Christmas shopping at Walmart in 2000

[@soragruen]

Who remembers when the workers standing near the door gave out little yellow Walmart smiley stickers to all the children who came in?!

[@SuperKede]

I could be incorrect, but I believe they still do depending on the Walmart in time of day.

[@soragruen]

@@SuperKede that would be such a nice throwback for me. Haven't seen it since I’m a kid

[@9852323]

Who remembers when the Walmart greeters actually greeted you instead of accusing you of stealing or demanding to show the receipt? Good times good times.

[@soragruen]

@@9852323 yesss

[@drfdfdfdffae]

Pepperidge farm remembers

[@dunkindonutmaster_0961]

People are not lying when they say that KZbin is the closest thing to a time machine.

[@SuperMarioLoudHouse]

Yes

[@moneyblue8466]

They said that?

[@J.T845]

I disagree. Music is the closest.

[@bernieudo4399]

@@J.T845 You Tube is #1 with music videos. She rules.

[@J.T845]

@@bernieudo4399 yup true

[@violetrain28]

It's not overly crowded and everyone seems calm and civil. Completely different from the average Walmart experience today.

[@brittlia_]

So accurate!

[@dannymoe9028]

Walmart was cool until they added grocery foods.

[@mariohourofficial]

@@dannymoe9028 yeah but that’s more convenient. I live across the street from a Walmart from my apartment and can just walk over to get groceries

[@Snooziac]

There were other places to shop back then, and walmart was not the titanical monster it is now.

[@ryanackley5242]

This kind of walmart and its’ people from the year 2000 still look exactly the same as some walmarts in small town America, no difference and even the style of clothes people are wearing is the same. It’s really all about where you go and look

[@Avelithe]

My parents hadn’t divorced yet, 9/11 was never thought possible, and my dad was still alive in 2000. To say that my heart aches for this year is an understatement.

[@sanctumscream372]

Rest in peace to your Father, and I hope you have a blessed Christmas this year at least.

[@Avelithe]

@@sanctumscream372 Thank you, a Merry Christmas to you!

[@walter_248]

I would move mountains to bring the 2000s back to life, rest in peace to your pops. Have a nice week.

[@christiansummers562]

I hear you! How I really miss those days!!! Makes me tear up.

[@trihardhomie4225]

Every time my mom took me to Walmart, I always told her "I'll be at electronics" because I wanted to see all the video games they had . Man I miss the early 2000s 😢

[@CommanderWiggins]

Yup, me and my brother would always ask our mom to let us go to the video game section to look at all the games, and play the demos on those TV's that were so high you had to crane your neck up to look at them.

[@matthewcullum2455]

This was my favorite thing to do as a child, although at Kmart since we didn't have Walmart in our small town. We didn't realize it then, but we were all watching the literal evolution of technology every time we caroused through the electronics isles. What a time to live through

[@luxis300]

Same

[@tenezeegehndyu813]

same!

[@sadetucker2094]

Me and my siblings always went to electronics for the same reason. We'd be immersed in playing some of the games they had on the TV screen with the controller attached😂

[@rush437]

For people born in the 80s the year 2000 was the future we couldn't wait for, now its the past we wish we could go back to

[@tommyjones1357]

Too true.

[@8luvbug]

Not for me.

[@esrjhgbweouringrsg]

100% TRUE STATEMENT

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Yep. I was born in 1982 and everybody in the 80's thought that we'd magically wake up to flying cars and time travel and the ones that didn't think that were stockpiling Campbell's Soup and batteries because "YK2" was gonna destroy the world. LOL! I love your avatar by the way and this is a video of me playing guitar to a song I GUARANTEE you'll recognize! I was a HUGE My Pet Monster fan and still have a massive toy collection to this day! kzbin.info5fncg9u_qyU

[@JesusChrist-is-not-MrNice]

l agree. Me too. Yeah it was the whole family during the party, but often to create conflicts 😂 I worked often during the Christmas night and I was happy with that "sorry I can't go to your (shitty) party" 🤣

[@joshuaswannmusic6462]

This is absolutely priceless. A window into the not so distant past but still 23 years ago and so very much has changed. Incredible and saddening.

[@hachuelo69]

So very much has changed and not for the better

[@Stephaniewashere]

23 years is longer than it seems 😢 Look at the difference between 1960 ans 1983. Crazy!!

[@Religious_man]

Not necessarily. Waiting patiently for 21 years to drink alcohol was a great idea for our country (US). If everyone can live their lives through 20 years, they can wait for anything else for 20 years because "it's not-so-distant" future.

[@jonburrows2684]

And yet, the Bible in which Democrats hate, is coming true right before their eyes, but because of the demonic spirit living within them, they're too blind to see it. Perilous times are here and only going to get worse. Lawlessness has taken over.

[@Gothix1066]

You can thank our current politicians for what were living in now c;

[@jommisalami]

Good lord, I forgot just how simple and actually wholesome things felt literally just 20 years ago

[@williamsmith7221]

Its actually wholesome now, you just have a bad attitude. You're what's called a doggie do hymers.

[@americancapitalist9094]

It’s sad looking at this and realizing you remembered it correctly and things really have gotten this bad this fast.

[@James.99]

It all went downhill after 2001. Each year getting worse than the last

[@BootyHole-r5f]

Shut up shit didn't feel wholesome. They felt like shit just like now.

[@SummerSun-sg3wf]

Liberals destroyed our nation

[@831ef]

This dude films like a time traveler…like he has to show the simplicity and details of this time…amazing

[@janielrin4471]

I think it was meant to be a TV background vid for broadcasts that's why they're capturing the details 👍👍

[@BamBamLeo]

Fr tho 😂

[@Dondred02]

15:39 "I'm gonna be on the news tonight" So def B-roll. Still super cool, but maybe good that someone didnt wake up and decide to film random isles for minutes at a time lol

[@bberry]

MY EXACT THOUGHTS! after like the fifth zoom-in on some specific detail that is wildly different today, the hair stood up on the back of my neck because I thought "ok this is TOO perfect" 😂

[@tabora_]

Well, Y2K was supposed to be HUGE. It completely changed everything

[@sj7601]

The lack of self check outs and lower prices (even under a $1) were the main things that stood out to me. This was a great year for video games!

[@Nick-ue7iw]

IKR? $5 for a shirt and $7 for pants. What a time.

[@gator4458]

​@@Nick-ue7iwwalmart still has decent clothes prices

[@spitfire3797]

@@gator4458Made with the most gruesome labour ever

[@jessihawkins9116]

@@spitfire3797chinease

[@packerman7410]

@@spitfire3797always had near-slave labor behind it. Don’t let the past make you think it was better for everyone

[@CJDiecast]

I prefer the old logo and colors of Walmart. To me it was more inviting and had more character compared to the drab brown and greys of today. Our Walmart used to look like this throughout the 2000s when we moved into our town in 2004. I remember they had the grocery section masked off in plastic because it was a new concept. I always forget that small Walmarts like this never had a grocery section until the mid-2000s or so. Then they moved to their current design language in the late 2000s-early 2010s. I miss the red stripes on the floors, the old ceiling monitors showing advertisements, the yellow smiley face mascot, the interactive electronics section, and the idea of more than one register open since self-checkout didn't exist yet. This Walmart will be forever missed and lived on in nostalgia!

[@pslay9324]

Wow now that you mentioned the plastic around the groceries I remember that. I remember thinking why is plastic everyone and would not go near any of the food, it was strange to see it. Good one

[@thisshouldbeentertaining3386]

If you remember back in the 80's and early 90's another thing you would've seen was all the signs plastered around. Proudly saying this item is MADE IN THE USA. Now Walmart actually forces their manufacturing partner's to shut down plants and ship all the jobs along with the plants down to Mexico.

[@flashy2575]

Big facts!

[@jacobrrrt5477]

Foreal , they redid all the Walmarts in my city and from the outside they look like prisons now.

[@flashy2575]

@@jacobrrrt5477 that’s crazy!

[@Mantooth2851]

Never thought footage from 2000 would look "old", yet here we are.

[@denver0102]

Time marches on my friend. How convenient is it though when you can’t make it to the store or the store you go to doesn’t have what you want and you can go online and “click, click click” it will be delivered tomorrow.

[@TheLightningStalker]

The footage is a bit underexposed, pixelated, and the color seems a bit off. Camera technology has come a long way from 480x360.

[@MaztRPwn]

And this was HQ in 2000. 😂 The only better quality was actual film studio cameras.

[@BobbyVans-hf8mq]

Look at how peaceful and clean the Walmart shopping experience was not even 25 years ago

[@BobbyVans-hf8mq]

Now it’s the equivalent of going on a drug mission in the ghetto ✊🏽

[@TheMonalisaLounge1]

@@BobbyVans-hf8mq😂😂😂😂😂

[@blueamenaa749]

Yes. We are collapsing.

[@amandavaldez2462]

​@@TheMonalisaLounge1❤

[@NateTheGnat]

Post apocalyptic shopping experience.

[@maxcalifornia94]

I can’t believe 2000 was almost 25 years ago! Insane. It feels like yesterday I was a kid looking at all the action figures and game consoles and computer games.

[@LiberateYou]

THIS!!! Same! 🥺

[@ms.porsche3676]

I was looking at Barbie’s and Barbie dream houses mind you I was only 4 at the time😂😂. My mom was still 20 during this time.

[@jebronlames5997]

And Walmart was always a letdown looking for computer games back then from what i remember. The selection was terrible. It was still awesome as a 10 year old kid though lol

[@rwj777]

I had been working for Walmart for about 5 years around the time this footage was filmed. Watching this video is so nostalgic for me. I remember having to unload those heavy old school television sets from off the trucks and setting them up on the sale floor for the Christmas holiday season. Back then, we would also get truck loads of vcrs to go along with the CRT televisions. Man I feel so old right now reflecting back on these memories working for Walmart during those days...lol Long story short, I ended up working for Walmart for a total of 25 years, before I decided to leave the company a few years ago. I could write a book on the experiences that I had working for this company for so many years...the good experiences along with the bad and down right crazy unbelievable things that I witnessed first hand working there for over 2 decades. I love the videos V.R.👌🏾 Keep them coming.😊

[@triple6758]

I worked as an unloader for a year and a half starting in 98, then was on the floor crew for a couple more. It was so fun before the store went 24 hours. Agree...working there was a series of crazy events and people including an assistant manager being arrested for skimming the safe. I learned to play chess in a Walmart break room at 230 in the morning during lunches while southpark was on the TV. Those packaged sandwiches in the machines! 😆. How'd you do on your stock?

[@sapphirelane1714]

I WISH I could have worked at Walmart in the 90s! My uncle did. It was before they had the super-centers everywhere. I finally worked at the same location (upgraded to a super center) 16 years after he did. It was fun working with some of the coworkers he had. The employees from the 90s and earlier always had a sense of pride in their work. I learned so much from them! It’s very rare to see newer associates with that same spark.

[@pewpewTN]

I have seen some pretty wild stuff just shopping at Wal-Mart. I can't imagine what you seen in 20 years of working, lol.

[@kellymiller1891]

I'm going to be doing my Christmas Shopping Online, I've been doing it ever since the Pandemic Started, because I think that doing Christmas Shopping Online is way better, you don't have to wait in line at the Layaway counter to put stuff in Layaway, then a week later having to wait at the Layaway counter, I have Five Children, one girl and four boys, and each of them loves different toys, I have a 3-year-old daughter named Zoey, she just loves Baby Dolls, Barbie Dolls, Disney Princess, and Pixar, my 5-year-old son named Tyler, loves Marvel, my 7-year-old son named Drake loves Remote Control Cars, my 9-year-old son named Derek loves Jurassic Park and Star Wars, and my 11-year-old son named Wesley loves Modal Cars and Trucks, and X-Box Video Games.

[@wintersmelody]

@@kellymiller1891 Just fyi, if this is real don't be putting your kids names and ages on the internet wtf. Are you new to this planet?!

[@buklao]

Life without smartphones and social media, what a time.

[@Jules279]

Everyone was a lot happier. None of those e thots either.

[@SirAuron777]

@@Jules279 Based

[@tgtgtgtgtgtgtg]

I’d give almost anything to go back I swear 😭

[@patches3432]

Aman brother

[@iamkakashi20]

yup. best time of our lifes. now a days when i go walmart. i see lot of ppl on there phones. ppl can.t even go without internet of data on there phones. life was so much easyer back in the 2000s. no socia media. no game console updates or game updates every few weeks. just buy your N64 and put the game in and your good to go.

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

I was 10 years old during Christmas of 2000. I always went to Walmart with my dad, to buy simple things like dog & cat food, groceries etc. He would always buy me a candy, but toys had to wait for my birthday or Christmas. My best childhood memories are when I was 8-10 years old. Those were good times. My dad passed away in September 2021 so watching this video I was kinda hoping to see him and I in those aisles 😅 ❤

[@pewpewTN]

Hold on to those memories.

[@mariohourofficial]

I’m sorry for your loss 💔

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

@pewpew9193 I do 😊💕 even though they make me sad, I cherish them more than anything.

[@Wolfdragon92584]

Same age as you, although I turned 11 that month. Cherish those memories!! Those were great days.

[@XxCørpsegirlXx]

I was 3

[@dougmorris9317]

I bought a boxy chocolate brown winter coat with detachable hood from WalMart in November 2000 when I was 39 years old. Believe it or not it's still my favorite winter coat. Now I'm in my sixties and it still looks in style to me 😊

[@spennydawg4487]

I love the simplicity of your videos. No obnoxious effects or add ins. Purely for documentation.

[@zlord1199]

For some reason this was actually calming to watch. Crazy how different the world was back then. I remember these times as a kid . Little did I know we were living in the last days of Any sense of normalcy in the world.

[@zephyrr108]

Same feel I have.

[@zephyrr108]

I dont even go to supermarkets anymore. Perhaps only once a year.

[@samuelw.3992]

@@MesserschmittReaver you mean you dont have that service?? damn your behind time.... lol

[@squeakyb.7709]

Agreed. I teared up a little just watching this. The purity is just … gone. What happened to us?

[@TurboMintyFresh]

Literally

[@Sen2.]

The guy who recorded this was a forward thinker for sure. Appreciate you!

[@jasmineklos5178]

Exactly

[@eXiteVideoMagazine]

I think this must be b-roll for a news story.

[@sebione3576]

People don't seem shocked or angry that they're being recorded. They must have been forewarned.

[@travisp5747]

@@sebione3576I feel like you’d occasionally see those people who would be recording and it wasn’t weird like it’d be now. It was just different

[@born2lewse]

@@eXiteVideoMagazineI was over here thinking this is either a time traveler or a weirdo, but nope it was just a guy doing his job and you were smart enough to put two and two together. Not me tho.

[@RealArtVandelay]

Is it just me or do people look so much more relaxed, grounded, taking their time ? Also I Love the timecode, I work in TV and its not only a reference but also helps to set the mood in what time of the day it was, may sound ridiculous but its a detail that I really enjoy :)

[@terri639]

People WERE more relaxed and grounded back then. Also, more polite. Notice no one is screaming...not even children. No one is pushing or shoving. Everyone became a narassistic when social media was created. Also, everyone used to WANT to fit in with society. Today people want to stand out and be different. The world has just changed for the worse.

[@RealArtVandelay]

@@terri639 i agree with everything except the last part, yes people became self absorbed narcissists and individualists, true, but they still rely on affirmation to do so, so deep inside they want to belong ( by acting indépendant and strong) .also, if anything that the last 3 years jave shown me, its that the people in power love to play around with these feelings, giving people fake causes, all the while deviding everyone and everything, and its working wonders... woth the right psyOPS and the blind obedient, most people would rat on or kill their neighbours, its scary as hell

[@BootyHole-r5f]

​@terri639 no they weren't.

[@KamSulek]

The prices barley changed tho

[@lg403]

Because people didn‘t have to take on 3 jobs to make a living. Either you work your Ass of for barely nothing, of sell your Soul on Onlyfans. I feel so hopeless, I don‘t have any Special degrees because i had a really traumatic childhood.

[@zerohero23677]

I love how that guy is putting his heart and soul into purchasing that Christmas card.

[@vampirerobot]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mrbojangles9841]

He must be a republican. Most people were republicans in those days. Now Democrats are running rampant and everything is going to pot.

[@sebione3576]

That's what happens when you have hundreds of choices.

[@Tranceplant82]

No one gives Christmas cards anymore...

[@yvonnecortes_]

@@Tranceplant82I DO! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Particularly when u dont have the means to give people big or expensive gifts. You add a nice lil card with a nice message and those socks you gave them will be their favorite gift of the year lol

[@jordancortez8158]

This video is a breath of fresh air

[@Vendetta162X]

I swear these people are the time travelers that knew about KZbin and how people would love to have footage of things in the past, went back to the past, and recorded these things for us.

[@vampirerobot]

👍

[@Tajstah]

Or local news channels doing news stories for the holidays.

[@whisperdotson2880]

I'm going with this explanation as to why these videos exist! 😊

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@Tajstah What's more likely? Silly local news channels trying to get b-roll for the 5 and 10 o'clock news.. Or the more obvious and logical answer.. That Vampire Robot has invented time travel and used "News station B roll" as a cover story so the rest of us never learn his secrets!

[@MarkMeadows90]

Man, what I would do to go back to this era of Walmart and shopping in general.

[@marajcentral00]

This TIME in general. Everything was sweet, simple, and safe. A year before the most tragic event in American history (9/11)!

[@jdadams5487]

I no right

[@jdadams5487]

I miss the old Walmart

[@Etaoinshrdlu69]

Before they started painting building grey/white/black like all the fast food joins nowadays with no color.

[@trigfizzle6876]

@@biggestmenacetosociety3906 I wouldn't say that was the most tragic event in America bruh lol.

[@soragruen]

Those days were so pure. No one holding a phone, people choosing toys for their kids, because kids actually played with toys in those days!

[@bernieudo4399]

The emergence of the smart phone was a sea change in our culture. Flip phones prepared us with convenience, but still highly limited. We were no longer "tied" to the payphone or landline. Unfortunately technology doesn't stand still & the I phone was born. 📱

[@fringestream990]

No pajamas as clothes and not so many obese people as well

[@Tr0nzoid]

Still, there were enough people carrying cellular phones and the primary complaint about them was that they were talking on them all the time. That said, I hold a phone while in the store now to shop, find stuff, and take pictures.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

@@bernieudo4399 It was the ubiquitous social media access that came with smart phones , then came a new sort of generic homogenized Internet and social media 2.0 starting with the first iphone era In 2007 and rise of Facebook to #1 the same year (start of the generic too big to fail purposely addictive dopamine designed social media platforms). Before this other cellphones were mostly too limited for the general masses to care about mobile online access. The Internet from the late 90's through mid 00's was still very free and worked just well enough (this period was the real "golden age" imo) , people didn't have access unless they were home on their large desktop or at a desktop somewhere else , and most businesses and mainstream corporate Infrastructures hadn't transintioned the way they do things online yet so It wasn't mandatory to use , merely an optional hobby , tech limitations kept Internet usage healthy and non-addictive.

[@galaxyamber8001]

Didn’t have to worry about getting a blicky in your face either

[@elijahblack1464]

Crazy how there's that many people in the store at one time with no fights breaking out, wanton vandalism, unbridled theft or general disrespect. Amazing.

[@BigLehbowski]

I would love to buy this Vampire Robot dinner one day for all of the nostalgia that he gives us. I lost my Mom and Grandma several years ago. They raised me, absolute best parents ever. Watching your videos of Walmart, K-Mart, the mall etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas just takes me back to to sweet memories that I had with them growing up. I cherish that. Innocent, happier times. Thank you. ❤

[@vampirerobot]

Sorry to read about your Mom and Grandma. And that's a lovely comment. They certainly raised you right.

[@kevinbouchard88]

Wow! I was 12... As nostalgic as these videos are, it also gives me a sense of melancholy because I miss these days so much, makes me think about how young my parents were seeing them now get in to their 60's and the amazing childhood I had and everything I experienced that I am now so grateful for. Brings back so many great memories of what life was like all the way around back then, wish I could go back and stop and think about how it's not gonna last and soak it up even more. It just doesn't feel the same these days, that's life.

[@vampirerobot]

Be happy their still there for you Kevin. Look how fast these last 20 years have gone. Blink and it will be another 20.

[@terri639]

Yeah, I was 16 in 2000. Things were definitely better.

[@Lunarbutterflytarot]

I was 9 😭 I'm turning 31 on Friday

[@kevinbouchard88]

@@vampirerobot Yeah, it sure will be

[@kevinbouchard88]

@@Lunarbutterflytarot Happy Birthday, you'll be 40 soon

[@cameronesmith9762]

The Old Walmart Signs Will Comeback To My Childhood From Back In The Years.

[@Guerrillablackdog]

Dude I was 10 years old in 2000. Looking at this video is such a trip. It really is like travelling back in time.

[@deljean]

Yes same

[@ms.porsche3676]

I was 4

[@ogre706]

One day we won't be doing any physical in-store shopping at all. That's when videos like this will be even more priceless.

[@truthisforever1000]

then im gone, cuz i dont give my money to pdfile bankers and when everything becomes digital and ur all censored and ur bank accounts are taken away, time to move to charity, food and sleeping in a tent, have fun with ur death cult

[@zacktyler485]

I hate online shopping I dread those days of only online shopping

[@2023Mermaid]

I strictly only shop online. Haven't driven to a physical store or restaurant in 5 yrs.

[@truthisforever1000]

@@2023Mermaid enjoy ur digital currency and enjoy ur bank account being shut dow nLOL

[@ItsOnPaper]

@@2023Mermaidjust say you have no social life

[@Meikana_83]

I was 1 year old when this was filmed. I was born near Christmas, actually. December 22nd, 1998. I’ll be 26 this year. I LOVE Christmas SO much. I always have. But I’ll tell you this, Christmas usually isn’t how it was. It doesn’t feel as magical and amazing as it did as a kid. But last year, it was definitely starting to feel more like that again. I hope this year will be even better. ♥️

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

I wanna go back and do it again, the 90's were fantastic for water gun/balloon battles, sleepovers, nintendo, sega, arcades, I'm just glad I got to live it!!!

[@hectorlopez1069]

I want the 90s again

[@yt-xe8ws]

I'm glad videos like this exist, we need proof to show to future generations how bad things have gotten.

[@mrbojangles9841]

Democrats ruined this country.

[@get8bit]

It's like that scene in Soylent Green where the guy finally saw a video of how there used to be trees and grass. He had no concept.

[@ville666sora]

They'll just call you a boomer lol

[@DaveSimkus]

Not bad, just different.

[@yamiyo6050]

@@DaveSimkusno it’s bad bro

[@mandylou5813]

I can't believe I forgot that Walmart shoes USED to be sold in shoe boxes instead of how now they are loose hanging by a string 🤣🤣🤣

[@dco2006]

I forgot about the milk in the front of the store in Walmart

[@SuperKede]

To be fair the majority of shoes sold at Walmart or still in boxes. It’s really only the like super cheap stuff and like summer flip-flops that I’ve ever seen that are just hanging up on a rack. The majority of their boots and tennis shoes are in boxes still.

[@wrenbyrd1093]

@@dco2006 Probably a strategy to get you to go all the way in the back of the store and buy more when you just came in for milk. 🤔

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

They still do, at least the last time I bought a pair of steel toe boots, they were boxed up a few years ago.

[@apersonwhoknows]

They still have them in boxes.

[@rickyrichreacts9667]

Ahhh yes!!! When WWF , Eminem, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, trl, aggressive inline skating, were at their heights… I miss these days😢😢

[@sub-zero5983]

Sega Dreamcast it's thinking

[@siennaluvskz]

as a gen z im just glad my parents got to enjoy when everything looked like this. My brother was born in 2000, and I can see them now, excitedly going through all the baby and toy aisles for him and my older sister (‘93). Buying all the gift wraps and bows. Just enjoying the season.

[@Sarahlovesguineapigs]

I'm Gen Z, as well. I was born at the very end of 2002, so 2 years after this video was filmed. I will say I'm glad I was born then as opposed to now. Being a kid these days is so complicated with all the technology and social media. I didn't get a phone until I was 15 which was probably for the best.

[@siennaluvskz]

@@Sarahlovesguineapigs i was born in 2002 also but in May! And exactly, being a kid now is so different, it's literally not even childhood anymore, it's just phones and social media which is so sad. But same, i didnt get a phone until 13-14 and I was so excited to get instagram smh. I deleted my account in like 2021 because it was just so draining, but to be a little kid these days and fully immersed in it is just concerning

[@galaxyamber8001]

There’s something so comforting about this makes me feel safe

[@shadowsmith1386]

It do feel good make you feel real good inside

[@bobsingh5521]

It’s called religion and a community

[@jadapinkett1656]

​@@bobsingh5521 Irrelevant religious loon

[@kimberlyrogers3974]

With all the chaos in our world today, watching these videos of yesteryear is comforting and a time i wish i could of appreciated more. You've really got something special here! 😇

[@vampirerobot]

Thank you Kimberly 😊

[@yungalucard9139]

It’s crazy how it was less materialistic back in those days. When I go to walmart I’m like bombarded with food stands near the check out aisles. All from chips to more candy, boxes of little Debbie snacks, the deli foods I sh*t you not, popcorn chicken and whole chickens. It’s ridiculous. Too much stuff it gets in the way when I’m just trying to get by.

[@kat-ee5wt]

I used to eat the popcorn chicken in like 2000-2001 when I was 3 or 4

[@TheCzar1]

Crazy to think that I was 10 years old and I was in 5th grade when this was filmed. I remember getting 3 N64 games for Christmas that year and being so happy. Now I am 33, I miss the 90s and even the early to mid 00s were good too! How time flys man, now I just feel old but good that I grew up in the 90s as a kid, and the 00s as a teenager.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

I'm a little bit younger than you and agreed completely. I remember playing StarCraft 64, and at least the first Pokemon Stadium that year, good times.

[@shadowsmith1386]

Me to

[@chrisk7050]

34 and wish I could turn back the hands of time to my Pepsi fueled youth binging f-zero x, tony hawk,vigilante 8etc...

[@josephlawson5954]

This could have been written by me brother!! I was 10 when this filmed and I'm 33 now. I'm watching for a look back at what was, when we knew it as kids

[@Vic292]

I was 8 years old when this was filmed. My mom used to take us Christmas shopping at toys r us and Walmart every year. Such good memories.

[@hollygratton8207]

Look how clean this Walmart is! People are kind and polite to each other, no one throwing things on the floor. I was 14 in 2000 take me back please!

[@Rick_Smooth]

80's kid here, and this brings back instany nostalgia! Only people that lived through this time will know exactly how it felt. I miss the café's where they served, not so bad food, lol.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I was an 80s kid turning 40 this year

[@billlevins7460]

2000 was a very interesting time. Things were getting much like today but we were not quite there yet.

[@666sk8erguy]

Yeah it's like a weird cross between now and the 80s

[@Religious_man]

Boy bands were still existing in 2000, i.e. Backstreet Boys.

[@jptang1701]

9/11/2001 is when the timeline skewed into this alternate future hellscape we're living in now.

[@Religious_man]

@@jptang1701 Well that _was_ a warning from God after all. You're right.

[@ronsmith4325]

@@jptang1701 Agreed, nothing but a downhill spiral ever since... Did we go through a wormhole into another dimension or something? Lol.

[@jomoney9076]

when stores still had rows upon rows of CD's

[@TheHipisterDeer]

They still make CD's today, but these days they are a lot more expensive than what they used to be and more considered to be for like collectors now than just general audiences like in these days when CD's were a lot more affordable.

[@polipedeworks]

I was 7, I miss all the old department stores, things felt so magical back then. So much care, so much quiet...

[@anthonynelson1187]

Cus you were a kid lol

[@hectorlopez1069]

Sears was my favorite department store of that time.

[@DarcyMarieTCB]

Wow, I just turned 22 in November in 2000. I loved the early Y2K so much!! Lots of clubbing and the clothes this time were amazing!! I wish I was 22 all over again!!

[@Sarahlovesguineapigs]

I'm about to be 22 this December!

[@Tonio0412]

If there was a time machine,I would go back to explore again the past. I sure miss being a kid and I had more fun playing outside with friends.

[@FlyingHiigh]

Same here

[@chrisdominguez5632]

Me 2 I miss society back than than today's world

[@Tonio0412]

@randomcosplaydudesimpressi8509 and also I would transform back to my kid self and be a kid again!!

[@jayydel]

Those old colored walmart bags though! Now I remember! Holy, I forgot how everyone was dealing with cash ,even the lady just counting it in the front of the store with everyone around! Id be so anxious and nervous doing that today!

[@tisherbug27]

It's so weird seeing a box labeled "color television"!!!! Love this!!!!!

[@ErnestPworrell88]

I went to Walmart today on a normal Friday, it was awful and everyone around me seemed miserable. i kind of hate that i got to experience how nice peaceful life used to feel back then and have to live in this reality. I feel like we have never been more connected but so separated at the same time, I'm sad my kids will never experience this. Shit was far from perfect but day to day life quality was more peaceful.

[@Texaslife98]

This is so true. I’m only in my mid twenties but I’ve seen everyone change for the worse

[@boxingfan2796]

Definitely a change in everything. People back then were friendly, more of a sense of community, things were more relaxing. These days I hate even leaving the house... the rude people, traffic, crowds, and everyone looks miserable. Decaying society.

[@totallyfrozen]

The year 2000 was one of the BEST years in my life and THE best up to that point. At the end of 1999 I was laid off from my job, but got a severance package. So in Jan. 2000 I started the spring semester at the university and didn’t work any job for the entire year. I was a full time student, unemployed, had money, was completely free! Dated a few college girls, hung out with my friends, took my classes, it was glorious. One friend asked me, “How do you like school?” I told him, “it beats the hell out of working!” Lots a great times and freedom. Not hurting for money. Oh, man! Give me a Time Machine!

[@h3cz_]

A Walmart not too far from where I live still looks like the old Wal-Mart. I RARELY go there bc I hate Walmart but when I do, it's a nostalgia trip. They even have the fishes.

[@h3cz_]

Update: still there

[@Hannahleigh_]

I miss this era. Much more friendly interaction between cashiers and customers

[@KL-tz3cm]

Do you realize people 20 years from now will say the same thing about today

[@person-ce8cr]

@@KL-tz3cm thats what i was about to say, but there actually was a time that wasn't that crazy. anytime before internet, smartphones and social media was better whether its 1970 or 2000

[@TheeRighteousOnee]

Friendlier in general. Social media and the internet have made people incredibly divided and angry.

[@heatherrowe2979]

I worked at Walmart from 1997-1999. I was always a friendly cashier, but I remember people as not being that friendly back. Most would barely say hello to me after I spoke to them, and the worst were the people talking on their cellphones throughout the entire transaction, especially when you needed to ask them a question.

[@anh7807]

Sorry, but nobody was friendlier then.

[@christiangonzales7429]

Walmart kept this look at least up until 2004. This store looks exactly like my childhood store located in Mission Bend, TX which was replaced with the nearby Supercenter (still open today) in 2003. The placement of the Vision Center at the front, as well as where the checkouts were located are all identical. Watching this is like taking a huge step back in time. KZbin is the closest thing we will ever have to time machines.

[@bsanchez3563]

I remember from the 00s or early 2010s for a few years the vision center being in the front of the store as well so yeah for what it is worth that is also somehting of a nostalgia even just remebering things that were however they were in the past even before our time XD no joke though

[@wiichannel0118]

Mine kept it up until 2008. Thats when they got the huge redesign where the groceries became a different half of the store

[@gilla2092]

This warms my heart. I wouldn't have been born yet, and my mom is still here memorialized in time somewhere. Wow, I cried a little, thank you so much I love this!

[@jpete3027666]

I was 21 in 2000. Watching videos from this time period now looks like the 70s or 80s did to me in 2000. Crazy to think because this really feels like only last week.

[@mcsmoothie7052]

How so? I’m curious because I thought the opposite. I feel like this is the first generation that can look at 20 year old videos, and really not be able to notice anything different or distinct about the people in the video, style wise, than how people look today. I would not immediately be able to date this video to a time period like I could a similar video from the 60’s, 70’s 80’, and possibly 90’s, but really not the late 90’s so much. I find that pretty weird, but I think the death of the monoculture has a lot to do with it.

[@terri639]

@@mcsmoothie7052 You should be able to date it from the clothes and products alone...I can. But even so, you think people are acting the same as they do today? Really? Notice how everyone there is pretty relaxed. No one is yelling or being overly dramatic. No one has a phone out. No one is drawing attention to themselves in any way. Everyone seems to "fit in" with society rather than standing out. Just the way everyone's vibe is calm rather than stressed and rushed is different. How can you not see it?

[@jaquen1977]

@@terri639How can you not see that a random, edited clip from Walmart isn’t at all indicative of how the whole human population acted in 2000?

[@JamesChatting]

​@@jaquen1977I was there and Terri is right.

[@jaquen1977]

@@JamesChattingI was there too and you people are insane.

[@angelsworld1733]

When the stores sold what you needed in the store, instead of getting it online 😒Crazy how someone would randomly video this and now it means so much than we thought it would 💯💯

[@ragnakak]

The new Walmarts seem like they are designed to give you depression. I thought I was exaggerating remembering them being a bit more colorful back then until I saw the video.

[@trooper326]

Now they just look like a prison.

[@electron2601]

It get so stressed and overwhelmed at Walmart with the way they are now!

[@Ravalin]

yeah everything back then was vibrant and even try to be loud in terms of style, but then a group took over and replace everything with grey and brown structures and dull aesthetics, even our tv shows now feel so generic and soulless.

[@BrianRenardDavis]

Marxism

[@FLyGODSLY]

This video calms my anxiety for some reason, God bless everyone ❤

[@pamelarose9712]

I loved shopping at Walmart back than😊More fun and interesting and people actually wanting to help you in the store!😮😆

[@gobigrey9352]

It's hard to believe the TVs were those huge tube TVs in 2000. The following decade made them completely obsolete.

[@PeugeotRocket]

They actually still have their uses in the retro gaming scene.

[@christiangonzales7429]

The mid 2000s is when the big transition from tube to LCD began.

[@loreleivixen]

Omg disposable cameras sold in those bags lol! The Gameboy color advertisement 🥺 I was 10 years old so alot of this I still remember, omg I remember how quiet and calm Walmart used to be 😭

[@DarkAnimeAngel2006]

Remember this wasn’t recorded on a phone, this was a camcorder…surprised by the lack the people uninterrupted by someone filming lol

[@Jules279]

Most kids probably don't even know what a camcorder is.

[@APimpNamedSlickBak]

He clearly talked to these people and edited the footage

[@ohkaygoplay]

Ya'll realize camcorders were common back then, right? Seeing someone with a handheld wasn't unusual. It's when a whole news crew showed up with pro gear that people would be interested. Other than that, no one actually gave a shit if you filmed or not. It's only in later years that people were getting lawyer-happy and overly sensitive about being filmed. I filmed a project on a Hi-8 handheld in 2006, because I wanted it to have that late 80's look. It became not worth it to go out filming regular life, because some jackass would be like, "Hey! Shut thing off! Get that damn thing out of my face!" when said douchebag was just in the peripheral of the frame. *eye roll* People were not friendlier, and life was not better. It was actually harder to get basic stuff done, because we didn't have easier ways to do it until later - because those were invented by people fed up with doing things the hard way all the time. Humans always have and always will find different ways to express their shittiness. All the internet and smartphones are (among many good things), are new ways to do it where the world can see them instead of just their hometown.

[@jrrtx2000]

I love this video. I was born in January of 2000 so it's amazing getting to see a video of normal life from the year I was born. This video is a time machine. I remember Walmart looking like this until around 07/08 before they rebranded.

[@terri639]

Oh... sorry you never got to experience this era. It was a better time. I was 16 years old in 2000 and things were...calmer. Just like you see in this video. People were polite, relaxed and just life in general was less stressful.

[@mariamart_0]

This is One Year before 9/11, this video was filmed on September 9, 2000…, It’s shocking that we do not know a world before 9/11. The world felt a bit cozy and nostalgic. Even though, I wasn’t alive when this video was filmed and taken, I was born 5 years later after this KZbin clip, makes me feel a sense of normalcy and optimism. I am enjoying the overall quality of this video. I understand how it feels to be nostalgic about your childhood, and it especially feels like you grew up in a world that was so different 23 years ago. The world was so different only 23 years ago. I know it is hard to process and cope within the society we live nowadays, but your not alone 😢.

[@mariamart_0]

Even the crime has dropped down and declined when this video was filmed. Nowadays there is so much crime rates across many inner cities, lawlessness and woke extremism being rampant across this country and democratic cities. We definitely live in uncertain and unprecedented times guys. Unprecedented times is what is making us anxious and nervous about the fault and state of the world nowadays.

[@kmb1779]

Wow, crazy to see this era of Walmart again. I worked loss prevention (security) for Walmart around that time and it was actually a decent place to work at back then. The stores were generally nicer and less crazy than they are today too. We didn’t have a lot of security cameras and those that we did were pretty crappy quality and used old VHS tapes that were even worse quality because they were taped over hundreds of times. Most of our work was old school, out on the floor looking for people theivin’, and policy was old school too, chasing shoplifters across the parking lot and dragging them back for the police. It was crazy compared to how things are now. I was young and dumb back then too, chasing some guy through the parking lot and tackling him for stealing a Jurassic Park VHS was something I viewed as totally normal and even a little fun. You couldn’t pay me enough to do that now. I really don’t want to die bleeding out from a stab wound in a Walmart parking lot.

[@XJordanx89]

Seems like this person that uploads to this channel actually went back in time. I mean who else would film at a Walmart for no reason back in 2000 in front of people without them noticing they are being recorded. I’m liking this content.

[@TrevorR36]

I was thinking the same thing. Imagine the effort. They also had to either bring an era appropriate camcorder back with them, or enough era appropriate money to buy one there. I keep a 20 dollar bill from 1987 in my desk drawer just in case they every offer me a trip back in time. At least would get 20 bucks worth of merch before heading back, or deciding to start a new life in the past.

[@ABigNUT69]

... they usually notice.. lol

[@mcsmoothie7052]

It’s all old B Roll footage from local news networks. If the news is going to do a story about Christmas shopping, or whatever the subject, they send a cameraman out that day to record tons of footage to be played while the reporter talks and gives their 3 minute report on the news that evening . You’ve seen hundreds of reports like that. There is no huge mystery to it.

[@NoCountryforBadMovies]

It’s b-roll from a news station. They would have a reporter talking over clips of this and cut to a manager talking to a reporter and stuff like that.

[@solitarycrow]

My goodness..... we don't even see prices like those anymore especially when everything is so expensive and how everyone is so cash strapped nowadays. The late 90s and early 2000s seem like truly the distant past

[@RatBürgerSk8]

That's what happens when wages don't rise with inflation. Corporate greed and government inaction will doom most Americans to poverty.

[@TGC32]

What a breath of fresh air. No self checkouts. That's the biggest thing I miss. I miss seeing the majority of the tills filled with workers happy to ring you through and bag your items. The short friendly conversations were nice too.

[@Jules279]

Nowadays everyone gets into cussing matches whether they be worker or customer.

[@MatthewNY94]

Lol those workers were definitely not "happy" to ring you through; they were just better at hiding the rage.

[@B20K3]

​@@MatthewNY94This comment section is filled with people deluded by Rose-Colored Glasses. They were young and ignorant to the negatives of the era, like anyone young. All that's left are fuzzy memories.

[@Patrick94GSR]

You can still get that at Aldi stores.

[@winonesoon9771]

It's funny how just about no we're has bag boys anymore..... I always thought that was a good beginning job for kids in highschool

[@colbyparker8926]

Just the sound of this brings back such peace. There will never be a time like this again

[@JohnGadzaJr.]

Wowee. This is a fantastic video that you posted from 2000 when it comes to Christmas shopping at Walmart stores. Man, I miss all of these old classic Walmart stores from the 1990s and 2000s decades. I was born in 1992 and I have always loved going to Walmart with my family. All of the Walmart stores today that were remodeled with a lot of new design changes and other stuff cannot be compared with these old classic Walmart stores from the 1990s and 2000s decades. I really miss the old Walmart logo that ran from 1992 to 2008 and I am feeling very nostalgic about it. I even miss the banner tags that were all over the Walmart stores with slogans such as "Always Low Prices" and "Rollback". I have often asked myself questions such as "Why can't Walmart stores be like this today?" and things like that. In my honest opinion, I really miss everything about these old classic Walmart stores from the times when I was a kid back in the 1990s as well as 2000s and I do miss every single moments when the entire Walmart employees actually really cared about all of their customers that came to shop at the store. A lot of people are right when they say that the nostalgia is so strong that it absolutely hurts to watch and they are absolutely not lying when they say that KZbin is the closest thing to a time machine whenever they want to turn back time. My wonderful memories of Walmart stores as a little kid in the early 2000s was going to the home entertainment section to buy a lot of music on CDs and cassette tapes. So that's my story. I wanted to ask you something. What has inspired you to post all of these beautiful throwback videos of nostalgia from various decades? What exactly do you do? Otherwise, great video and you have brought all of us back into the good old days. All the best to you and cheers.

[@unnamedchannel17]

At 14:18, if you towards the middle, you'll see some blue-colored books titled "The Joy of a Peanuts Christmas: 50 Years of Holiday Comics". The reason why I was pointing this out is because I actually own that book. However, I didn't actually buy the book at the store because I was born in 2007, and this was of course filmed in 2000. I think I actually found the book at my Grandma's house and she let me have it. It's a pretty cool book and I'm a big fan of Peanuts. Merry belated Christmas everyone, and Happy New Year!

[@vampirerobot]

That's a nice story Dustin. Thanks for sharing.

[@bernieudo4399]

Am Peanuts fan & missed that one. Thanks for pointing this out.

[@aalfonso1981]

These videos inspire me to start filming all my shopping experiences so I can revisit them 20 years later.

[@Ms.Delphine1204]

😂😂🤣

[@tgtgtgtgtgtgtg]

It’s looking like we won’t even have physical stores anymore soon!

[@brianjones346]

Why would you want to these days lol

[@missy7619]

If you were to upload it, there will comments on it would "these were pure times, I was born in the wrong generation!!!" the same way idiots do now lol.

[@tgtgtgtgtgtgtg]

your mother is an idiot for having you@@missy7619

[@tankmchavocproductions6907]

13:03 Just beautiful how every single TV there on the wall are all synced up to each other. Modern TVs have different levels of delay so the same signal will change sooner on one TV compared to another. All old analog CRTs have 0ms of lag. Beautiful to see this again.

[@HoneyElectric]

I remember how cozy this was. Now Walmart feels like a penitentiary with accusatory amount of security and unwelcoming cold tones.

[@RockBandHyenaOfficial]

I absolutely do not like the current redesign Walmarts have been getting. Cold tones and minimalist design are not the best combo.

[@yaelfeder9042]

This is making me nostalgic for better days and I was just three-years-old then.

[@pinkroses135]

I remember when they used to call it red lining when you'd walk up to that line and flag customers down for speedy checkouts. Now it's a bunch of self checkouts.

[@vampirerobot]

I know it's just awful!

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

They will still do this at some stores if even the self-checkouts are filled with long lines.

[@jayydel]

I was born in 94' and seeing this knowing i was 6 is crazy! So many people looked genuienly happy and some were just smiling too. It brings me back to growing up in rural Georgia going with my grandma to walmart because that was her go to store and it looked very similar. Man those were days that I wont experience again but thanks to youtube I can atleast get a glimpse of the past.

[@mukaniwatkins2598]

You mean you were 6

[@jayydel]

@@mukaniwatkins2598 oops! You're right!

[@colgatetoothpaste4865]

Oh man I was 21 in 2000 😢😢

[@mukaniwatkins2598]

@@jayydel We are a year apart and yes I feel the same way.

[@lavellsmith9442]

Same here bring back memories I'll be 29 this year

[@sangregato7831]

Wonderful video. Takes me back to my teenage years. I miss the old Walmarts before they all changed over to the "super" buildings.

[@MrJRYLANDER]

Weed and nostalgic videos of Walmart xmas 2k… pretty good combo

[@illneumatik]

Mom worked at Wal-Mart for 14 years ...I swear I'd get all types of dope merch on discount great times actually middle class people such good memories

[@dontgetmurked]

Back when Walmart had their rollback prices & sales 😢 Taking a trip to Walmart was such a luxury as a child

[@aliansari709]

People were sooo relaxed. Even though it was Christmas.

[@NoCountryforBadMovies]

The people in this video were told what to do by the news crew. Like they told them “pretend to shop look at things in that area while we film you from here”.

[@Jupiter-p7f]

Always feels nice to go back in those old days sometimes.

[@Diogenes_43]

Everything before 9/11 seems like a different world.

[@bargainhunter2404]

These old videos make this Man want to cry sometimes. They take me back to a time where things was better. I felt better, mentally, physically, was younger and more Happy. Some of my Loved ones was still around. Times just wasn't as hard and stressful for Me in Year 2000. I sure do miss these days. Makes me Sad that I just can't go back to a better time and relive it again.

[@krocialblack]

People Christmas 1999: "Enjoy this Christmas. Because this time next Christmas, we will be living in a Madmax style wasteland." Christmas 2000:

[@heart_towards_home]

I was a department manager of ladies wear at Walmart in 2000. I totally remember the denim dresses at 5:02 and the fb classic jeans shown right after. Bright red pants. 😂 Thanks for this walk down memory lane.

[@IrieIslandGaming]

I miss having actual cashiers at checkout!

[@PeugeotRocket]

Much better not having to deal with inept cashiers. I can do their job better myself.

[@ZefTillDeath8878]

Hell no. I get through the self checkout line in less than a minute every time. That never happened with cashiers.

[@PeugeotRocket]

@@ZefTillDeath8878 Plus you don't get stuck behind all the old grandmas still using checks for some dumb reason. Got to love those people using checks who wait until given the total to actually start filling any of it out.

[@KingFahtah]

I'm not interested in paying to do somebody else's job either.

[@PeugeotRocket]

@@KingFahtah You aren't paying to do someone else's job. Self checkouts help keep prices low. And I can do a better job than the cashier anyway. I don't have to stand there and wait while they finish a conversation or slowly ring everything up. And I know not to put the eggs on the bottom of the milk unlike many of the idiots demanding unreasonable wages when they can't even do simple tasks.

[@sirmoony5633]

I also remember strolling through Wal-Mart in the 2000s and it was very chill! Although the location I went to has a McDonalds built in the store, it was still a department store before they added a grocery section in the same way that Target did. LOL

[@sorrowcat2724]

Wow. I feel so warm and wholesome just by watching this. I was just a little kid during this time, but I was old enough to remember it clearly.

[@gaelenj.francis2860]

I was born in '96 and vaguely remember this era. I wish I had been older so I could have a better remembrance of those days. I feel like I missed out even though I was there.

[@DaOldSchoolRapLova96]

Yup I’ll be 27 in a few days. I remember the old Walmart, Kmart look of department stores. Things seemed smaller and more tight, not as stressful and/or quick pace as it is now. No self checkout back then.

[@XxCørpsegirlXx]

Me too

[@Hannahleigh_]

Wow what a time machine, I love this. I was 1 in 2000

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

I was 11 but still feels like yesterday 😭

[@XxCørpsegirlXx]

I was 3 years old 😂

[@meganschmalz5220]

Imagine what Walmart's going to look like in another 20 years

[@bmjesus08]

Lol

[@ms.porsche3676]

Hopefully it will be in better hands.

[@kfizzle18]

I’m so grateful people thought to record things like this that people probably thought were silly at the time.

[@kels8901]

I was around 10 years old at this point and used to love going clothes shopping with my mom. I miss this.

[@Voltiel]

I remember this era. I was 9 years old and my mom worked at Walmart. I used to get off school and go into the store with my grandma to see my mom and she'd come out of the photo lab to hug me. Spent 20 of her years working there in the photo lab.

[@thisshouldbeentertaining3386]

Yep the good ol days when they actually had most of their checkout lane's open. My local Walmart this past black Friday had 2... Just TWO checkout lane's open. Which forced most people to use the self checkouts 😡

[@trooper326]

You get to work as a cashier and bagger for free.

[@Zephialx]

Did you watch the video? They have 18 lanes and 3 are open what drugs are you on? This Walmart during CHRISTMAS shopping season had 3 lanes open and there was no self check out.

[@thisshouldbeentertaining3386]

@@Zephialx Yes I did. And if you watch 14:26 -15:00 You will see footage of the registers. Where we see most of the registers with a cashier. Way more than 3. I'm old and remember way back then. And back then the Walmarts around me would have 10-20 register's with most open. Plus would have old people who would greet you at the doors with friendly hello's. Not demanding your receipt. But now for the past 10-15 year's if you go into a Walmart you are lucky to see one or two actual checkouts open with cashier's.

[@RatBürgerSk8]

I prefer the self checkout. I can ring the items up more quickly myself, and I can avoid the patronizing small talk. The store isn't a social hour for me, I wanna get my crap and leave.