McDonald's opens in hungry Moscow, but costs half-a-day's wages for lunch, 1990

In 1990, Moscow got a McDonald's restaurant.
Inside, customers lined up again for Big Macs, fries and shakes. The reviews were mixed. One man felt the food itself was wanting, while some wanted more.
One woman, speaking in Russian, confessed to not knowing what it was she ate. But she did pronounce it "unusual and delicious," adding that "we need more of these places, there's nothing in our stores or restaurants."
But the revelation of the cost of a meal under the arches was not a happy one for some. At the price of half a day's average wages, the cost of trying out this new style of food was steep.
Outside the city, some of the $50 million spent by McDonald's went to build a processing plant dedicated to turning out 14,000 buns per hour, and where 3,000 tons of potatoes per day became fries and 10,000 patties per hour were made and frozen.
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[@EBWALL8]

So we're going to ignore the fact the McDonald's successfully invaded Russia in winter? Edit: my comment has lore because of y'all. Thank you all for having my back ❤️

[@knkjkjn]

Invaded? How? It's not like they had monopoly over Russian's food market nor anywhere close to that. Most ppl in Russia aren't fast food crazed and those insane lines only lasted for few days ,maybe weeks ,until the hype settled down. Invaded would be if Russians wouldn't have anything else to eat but McD, which ,despite the carefully selected narrative in this article was not the case. Most Russians didn't go through the transitional era bcs of McD who "saved them" Especially not with meals that cost half of avg, daily salary.

[@EBWALL8]

@@knkjkjn it is a joke.

[@mr.s9783]

*Adolf Hitler wants to know your location*

[@EBWALL8]

@dr4kz0r it was a joke

[@Gillyboi]

@dr4kz0r it wasn’t like he was making some big historical statement LMAO it was just a joke

[@ComdrStew]

Employees: Smiles at customers. Russians: What the hell are they doing with their mouths.

[@redhennessy3046]

😂😂

[@dimitrova2023]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ravenwraith1017]

😂😂😂

[@Nik-jq4tx]

Fake American smiles.

[@powerpunki3858]

@@Nik-jq4tx Fake but good, as all related to Mc Donalds is

[@ElBombastico883]

"I spelled my milkshake and thought they would throw me out!" Damn, Soviet restaurant etiquette was BRUTAL...

[@Gorboduc]

In Soviet Union, milkshake spill you!

[@DOI_ARTS]

Comrade that spilled milkshake could feed 5 people

[@nananooknak]

I thought he said "call me out" like you trying to get a refill lmao. Dang tough times.

[@mg7651]

Bawl me out*

[@redpill7238]

He was lucky they didnt kill him, he thought

[@karelianmghow9095]

And now McDonald's closes in Moscow. We've come full circle.

[@stanleywhiteman6450]

"Свято место" пусто не бывает..

[@dutchvanderlinde4969]

soon it will turn into nuclear shelter if Adolf Putin continues to threaten Ukraine & NATO countries

[@ilovemuslimfood666]

@@stanleywhiteman6450 What he said.

[@ADAPTATION7]

@@ilovemuslimfood666 He said: Your mother is fat.

[@popcorn8153]

@Холст Масло enjoy being the north korea of Europe !

[@MrCookieCat]

"I don't know what I just ate, but it was delicious." Yup, thats McDonalds

[@latinolawdog5067]

Hahah. Thought the same Thing. That’s McDOnald’s perfectly described

[@frank4284]

I say the same thing every year when McRib is back

[@edwardfights4900]

McDonald's sucks

[@jj_wijaya6324]

@@edwardfights4900 booooo edit: 1st time i have these amount of likes

[@Randy_Butternubs]

🤣🤣🤣

[@greencornucopia3298]

If McDonald’s can dissolve the Soviet Union, imagine what it can do your body.

[@Jolly123123123]

omg

[@hidinginyourcloset]

@IBan_Bad_Girls How about no

[@olucatto]

facts, people dont even know what they're eating lmao

[@Chunkyjalapeno]

@American Born you can pass the 100 mark with healthy eating and exercise.

[@Chunkyjalapeno]

@American Born That's a century

[@Commodore1702]

And to think, today people are lining up like this for their last taste before McDonald's pulls out of Russia.

[@alexandrualex1085]

Every begining had an end

[@thehoardedgrotto8521]

It's so sad. They clearly still want to experience Western things. It would be amazing if McDonald's closing was the straw to break the camel's back and get Russians to decide for themselves that war is a terrible idea that they won't comply with.

[@diegof8853]

​@@alexandrualex1085 that shouldn't happened

[@luxusken05]

It signalled Russia opening to the world and now it's signalling the opposite.

[@devinmcgroot7560]

Not true. They have the factory, the recipes, and the restraunt. It will not close, it will simply reopen under a new name, but the food will be almost identical. What can Mcdonalds do about it? Sue them? In what court?

[@SirHellNaja]

1990: i'm lovin' it 2022: i'm leavin' it I mean, McDonald's is leaving Russia, not the other way around

[@EddyOver9000]

💀

[@BillAnt]

Turning back into a communist Soviet Russia. :(

[@thunderlord3747]

до свидания Fades into the underworld

[@a_r_t1217]

McDonald's will remain in Russia, only the business will be transferred to a Russian businessman, and the company itself will change its name and logo

[@Olegchert]

снова вернулся)

[@eadghe]

You could change the title to, _"USA launches chemical attack on Moscow 1990"_ .

[@kirschitz64]

I'd classify this as more of a biological attack, but 10/10 comment anyways

[@protonmaximum6193]

Capitalist heart disease attack moment

[@wastedshores8635]

seriously.

[@gauravagrawal4564]

Don’t eat. Who’s asking you to?

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

I’ve never seen people so enthusiastic about getting attacked.

[@Murrel.]

Russian man: I got the big mac Reporter: What did it cost? Russian man: *Everything*

[@josephatkinson1132]

At line lol 😂

[@josephatkinson1132]

And am iron man

[@darnit1944]

They said half day wage tho Ok, that's may be his everything

[@michaelbush1374]

Was it worth it?

[@-Suhail-]

This is way funny than it should be

[@laurynasg.8889]

I am from Lithuania (ex USSR, now EU) and one of the funniest my childhood memories is related to McDonalds, lol :D First McDonalds opened here in 1996, I was 11 years old. We took a class trip to Vilnius (our capital) with school bus, and the main goal was McDonalds! Nowadays it's unbelievable, but in 90's mindset in post-communist Europe was absolutelly different. Yes, we took about 100 km trip from our hometown, to eat burgers! Of course, we visitet also old town, Gediminas castle, some churches and TV tower, but McDonalds was the main and most important thing of this class journey. We were so proud, because we eat American food, lol!!! :D We even took empty packages and free balloons from restaurant, to show them to our friends and to make them feel jealious :D Oh yeah, interesting times. When English was "exotic language of rich people in the West" and when people SERIOUSLY thougt 2 Unlimited and Masterboy are "American groups" :D No, we weren't hungry, we always had home cooked food. McDonalds actually was something like "WOW, it's food from USA, rich Western people eat it, it's almost from another world!!!!!1!" Nowadays, McDonalds is just a fast food restaurant here, nothing more and nothing less. Actually, nowadays in Lithuania Hesburger is more popular (it's Finnish restaurant chain, I prefer their food) and also, the most popular fast food in Lithuania is kebab. And of course, nobody screams "wow it's American" anymore :D Because now we have a lot of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, it's not interesting anymore. We travel abroad, everybody can have vacation in Turkey or Spain (it was luxury 25 years ago, only for richest), big superstars have concerts here, we have internet in our pockets... Everything changed, absolutely everything.

[@yabuki2502]

so sad your country had to be part of the soviet union

[@jnwiesmann6787]

All the Baltics improved a lot from the EU and I think that's great. Visited all 3 nations in 2020, very beautiful countries I can totally recommend to visit. Glad to have you in the EU.

[@englishmaninrussia]

I moved to Russia from England and have a better quality of life which I try to show in my videos.

[@gpman6937]

@@englishmaninrussiaI am considering moving to st petersburg for the same reason, I am australian ❤

[@wind2536]

Or c occupation was the worst thing for Europe

[@aryanverma8344]

no matter what you think about Mc Donald's now you gotta admit when we all were kids this was the greatest thing ever especially when your mom buys you a happy meal

[@1MicrosoftCPU]

My family was too poor to buy a happy meal but small cheese burger and nuggets with a shared drink and the playground was all we needed

[@goldman77700]

Parents never bought us happy meals, just cheese burgers and fries. We never cared about the toys, so it worked out in the end.

[@justinr9784]

Well you get so used to something that you don't remember what it was like the first time. This was exotic food for these people.

[@vivvpprof]

My parents were helathy food freaks so I ate at McD's at 25 for the first time 🤷‍♂

[@myfavoritepointguard446]

America: I'm lovin' it Ussr: *We're lovin' it.*

[@leelaravindran4910]

No, I'm Lenin' it

[@harverc229]

More like I’m Putin it.

[@memes_haram]

OurDonald’s

[@yoshisilver2386]

i'm stalin it

[@fgjjdgb3949]

America: Ugh, damn it, we've explained it to you a hundred times! No "we", "together", "common", "comrade", "united", "union", "us", even "friendship" you are now forbidden and contraindicated by doctors, now you are free from each other! Oh, these Russians with their natural desire for the collective will drive me to hysteria!

[@cesarsales22]

"I spilled my milkshake and they gave me another one" Now that, folks, is what changes everything

[@Niggetfighter7373]

They would never give you another milk shake in the USA only in Russia

[@Enderboy4030]

*Communism intensifies*

[@cesarsales22]

@@Enderboy4030 *sighs in Russian*

[@cesarsales22]

@Daily Dose Of Stupitity ahahahahahahahahahhahahaha dude

[@kvngn]

The real shocker is that the milkshake machine was working in the first place.

[@west_ldn_xxx5549]

A rare video from 2055 shows McDonald's reopening its first restaurant in Moscov after a special economic action from the west in 2022.

[@a_r_t1217]

McDonald's will remain in Russia, only the business will be transferred to a Russian businessman, and the company itself will change its name and logo

[@west_ldn_xxx5549]

@@a_r_t1217 Good luck

[@robben896]

🤣🤣

[@Konchunas]

This is going to happen, but it will be a different Moscow.

[@Im_not_speed21]

Rest in peace mcdonald In Russia 1990 to 2022

[@columnedfox5508]

blame it on Putin and his ring of cronies

[@user-or2cm9rk3k]

A proud nation reduced to nothing

[@anjmg3322]

mcdonalds is still running. just not under the name "mcdonalds". not to please russia, but the west's "sanctions"

[@Ignisan_66]

Good ridance. F*ck McDonalds

[@Xcieg]

30 years later and we still don't know what we're eating.

[@thatdawg2021]

true, but one things for sure it taste good.

[@Xcieg]

@@leomessenger2893 ahh yes, because I know exactly what ingredients they are when they say colors, emulsifiers, and preservatives.

[@Xcieg]

@@thatdawg2021 oh for sure. I do enjoy some McDonald's.

[@whiskeypenguin1878]

@@Xcieg They probably use 4-5% plastic and aluminum in many of the ingredients. This saves them billions a year imagine what the other 95% is? Profits mean everything.

[@patrickbarks997]

This type of comment was nice and edgy back in 2000, but McDonalds are very clear now as to what is in their products. There are numerous videos on KZbin showing how nuggets and burger patties are made. I can 100% eat McDonalds knowing what is in it now. They're very transparent.

[@yuseisatouissuffering]

"I don't like it at all, it's not russian" Probably one of the most russian thing a Russian can said

[@unterhau1102]

That's not what he said

[@kolmaja]

@@unterhau1102 what did he say?

[@danielmaster8776]

@@unterhau1102 Was it some bogus translation then?

[@unterhau1102]

@@danielmaster8776 most likely. He didn't really get to finish the sentence because it was cut off

[@user-ij8bz5sn2b]

@@unterhau1102 He said something along the lines of: "А мне не понравилось **narrator starts speaking** Оно же ведь не..." "But I didn't enjoy it. **narrator starts speaking** It's after all not even..." Still have no idea what that must mean, but still. The other translations are pretty straightforward and mostly correct.

[@tacticalpause3767]

Annnnnnnnnnnd…it’s gone

[@VELVETPERSON]

I caught the arrival and departure of McDonald's in my country. truly milestone event

[@007Hutchings]

Must be the most exciting part of your life

[@lmaoqasim]

"It's very very beautiful but I expected more" Me too kid.

[@Adrian_Estando]

Lol!😂

[@luiseduardofontes33]

@IBan_Bad_Girls none

[@flowertheone]

@@luiseduardofontes33 lmao

[@sheeeeesh4792]

Kid? He's probably 69 years old today

[@imionfamilin7057]

@@sheeeeesh4792 you mean he is 39 in the video

[@edwardiiiofengland9337]

“Shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and Mcdonald!”

[@umberto4134]

No doubt, if your name end with "in", time to get out!

[@Josher-fx1tc]

Tore down that wall like the kool aid man oh yeah

[@haleloop963cortex4]

@@Josher-fx1tc you two need yoga (da) you need a shower (da) and you all need to learn how to handle real power

[@darnit1944]

Did somebody say... real power??

[@chickensheet6582]

daaaaaaaaa you want to mess with me? I spit hot borscht when I'm crushing these beats.

[@EugeneVorobiev]

Oh my. I remember this place. Came there with my parents when I was just a kid, visiting Moscow on the way to Europe. Those were some crazy times! I still remember the line!

[@paudsmcmack3117]

I like the guy demonstrating the cost. His whole lifetime, everything he ever knew changed in a day and not as a young man. Must have been and still is so hard for some people.

[@fadheelm]

This was the last day when Russia had 0% obesity rate

[@ZippOR35]

McDonald's in Russia and McDonald's in USA are very different in their quality of products :)

[@rolloxra670]

And the last day they were starving

[@dhananjayvasudeva7628]

@@rolloxra670 Russia was starving because USA ate all the food

[@afsdaafdsf9928]

@@dhananjayvasudeva7628 У нас наши же коммунисты отбирали еду. Людям приходилось людоедствовать.

[@rolloxra670]

@@dhananjayvasudeva7628 Didn’t know Americans went to the USSR to eat all their food lol

[@rubenjorge13]

The most Russian man in the restaurant: "I Don't like it, it's not Russian" simply amazing 😂

[@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121]

@Stabswache he probably wanted to try by curiosity

[@radziwill7193]

It's a wrong translation. He said "I didn't like it, and maybe ..." (а мне не понравилось, а может быть э).

[@vipprin9857]

Lmao

[@cringyhuman3210]

@@radziwill7193 bruh lol seeing so many arguments about this and it actually is just a wrong translation

[@shane5385]

Well it definitely isn't great or anything, if he explained that poor people in America eat it then it might of made more sense to him.

[@alexwu358]

RIP Russian McDonalds 1990-2022

[@TheSOADMezmerize]

absolutely surreal to see this and seeing a glimpse of today's russia, they really reverted back to pre-mcdonald's soviet union.

[@localshopkeeper9517]

loool

[@zoricadjuric12]

Its from 1990.

[@a_r_t1217]

McDonald's will remain in Russia, only the business will be transferred to a Russian businessman, and the company itself will change its name and logo

[@Ignisan_66]

They are no longer your puppet.

[@user-qk2oh5gb4o]

Persecution for expressing an unpopular opinion, taboo topics, banned words and canceling people's careers just by denouncing them. Oh, wait, that's not Russia. It's the United States today. Anyway, were we talking about the USSR?

[@KeeperOfKale222]

*Smiles in Russian* “What? What is wrong?”

[@Tycini1]

Well, what _is_ wrong?

[@Tycini1]

Why are you smiling?

[@SobaYatai]

@@Tycini1 being nice and polite

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙 🤙

[@zuxx00]

"What is this "smile" you are talking about?"

[@captainwonderbar1657]

Meat, bread, potatoes and milk of the highest quality. None of these things have ever been inside a McDonald's.

[@RamosSports0810]

😂

[@jackz0_o385]

I mean if horse meat counts but I think that’s the only meat there

[@NarutoOnlineGermany]

none of this things did pushkin ever said...

[@captainwonderbar1657]

@@NarutoOnlineGermany Huh?

[@koan__23]

Still the best fries you can get

[@novak83bg]

I'm from a city where first McDonald's was opened in whole Eastern Europe. It was Belgrade, Serbia (then Yugoslavia) March 24th 1988.

[@Thaofficialsensei]

I'm not a Fast Food kinda guy anymore but I can Deff appreciate the value of people being able to eat or try new things. It was great to see the nostalgia that Mickie D's brings to a community

[@generacionmarttin]

Props to the russian kid making an effort to speak in english.

[@stefanwalicord2512]

I like how he used the word "beautiful."

[@karelappelde3e750]

Not in the soviet🤣

[@gergovagyok4191]

They learn English so you don’t have to learn another language. +1 to all other language speakers.

[@moneyhoopla]

@Dababy Jesus My Russian friends always tell me this. Apparently it’s much easier to learn English than Russian.

[@gergovagyok4191]

@Dababy Jesus How sad

[@defyboom1153]

In Russia if you smile people thinks you’re laughing at them

[@MarcinKralka]

Same in other slavic countries.

[@Jasmian]

@@MarcinKralka not in mine

[@danibenitez3392]

@@Jasmian hmm where do you live?

[@Jasmian]

@@danibenitez3392 Slovenia

[@GreenWhiteRevolution]

Socialism and Communism don't make you happy. There is no laughing.

[@NIKOEVRN008]

And now Russia is entering the Pre 1990 USSR

[@GF-mf7ml]

1990-2022

[@jenkins2122]

USSR : "you can't defeat me" USA : "I know, but he can"

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

Lollll

[@scamhunter2346]

Thor Ragnarok reference 😂👌🏻

[@macdonald_duck]

* puts a mirror *

[@jakebradford4272]

russia can now be defeated by America look it up

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙

[@gdgd5194]

"Highest quality meat, buns and potatoes" Sure m8, ofc.

[@niggnogg1935]

Ok

[@ZNotFound]

Highest quality because it's the only food available there.

[@bear1271]

Shut up

[@smashexentertainment676]

It's Soviet Russia, the bar is not that high to be honest.

[@tylergannon7398]

I mean to be fair Mc Donalds used to taste and was made differently in the 80s and 90s compared to today.

[@jrich52804]

Today, March 8, 2022. McDonald's closed all locations in Russia.

[@ferventtrickster3362]

🇷🇺😓😢😭😭да здравствует россия🇷🇺🇸🇮🇸🇰

[@VieleGuteFahrer]

It’s 2022 and Russia is one step closer to soviet times after McDonald's announced to close all their stores. 🤔

[@user-pe9gj8jw8h]

Old man say: I dont like. Translater: I dont like, this not russian

[@boempow1124]

You’re future as a trans later 👋.

[@gabrielrenanamantedeaviao.750]

How to make anti commie propaganda.mp4

[@thulsa_doom]

Макдак

[@joel0]

@@boempow1124 huh

[@someoneinthecrowd4313]

This is why knowing more than 1 language is crucial, and flow of information is crucial. If this Russian who knows English didn't tell me this, I would have never known and would have fallen victim to propaganda.

[@nightbotisahuman7388]

"I don't like it at all, it's not Russian" is the most Russian thing that I ever heard in my life. EDIT: I'm a cute doge and thank you🐶

[@orangecobraEU]

This was ussr mentality

[@diligentone-six2688]

Well at least they get to eat something. I can hardly imagine waiting in line for groceries that are always low on supply.

[@Destin5258]

Well you gotta wonder why she even ate there then. Does she go to a Chinese restaurant and complain that the food is too Chinese too? Probably, so why not just go to a Russian restaurant instead? I'm not mad I'm just confused.

[@idkwelp1082]

@@Destin5258 Bro there were no actual restaurant's back in the USSR days, plus I think they don't allow food from other countries back in those days so these foods literally look like they are from a different planet it looks so weird to them.

[@penname5050]

@@diligentone-six2688 welcome covid

[@trswqb-8853]

We've gone full circle

[@caseyandtoryshalloween1236]

This woman doesn’t know what she just ate but she said it was “unusual and delicious” 32 years later and we still don’t know what’s in McDonald’s food🤷🏻‍♀️

[@RLF1949]

"Finally we get those Big Mc" "What does it cost" "Everything" *Soviet flag goes down

[@jimhalpert2889]

*a big slanted yellow M takes its place*

[@cptTK421]

One Golden sigil on a red Field, exchanged for another

[@EternalResonance]

how do you like it? this does not taste like misery and tears. yuck

[@HelloThere.....]

Yo that's crazy because actually the Soviet Union did turn into the Russian independent state after this.

[@RLF1949]

@@HelloThere..... blyat. Imagine a Russian saw you joke.

[@callan2247]

“This women doesn’t know what she just ate, but she said it was unusual and delicious” 😂😂😂

[@ThornsOfOurTime]

but thats not what she actually said in russian, she was like "maybe its cuz im hungry, because our stores are practically empty " basicaly everything tastes pretty good when you're starving

[@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc]

@@ThornsOfOurTime I don’t know if it’s because when I was a child my buds weren’t developed, but McDonald’s used to taste so good. I’m 37 now.

[@ThornsOfOurTime]

@@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc Im going to have to agree, first time I've tried it in 1998 and it tasted amazing, and so did many other burgers, now its actually so hard to find a good tasting burger in NYC

[@mibz1117]

@@ThornsOfOurTime yup I confirm beans and cheese is like caviar when you're poor and starving

[@mychemicallobster6945]

Me when I go to taco bell. Awesome pfp BTW :)

[@RealDaBrady]

Who’s here after McDonalds is leaving Russia?

[@alexm566]

all of us lol

[@Tantibus9]

Half a day's wages for one meal? Some things never change

[@bawoman]

"This woman doesn't know what she just ate" Seems like a regular McDonald's experience to me.

[@munk3064]

you don't even know half the things you eat

[@PatrickReuploaded]

It's the soviet union, that's why! 😠

[@kajwbidonajdowlem5013]

@@munk3064 is that how it is in america? damn

[@zulkiflidin3700]

We know the name Not the indgredient

[@wujek7616]

@@PatrickReuploaded No, it's the United States of A

[@lennertvandyck5185]

Girls: smiles Soviet Union: What is wrong?!

[@cookingwithkimbap4432]

Spelled wrong loser

[@mpking7565]

Smiling is rude

[@runetide]

@@cookingwithkimbap4432 I bet you scour the comment sections eager to find grammar mistakes just so you can act like a wanker.

[@LupeSunglass]

@@cookingwithkimbap4432 lol you're sad

[@victorcabecinha]

lmaooooooooo

[@fluffy-puffy-puppy]

Press f to pay respect to both Ronalds👇

[@fluffy-puffy-puppy]

F

[@X23SSaviourGundam]

"I don't like it at all, it's not Russian" said the most stereotypically dressed Russian in the 80s

[@hasselnttper3730]

I love non-Norwegian food *because* it isn't Norwegian. Who wants salty fish or salty meat every day? No one under the age of 90.

[@gatzon2757]

@@hasselnttper3730 salty meat sounds interesting

[@ciphernine7637]

@@hasselnttper3730 Exactly! I'm sure Norwegian food is lovely, but I love to try all different sorts of cuisines. I really wonder what this guy expected.

[@labadaba5088]

yeah, I was thinking, dude, McDonald's is American food, why you go to American resturant when you want Russian food.

[@miistre]

He didnt actually say that dk why they translated it that way

[@communismwithgiggles2515]

"I've been taught to smile at everyone, but they think I'm laughing at them." Truly Russian, they don't smile unless they mean it

[@jat5am]

actually, I hate when people smile with no meaning. Also have a bad feeling about ppl who make selfies smiling at their frontal camera being all alone in their rooms. Have always leftswiped profiles at Badoo/Tinder with such photos. Some soulwreck I see in their eyes.

[@redlou3908]

that was a wierd feeling literally read this in the exact second she said it

[@crazydrummer181]

@@jat5am may be hard to believe but some people in this world are actually happy and smile naturally.

[@diobrando5746]

@@crazydrummer181 i dont believe it people dont normally smile when they dont find something funny idk about america but here ppl dont pretend anything

[@crazydrummer181]

@@diobrando5746 do you think people only smile when they find something funny? Sorry, you’re kinda hard to understand.

[@molotera8789]

This video has been sitting in my recommended for a long time but now it seems like an appropiate time to watch it

[@mohammadeskandari4385]

No McDonald’s in Iran. First day in the US, I went to McDonald’s and got a burger. Only one bite and through the rest in the trash. Never set foot in McDonald’s again, except to use the restrooms.

[@forreal1276]

Cool

[@mikec.8604]

cool story bro xD

[@TommyLeeRoyce]

McDonald’s is nice every now and again.

[@jameshalpert5264]

Nothing says “The Cold War is over” than McDonalds in Moscow. American Capitalism at its finest.

[@namesurname9105]

I don't necessarily think that capitalism is good, both communism and capitalism are flawed.

[@jameshalpert5264]

@@namesurname9105 True capitalism is hell. True communism is hell. You always need to go in between.

[@bigman4644]

It was Canadian diplomacy

[@SebastianDiaz-eq6gs]

@@namesurname9105 looks like you don't know the communism look how bad is the argentina situation thanks to the socialism we are almost like Venezuela Cuba and north korea

[@CyberspacedLoner]

The Soviet Union Collapsed 30 years ago in 1991 and the United States will Collapse within 30 years due to National Bankruptcy/Sovereign Default and Civil War due to Partisan(ship) Radicalization and Polarization

[@ltabdelhak8996]

“how did it taste, sir ?” “it tastes like capitalism”

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

with covid and capitalism failing the poorest of the poor, whist the richest 0.01 person doubled and tripled their wealth, I don't know if this is a good thing or not lol

[@liasmettler2996]

@@zurzakne-etra7069 actually, covid measures forbid capitalism to take place, which is why the poor are getting poorer

[@dislike_button33]

@@zurzakne-etra7069 Capitalism is doing just fine. Communism has never worked.

[@waterbender6288]

@@zurzakne-etra7069 the government is preventing capitalism from taking place its not failing it’s just being choked to death by the government.

[@Pray888]

@@zurzakne-etra7069 Capitalism also produced the vaccine in under a year. Any socialist nation, if the USSR is anything to go by, would take decades and then decades more to actually get enough produced.

[@orion6926]

McDonald's was the first to enter Russia and now the last one to leave Russia

[@hhh-cl2be]

Imagine spending your half days wage, and be hungry again 40 minutes later.

[@BurloBrandoVonBando]

I have eaten Chinese food

[@alexhetherington8028]

🤣

[@roastbeefsandwich2084]

@@BurloBrandoVonBando haha

[@b.elzebub9252]

The day the Russians learned the true meaning of capitalism.

[@hhh-cl2be]

@@b.elzebub9252 😂😂, sad but true, mama loe.

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

This is actually an important historic archive

[@krepler]

I thought the same exact thing. Long Live Russia.

[@nerd2544]

@@thewiseguy3529 what's going on

[@notlucas6859]

@@thewiseguy3529 No, You are insane.

[@parkerpro3583]

@@thewiseguy3529 I don’t know what America you live in but definitely not mine

[@thewiseguy3529]

@@parkerpro3583 buckle up buddy! You'll find out soon enough. Hopefully you have a bunker 25 feet underground filled with food and housing amenities.

[@NathanCorleone]

And now it’s shut down

[@user-jj1bh1ip7e]

And Now.. They're gone.

[@bobbyburkland]

dude that spilled his shake thought they were gonna send him to the gulag

[@joshuagraham3]

Now that’s what I would like to see

[@cirmal3826]

Lmao

[@stanleywhiteman6450]

Because they advertised this as a "restaurant" in 1991. In restaurants in Soviet Union was certain rules and a dress code. This is why was his reaction. In reality it was not.a restaurant.

[@b.elzebub9252]

@@stanleywhiteman6450 Ah, that makes sense. I felt something must have been lost in translation or something. Why would they kick you out for accidentally spilling a drink that you already paid for? I'd understand handing you a mop and frowning at you or something. But kicking you out? Seems harsh.

[@user-cy6wm4ts8j]

No, he didn’t think that. The GULAGs were a thing of the past by that time already. And Russia was getting more and more open to the west.

[@ramborghini88]

The guy who dropped his shake thought someone was going to grab him and tell him “ come with me”

[@JN081]

Yes

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

He is scared lol but now he said…

[@felipehernandez2591]

Lol

[@manuelcastro8404]

To the gulag!

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙

[@jaywilliams9294]

Probably the most historical McDonald's is now closed for now Top 10 saddest anime deaths

[@FDDFGGSHORTS]

Not closed right now. I just came from McDonald's in Moscow

[@dividale2821]

this aged...poorly

[@fw_seahawks8622]

“I thought they were gonna throw me out after I spilled my milkshake, but they just gave me another one” Me:🥺

[@joecool4656]

I bet the kid remembered that for a long time. He had it hard

[@Kuralai95]

@@BloodInTheStrawberries unfortunately that’s how a lot of kids were raised in Soviet Union. If you spill something or accidentally break smth you get yelled at and punished. But you can also understand why parents did that. Things were hard to get.

[@USER-xm9ne]

@@Kuralai95 yep, cause communism makes everyone equally poor

[@daenerysmax6267]

@@Kuralai95 unfortunately, it wasn't only the parents who did that. Waiters or workers at food stores had tremendous power in communist countries because they were the gatekeepers of food and they loved to flex that power. One bad move and you were out. They were extremely mean and impolite.

[@Kuralai95]

@@daenerysmax6267 I didn’t know that part, it’s really sad. That’s why it’s crazy to me when there are people who miss those times

[@honeybellebuzlucay5867]

"I don't like it at all, it's not Russian." *Continues to sip cola aggressively* Edit: So apparently the old man didn't say "it's not russian" it was added by the translator, sorry about that

[@mtf_nine_tailed_fox385]

_"I don't like McDonald's"_ (While Holding an Empty Big Mac Wraper, and a half cup of coke left)

[@donttreadonmegamereviews4928]

Its called being in denial, because he knew what he was eating was the product of America.

[@ArtyomCCCP]

But russians already knew what is cola,they had pepsi since 60s

[@georgebush623]

But... He didnt take a sip...

[@dannymckenzie8329]

This is so clearly from a different time and place

[@InfinityIntellect]

McDonald's have moved into Russia, and now McDonald's have moved out of Russia. "Temporarily"

[@garlandstrife]

I come from 2022, I have bad news.

[@grassfedd4729]

“This woman doesn't know what she just ate, but it was unusual and delicious.”😂

[@zeryuouros4411]

That perfectly describe McDonald

[@xXxJokerManxXx]

I love how he narrates like they're watching animals in National Geographic lmao

[@baddiezone]

@@xXxJokerManxXx 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-bv3rz9wq4o]

because there was a deficit in food lots of stuff wasnt in stores

[@johnathanryan2117]

That was the last time anyone saw her after she said there was nowt in shops.

[@mrbeef3528]

"One woman, speaking in Russian, confessed to not knowing what it was she ate." LMAOOOO

[@fem.2019]

Lol

[@lucid4271]

"And here we can see more than 6 people in one store standing close to each other without a mask, In moscow, 1990"

[@insomb]

Same thing in the United States, still trying to figure out what it is.

[@stefannotchev7209]

@@lucid4271 just so strange to me lmao. I started working at McDonald’s over the summer while the pandemic was in full swing

[@k.umquat8604]

@Jason B It's not because she's brainwashed, how would anyone know what a burger is if you were trying it for the first time?

[@caraccident5357]

Aaaaaand it’s closed again…

[@Toysourboy]

Man, this place had more workers than the McDonald's in the US even had.

[@nikos8247]

I remember McDonalds first opened in Cyprus in 1994, I was eleven back then... The restaurant was a bit far from my house, about 25 minutes walk, but I went with a friend on foot to try! I remember the employees weren't speaking Greek at all and we didn't know what to order! 🙂 When she asked me what I wanted to order, I told her that we would like to have two McDonalds! 🙂 She smiled and finally, she gave us two Big Macs!

[@yaphi999]

Lol it’s funny 😆

[@tinarosehall3804]

Aww that so cute

[@johnm84]

LOL!😂🤣

[@Agent1W]

I'm surprised they weren't insulted if they really wanted the true McDonald's sandwich: a "Royale with Cheese". I would have said Quarter Pounder but I remembered it's the metric system.

[@y.t.1320]

Why they didnt fire local people as employees?

[@universal_wisdom3416]

Cute McDonald’s girls: **smiling profusely** Ruskies: “is there problem??”

[@yaboiiz2766]

She’s beautiful

[@Xorthane]

@@yaboiiz2766 not anymore 🤔

[@orcmama8]

"Theres no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going... "

[@KosherPorky]

@@Xorthane lol you're not wrong. 31 years does a lot to a person.. especially a russian

[@ras_dwa_tri]

@@KosherPorky we dont age . just look at our leader

[@hikkigiya5711]

Who also here after hearing McDonalds stopped production in Russia

[@pual682]

So now can we say this aged like milk?

[@adultsoul4735]

I am from Slovakia and I remember when I was a kid like 15 years ago they opened a first mcdonalds in my country. It was so expensive back then it is ironic now that back in the day it was cheaper to go have a whole lunch in a restaurant than to order a couple of burgers in mcdonalds so my parents took me there only for special ocasions like end of the school year when I passed with the good grades lol.

[@MustacheDLuffy]

It’s funny because the whole point of fast foods is that it’s supposed to be cheaper than restaurants. Hamburgers I swear are like $2 in McDonald’s here

[@masternoble]

@@new-lviv As an American, we definitely understand that McDonalds is a 2 star place. And 2 stars is 2 stars too many for most of us.

[@rombr820]

On Brazil you can lunch twice with the price of one Big Mac.

[@ivantrofymenko1308]

This is how I remember it as well when McDs first came to my city in Ukraine ~20 yrs ago. It was a huge deal for us kids and we'd beg our parents to take us there on our birthdays

[@Andwejfin1]

First restaurant in slovakia was opened in 1995 :)

[@seyoftime9785]

Girl: smiles Soviet union: we don't do that here

[@croissantlover1]

well, after Capitalism, they do!

[@user-ib4oo7jl3o]

@@croissantlover1 No, we don't >:(

[@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN]

@@croissantlover1 No, it’s still considered strange to smile to strangers in Russia, otherwise people will think you’re crazy. But in America it’s normal.

[@drakoronus]

@@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN No they won't wtf

[@croissantlover1]

@@user-ib4oo7jl3o haha you do!

[@bjhale]

I wasn't there for this, but I was there for the first Starbucks (which was technically outside of Moscow in Khimki). Was a long trip, but it was better than going to Coffee House or Shokolodnitsa. About a year later, there were probably at least six of them in the city.

[@matok2426]

Aaaand it's gone.

[@PaulV.]

I was born in the Soviet Union and remember visiting with my parents that first Soviet McDonalds right after it was opened. The line was huge probably more than an hour just to enter the restaurant. But that wasnt because people were hungry. Most were standing just to get "the taste of American life" so it was kind of like a small Disneyland and not just a place to eat.

[@alekaban89]

Вы правы. Был всего лишь интерес. Помню бегали посмотреть, что это такое. А поесть я тогда и дома нормально мог.

[@user-fu2cv9xl7p]

@@alekaban89 ахах я помню как в моем городе появился первый эскалатор в ТЦ, как мы пиздюками бегали после школы на нём покататься))

[@Lucas-dm1ix]

How was living in Ussr?

[@PaulV.]

@@Lucas-dm1ix Much better than most people in the West thought. Until everything went downhill in the last couple of years the life was pretty care free and relaxed. State services were covering almost everything so people really needed money only for food, clothes, some home appliances and entertainment. Without that money obsession like in the modern world human relationships were much more warm and friendly. The cons were problems to achieve something above average for those who had a talent to do so and a really small choice of consumer goods and services.

[@lovedove2661]

hahaha thanks for sharing made me smile and happy that they were all eager to try. the things we take for granted out here in america.

[@kadafi4lyf]

1:38 lmao can you imagine a bureacrat coming and saying to you "dmitri, you will measure potatos for imperialist restaurant chain"

[@chill_pilll]

Damn how you know my name?

[@titaiao]

@@chill_pilll we all know you... we always observe you... better change your shampoo, isn't good for your skin.

[@joseiraheta5218]

@@chill_pilll we also watch u at night so we know ur safe

[@Evandarlingisdaddy]

@@chill_pilll Don’t worry serial number 42069, you’re not on our list yet

[@somthingimportants]

@@chill_pilll go back to sleep, we will keep you safe from truth and choice

[@ahmadelalayli8042]

Today McDonald's said it s closing its shops in Russia temporarily.. crazy how the times change

[@BR-dj8ep]

Russia looks so dark and depressing

[@AlgoCurioso4]

1:38 lets all thanks the potato measure guy that always leaves one lovely extremely large frie that we leave it for last.

[@pshindigamingmobilegamer2609]

Lol 😆

[@BOB12435]

Estás vivo!!!

[@imtn_ik]

Porque no subes videos ?

[@Gulag00]

I eat the biggest first

[@yuseisatouissuffering]

Imagine how boring it must be to measure those fries respect to that man

[@danidon7979]

1:35 Salute to the guy who were measuring every single peeled potato.

[@Lnninpz]

and without gloves

[@haroldkumar5900]

@@Lnninpz who cares? It gets fried

[@Lnninpz]

@@haroldkumar5900 I do

[@haroldkumar5900]

@@Lnninpz that's dumb, the fry oil is so hot it will kill any germs transferred to from that guys hand well before it's cooked. I went to culinary school and this is totally safe.

[@spore6050]

@@haroldkumar5900 yeah everyone should know that germs have a surviving temperature as well

[@zakattack8624]

It's closed now.....

[@alexandrudinca3080]

Aaaand it's gone

[@T-Rex-nm1se]

It's only temporary. McDonald's will probably reopen in Russia eventually

[@foobazzler]

this but in reverse

[@slapzk5355]

Im from the future. Very bad news

[@hdexotic1914]

*spills milkshake “you are go to gulag now”

[@vash8712]

it joke

[@bigmackium8844]

Is it yes

[@vash8712]

Yes

[@ori1676]

@@vash8712 It is yes

[@josephrodgers7837]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oak1739]

"When I smile , they think I laughing at them" Russia, folks.

[@user-bv8wr3vw4x]

When I have a different opinion, they think I hate them. USA, folks.

[@no-if1ol]

Literally! In russia you dont just smile at people out of politeness or whatever like how you do in the west. That was one of the first sights of westernization in russia.

[@TinyBolts1]

all of eastern europe is like that

[@cinema_yo]

@@user-bv8wr3vw4x Liberals*

[@cockus123]

@@user-bv8wr3vw4x when was this the USA? U don’t know what ur talking bout.

[@Abeeeee24]

And its gone again 😅 for now

[@tirikitirka2968]

This aged well.

[@culpritdesign]

1990: McDonald’s invaded Russia 1991: USSR collapses 🤔

[@JS-wp4gs]

Behold the power of the hamburger and sickle

[@bruhm4571]

Ronald McDonald, fighter of communism

[@ThoughtCrimeCriminal]

Don't worry they just rebranded They coming back for payback with China, I mean they got China Joe in office . I suggest we better start learning Chinese and or Russian.

[@themoshpit8341]

@@ThoughtCrimeCriminal Russian is a funner language than Chinese and way more badass. Also, I believe Russia isn't really communist, at least not as bad as China. Seriously though, who voted for Biden!? And now they are regretting it ahahahha

[@ClideGeardenaweseomeness]

@@JS-wp4gs I think you mean pickle

[@elonmusk6654]

This footage is way more interesting than we realize. This is a live culture absorption by another culture. Rarely got on camera. I loved the part where one employee is telling how people were confused because they were smiling according to the protocols so they can come across as nice and serving and the people thought they were laughing at them.

[@fouronetwo813]

When we going to Mars bro?

[@Q__tube]

Yea in Russia people are a lot more stoic. Its even weird to ask someone “hows it going” passively because they will think you are actually asking them how there life is going

[@frgwyn3760]

Just like when u visit Mars

[@4d17y4h]

Just like chiraq cracking and hacking car pieces to be hit by reticent parts dealers sitting on surplus with your own produce struckbud 😁

[@nurulqwe]

Tesla to the Moon!

[@dannysamuel2210]

and now every mcdonalds there are closed 🙁

[@kordiii]

32 years have passed and now its closed 👍

[@a_r_t1217]

McDonald's will remain in Russia, only the business will be transferred to a Russian businessman, and the company itself will change its name and logo

[@EvieStevie-Ahgase]

When I was younger my russian parents would only get me McDonalds 3 times a year; birthdays, last day of school, and a pitstop whenever we would go to the beach Even though they called it junk food it felt more like "rare occasion/holiday" food

[@paddyret7968]

@Robo that doesn't stop it from having a beach, or summers

[@EvieStevie-Ahgase]

@Robo bold of you to assume I was born and raised in russia And yes Russia does have beaches my mom grew up in Gelendzhik (google it if you dont belive me) which was right by the Black Sea and she would walk to the nearby beaches daily

[@afdhalulakbar5382]

@Robo 🤦

[@theeggjohnson5930]

@@afdhalulakbar5382 i feel like hes the type of person that thinks Europe is a country

[@o.g.willikers1717]

@@EvieStevie-Ahgase my grandma and I would swim in the Black Sea and I remember the water was literally black

[@mrvk39]

Training Russian workers to smile all the time - that must've been a feat of management and psychology!

[@ClearsightAltAccount]

Russians always smile tho

[@hostileenvironment6107]

@@ClearsightAltAccountBy smile do you mean smile upside down?

[@ClearsightAltAccount]

@@hostileenvironment6107 nope

[@daifee9174]

I mean, nor americans or russians know something called the NEUTRAL face, russians always frown and americans always smile.

[@kyriljordanov2086]

Not for the young. They were already pretty Westernized by 1990.