weren’t dressed to the nines at the grocery store, however, you did see much of what i mentioned BRIGHT and EARLY in the mornings. those shoppers were there first thing.

@meganruchwatercolors7186

Жыл бұрын

@@samanthanickson6478 oh I am sure there were those not looking so great too! Lol!

@americo9999

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same, :D

@corntastrophy

Жыл бұрын

@@samanthanickson6478 honestly my favorite memories going to my aunts house was going to the local market at 8 am in our PJ's and looking at all the hubba bubba gum and deciding which one id get

@annahgibbus8

Жыл бұрын

@@superkoopatrooper4879 That was a nurse wearing a white nurse uniform dress, white nurse shoes & a poncho.

If virtual reality ever gets so good that they could recreate a 1971 grocery store, I just might spend the rest of my life in there.

@BoudicaSlade

Жыл бұрын

The frozen and canned food back then was garbage compared to now. A chain called "A&P" was once the biggest in USA. Their demise can be traced to many factors, one of which was their fish section often stunk up the entire store. People freely smoked cigarettes in some of the stores.

@LateNightCable

Жыл бұрын

@@BoudicaSlade Wrong. The frozen and canned foods back then were frozen and canned foods, same as now. And probably more wholesome pre-GMO, with the exception of pesticide free certified organic. And fish markets still smell like fish. As far as cigarette smoking in the stores, smoking was permitted almost everywhere back then, so people smoked.

@Zoe-dr5ps

Жыл бұрын

@@BoudicaSlade You can't beat a fishy cigarette first thing in the morning

@kistole28

Жыл бұрын

Factsss.

@josephgaviota

Жыл бұрын

@@BoudicaSlade _... People freely smoked cigarettes in some of the stores._ Genius, people smoked in EVERY store.

Ahh, when things were wonderful and beautiful. America at zenith! The stores really were magnificent then.

@andrewfeltz9445

2 ай бұрын

And zenith was made in the US

I wonder if these people would notice if a modern person traveled back in time and walked through this grocery store lol. Kind of a silly thought, but I'd love to be able to travel back in time and visit different eras.

@theuploder8424

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@EphemeralProductions

Жыл бұрын

if they acted normally like theyre supposed to then no probably not. lol

@spectrum10

Жыл бұрын

well I suppose if you were walking around with a covid mask on it might draw attention, just sayin'

@knuteboy3778

6 ай бұрын

Unlikely. It's been determined that when people shop, they kinda go into a mild trance-like state. So it's unlikely they would even notice you at all. They might notice that there was a strangely dressed man at the store..lol

@trevorjameson3213

2 ай бұрын

Nobody notices as long as you dress the part, act professionally and don't get overly excited and start acting weird since you're back in 1971 (or whatever year the project is set in). And most importantly, do not interact with anyone if at all possible. Just get in, observe and collect data, and get out. No one will even know you were there, hopefully.

I've worked for a supermarket chain now for over 48 years. I have seen it all. Have to laugh out loud at some of the comments. How true, especially the one about how many checkouts are open and no one is wearing their pajamas. Thanks for posting this video. Glad I saw it today because I'm due back to work tomorrow from vacation. Now maybe my first day back won't suck so much. :)

@magicmaker15

Жыл бұрын

Yes, sad how being a grocer has gone from something that people regarded very highly as a career, now we are just the next person for Karen to yell at when her coupon doesn't scan.

@drcornelius8275

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but did you ever use a can stamper for pricing?

@chrissanders3119

Жыл бұрын

I’ve worked in grocery stores for 45 years. You’re totally correct.

@vanthosanasthasia6333

Жыл бұрын

I was agreeing with you up until you started trashing millennials. Check yourself on that. My "staycation" is when I finally get a hard-earned week (maybe two if everything like staffing levels and business of the season is just right) paid off of work. I'm too broke to travel, and didn't get to really plan anything because I'm overworked, so I just enjoy my time off at home. It's hard earned and more than half my job is physical work. Maybe you wouldn't have such a bitch of a time getting a non-degree job that you like if you didn't trash the people who came up into the same economic conditions you described. Besides having to find an existence in such conditions, I've also had to lose friends to the two wars our generation got sucked into. One thing above all, we don't hire soulless, bitchy, social media addicted, unmindful zoomers.

@margarethoughton9993

Жыл бұрын

@@drcornelius8275 ka-chick ka-chick ka-chick 💕💕I can hear it now!

I remember it all, miss it all. Somebody dare to say it wasn't a better time; simpler, more peaceful.

@TheWaitingRoomTWR

2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't born yet, but I say being a teenager in the 50's would of been amazing

@williamrubinstein3442

Жыл бұрын

Everyone says the past was simpler and better. But in 1971 there was the Vietnam War and a danger of war with the Soviet Union and China.

@EphemeralProductions

Жыл бұрын

Vietnam was still going on. Crazy to say, but with everything going on in the world these days, Vietnam looks like Childs play.

@stevefoster4326

Жыл бұрын

Much, more was better then...

@cgraham6

Жыл бұрын

I guess it seemed simpler because most of us who lived through the 70's were just kids then. Your young years are always a simpler time. We sure didn't have most of the conveniences back then that we do now, but I can't deny life was definitely a slower pace.

This brings memories as my mother was a housewife when I was little and we would make our trip to the local White Front Supermarket to buy groceries. It was my mom , my two little brothers and myself. She would put the fear of God into us if we so much got of her sight or knocked anything over. I had to hold the hands of my two brothers and not let them go which was not easy. If we were well behaved we always got a candy bar or an ice cream cone at the Thrifty's across the street. Also there were no barcodes the cashier had to enter EVERYTHING manually. They were however pretty fast in getting customers checked out.

@mistybailey

Жыл бұрын

Didn't have to worry about cash registers freezing up!!!!!!!

Look how far we've fallen as a culture.

@llg3pe

Жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing

@1223jamez

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@cuttheloop

Жыл бұрын

b-b-b-but diversity is our greatest strength or some bullshit

A friend of mine worked in a grocery store when we were in school. Late 70's. There was a wooden catwalk above the produce that was used for maintenance of the lights etc. He took me up there one night and you could see the people shopping below. When they picked up a vegetable he would squeak "pick me I'm fresh". It was so funny when they would start looking around. Ahh this brought back a lot of memories. Those were simpler times back then.

@kirnpu

Жыл бұрын

That's too funny!

@katherinefuller5267

Жыл бұрын

That’s absolutely hilarious. Such innocent fun!

It's good to know someone took their time to record this for future generations.

@metrotek5

Жыл бұрын

@ladawg81 yes. Online. I only buy a coue things in the store now days, sadly

Looks like a nice, clean, well-laid out store. Plenty of good lighting, wide, uncluttered isles and well-placed displays. I'm sure any one of the employees could have directed you to the proper isle for the items you wanted. Every item had a price sticker, and plenty of registers were in use with cashiers who could speak English and count correct change. How times have changed. I miss those days more with each passing year.

@mikem3779

Жыл бұрын

Everything you said read as observational and positive until the last bit about Engish and math proficiency. The tone definitely shifted there.

@ss_whole

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the entire country has shifted

@thomashill2965

Жыл бұрын

@@mikem3779 I'm sorry if you found my assessment of those particular points offensive in some way, but there were (and still should be) certain standards that had to be met to represent a business, whether retail or wholesale. The customer expects--and deserves--the best service possible; anything less is unacceptable. In the past, people deficient in language or mathematical skills sought and found employment in fields where those were not high priorities--there was no shame to that. Many people surmounted their limitations through hard work and education, and some became successful business owners themselves. Do you honestly believe that in any other country besides the USA, someone who doesn't understand that country's language would be hired by a business to deal with the public? And as far as math skills go, our standards have been intentionally degraded. The current trends are just some of the reasons why other countries are cleaning our collective clock these days.

@robinlanier6886

Жыл бұрын

​@@thomashill2965 😂😂 great answer, all I hear is crickets. 😂😂😂

@ndean1687

7 ай бұрын

​@@thomashill2965You are absolutely RIGHT!! 🎉

My mother and I would head straight to the deli counter, order toast beef sandwiches and coffee. Then some shopping and staff would put it all in the car. All done to the music of the Tijuana Brass. 🎶 BIC pen vending machine, 10¢.

I wish I were an adult, at the time, when life was simple, no technology, grocery stores with affordable prices, well, neatly stocked shelves. Some of my beloved childhood foods from the 70’s are long discontinued. Back then, there were a good variety of supermarkets, whereas today, very few. And of course, good ole Wally World, is the world’s largest by revenue. This video also demonstrates the innocence and respect, by what means, people conducted themselves. Unlike today, shoppers were decently dressed, kids were well-behaved. It’s a shame how things have changed, especially the lack of regard amongst the public, in general.

@patriciaholloway

Жыл бұрын

AMEN sister. The awful rudeness of people is what I find most troublesome when I force myself to go out now. Hate Walmart. Ours has gotten pretty trashy, expired food and employees that are actually smelly and dirty....I wish that was an exaggeration, but sadly, no.

@dfpolitowski2

Жыл бұрын

I like it better today technology makes a lot things easier

@jonlj77

Жыл бұрын

The smartphone has ruined society, culture, and the entire world. Technology is destroying everything. I agree with your post fine lad. It was a much better world to live in. Simple is better.

@randomgrinn

Жыл бұрын

I saw a lot sexier dressing back then. Women didn't always wear bicycle shorts under skirts for example. Remember when women used to show cleavage? I miss the good old days.

@Narc51423

Жыл бұрын

And the individuals in this video are likely thinking, in the back of their minds, that they would give anything to go back to the simpler times of the 1950's. Cuban missile crisis; presidential assassination; Vietnam; sexual deviants and hippies (basically the same thing, am I right :P); nagging women who want a place in the corporate office; The list goes on and is enough to make a good, upstanding, Christian man faint. Jokes aside: Good memories have a habit of being preserved while the negative are either kept from you (sheltered child) or forgotten. This was most definitely not a better time. Humanity was full of the same BS that we see today and will see tomorrow; It simply took on a different form or was distributed a little differently among the populace. Having said that: Nostalgia is not something I'd rob from anyone; just remember to adjust your critical thinking to compensate for those rose-tinted glasses :).

I can actually feel the itch of polyester through the screen 🤣‼️ I remember as a child when supermarkets were like this. The memory of the smell of coated mint gum or butterscotch hard candies in my grandmother’s hand bag comes to mind, and the texture of a colorful sheer chiffon scarf always tied to the handle. Most everything was packaged in paper, glass, or cans. Plastic was reserved for few things, and grocery bags were always that thick brown paper.

@boinknook

Жыл бұрын

I remember when my mother wore her kerchief on her head! So popular back then!

@pattymiller9040

Жыл бұрын

Good old brown paper bags!! I still ask for them ... .some only offer plastic🙀

@droolbunnyxo9565

Жыл бұрын

@@boinknook To hide the hair rollers & bobby pins :)

@droolbunnyxo9565

Жыл бұрын

Exactly :) Speaking of candy, do you remember the HUGE bins full of loose candy? And the big metal scoop to bag them? It was the good stuff, too - peppermint patties, Kraft caramels/chocolate fudge, Hershey kisses, Mary Jane & Bit O Honey. I'd crawl under the bins & hide & when the aisle was empty of shoppers, reach up & grab handfuls. Eventually the store manager told my very embarrassed mom to please leave me at home or shop elsewhere. I had a very sore behind afterwards. And because my mom took the bus to run errands, my dad had to buy her a car so she could grocery shop other stores. 😡

@janwheeler87

Жыл бұрын

And we used those heavy brown grocery bags to cover our school books every September!

A better society in every way

@kck9742

Жыл бұрын

Well, not EVERY way, but I'll still take it over our stupid gd times.

I miss supermarket music like this.

@georgiablackman9661

Жыл бұрын

The same music that plays in your head for years when Google comes you try to remember it by finding it

This was very similar to how it was in the early 80's when i was a kid as well. I remember going with my mom and with my grandmother. It was an unrushed experience with no blatant rudeness, aggression and trashy dressed shoppers. Calm music playing in the background and helpful staff.

@steveharper5368

Жыл бұрын

same here, the mom, grandma and kid(s) grocery shopping on fridays was the thing.

@markc-ru4qz

Жыл бұрын

And people minded their own business. I can't tell you how many times people will lecture you on what youre buying is bad for you. Or cat food. This bitch got out of line at the checkout to tell me not to buy Fancy Feast.

@leecowell8165

Жыл бұрын

nope no nose rings and tattoos on 18yo females or dreadlocks on males, either.

@kimwarner1681

Жыл бұрын

Yes and it was fun because you ran into your friends shopping with their moms, lol.

I remember that when you bought coffee at the A&P, it was in a bag of whole beans. There was a big red coffee grinder at each checkout lane where your beans would be ground while you checked out. There's nothing quite like the smell of freshly ground coffee.

@johntoddtompkins3898

Жыл бұрын

I do remember that! Fun times shopping with my grandmother, If I was a good boy, she would buy me an ice cream sandwich.

@warrenhoffman2006

Жыл бұрын

@@brentmann2988 And their stronger varieties were Red Circle and Bokar in the yellow bag!

@joanmcmorris8791

Жыл бұрын

I loved that smell and the sound of the grinder.

@beatcomber

Жыл бұрын

Trader Joe's, for one, still has in-store grinders.

@DragoMusivini

Жыл бұрын

Trader Joes has grinders.

Ok great. Now I miss my parents… 😢 we were so innocent and free in the 60’s and 70’s. I miss my childhood, my parents, my sister…, friends and family who have passed on. Everyone was still there in those days, my family was complete. No social media and no surveillance and all the other ish. And good music, fucking good music! And my first Harley, a 1950 panhead when I was 14! Tinkering in the garage with my dad, makin it run, changing the oil… him talking about WW2, cussing out politicians… Oh man those were the days! 🎉

Notice how clean and orderly - since people used to take pride in their work - and if they didn't, they were fired.

I wish supermarkets still had music like this.

@EphemeralProductions

Жыл бұрын

I don’t, honestly. lol. I listened to more than enough muzak in my time. I prefer either silence or some more current music.

@katie7748

Жыл бұрын

ME TOO!!

@josephdockemeyer6782

Жыл бұрын

Was grocery shopping recently in the baking aisle surrounded by several elderly people. Blasting loudly from speakers overhead was playing a song from the 80's. I was so embarrassed as the lyrics went like this: You are an obsession You're my obsession Who do you want me to be To make you sleep with me?

@CoyoteSeven

Жыл бұрын

@@josephdockemeyer6782 Animotion!

@tutsybassista

Жыл бұрын

They do. Check out The Bon Marche in Paris, France! 💋

My God, how times have changed. I was a 6 year old boy when this was filmed. We had a K Mart like that store in our neighborhood. I'll never forget the Blue Light Special that K Mart did. K Mart also had a spot where you could buy Sub sandwiches for dinner. I really liked them sandwiches. The grocery department was on the other side of the store. You could feed a whole family for only about $30 or so a week. You didn't have to worry about being shot while in the store, church, synagogue, movies, school, while driving, or minding your own business. Times were so much simpler back then.

@RapidCycling07

Жыл бұрын

The country and rest of the world are being destroyed deliberately but gradually by the Marxist/Communist left. The goal is a New World Order, which the deceived masses laugh off as a schizophrenic conspiracy theory. Everything will continue to get worse but will be restored after almost everything is deliberately destroyed by the NWO. Btw please don’t take Our Lord’s Name in vain. Peace!

@drcornelius8275

Жыл бұрын

Those subs at KMART were really good

@annahgibbus8

Жыл бұрын

Kmart subs were Great! Inexpensive & really really Good! We'd get the subs in the front at the deli & go to the back where the cafeteria was I'd get a pop & my Mom would get coffee.

@tami4951

Жыл бұрын

Boomer here. Thank you for sharing. I miss the old days of civility, manners, and simple family outings.

All I can say after watching this is....What the hell happened

@thonatim5321

Жыл бұрын

Wokeness happened.

@miragetime2241

Жыл бұрын

An acceptance of lower IQ people and embracing their lifestyles, is what happened

@VinylToVideo

Жыл бұрын

Corporations owned and ran by the worst humanity has to offer bought up everything and shove their degeneracy down our throats.

@electrodynamicorb6548

Жыл бұрын

Feminism

@rv6205

Жыл бұрын

i always ask that ...i think the mid 90s things changed ..and now its a disaster

Im an ex truck driver and I always sought out those rare mom and pops places that maintain that old 60s and 70s decor while I was over the road. Guezs you would call them dives, but they didnt feel pretentious and you just feel more relaxed and at home. The food was usually alot better too, I guess they focused more on product and service as oposed to the asthetics. The new places just seemed way too sterile and plastic.

I was 5 yo in 1971, and I think all I cared about, was the cereal aisle. Froot loops, capn crunch, apple jacks, etc. etc..

This is awesome. We need more early 1970's.

@lisalee2885

Жыл бұрын

You should search the Kmart ones. That's back there in the day

Jimmy's bike out front, no chain or lock....the good old days.

When life still made sense

@robinlanier6886

Жыл бұрын

And there was only 2 sexes.

This song makes me think of how much I love you Mama and Daddy and I'm kinda crying.

@yamato126

2 жыл бұрын

i wish my dad loved me unfortunatley he ran away ill never know

@jackie7610

Жыл бұрын

Hugs to you, Heather 🤗

@EphemeralProductions

Жыл бұрын

Awwww. ❤️❤️❤️. Big hugs my dear

@lisalee2885

Жыл бұрын

@@yamato126 I'm sure he does...he is probably very embarrassed but he loves you ❤

@lisalee2885

Жыл бұрын

I really miss the old days and my family too! Hang in there everyone 😁😁

Wow! 5 oranges for $.79. Just one will cost that much or more nowadays.

No one blocking the aisle while they stare at their phones. No one in bathrobes or pajamas. And no one waving at what had to be an obvious camera filming them.

@wet-read

9 ай бұрын

Looking at the camera would be breaking the temporal version of the fourth wall. One could be normal or eccentric without looking directly at it. Imagine someone doing the "long strides"!