Shopping at a Walmart store in 1992

Footage of people shopping at the retail giant at a store in Washington D.C.
Shots of Wal-Mart brown paper bags, customers (and employees) at the checkouts and lots and lots of cash.
This video from early November last around 5 minutes.
#walmart

[@TacoManSlays]

Paper bags at Walmart?!

[@Candide1776]

And they were FREE!

[@BrianIsTheGOAT594]

I like watching these old school type of videos lol.

[@Avenue77]

I know man...we in a time machine

[@travisglantonthetowerenthusias]

Yeah me too man and I wished that Walmart still looked like this today, I hate the current Walmart logo. They should go back to using the old-school logo that was used from 1992 to 2008.

[@jkeelsnc]

Damn. These people WORKED back then and the lines are not super long and there are plenty of checkouts open.

[@DisappointedSon0813]

Everyone worked. Not like today... Damn shame.

[@Avenue77]

Walmart use to be like a Mall back then...and it 24hrs and you never was worried going in there at 2am

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

Going in at 2am was a blast. The little things ya know.

[@vio2112]

24 hour Walmart's were still a thing until a few years back. Then covid suddenly and quickly put an end to it and sadly they will probably never bring the 24 hour operations back ever again. That damn virus.. Ugh. 😒

[@justinstandifer604]

If people didn’t steal so much, they would’ve stayed open 24 hours.

[@johnhand46]

I used to work at Walmart in the late 80's as a cashier and at the Customers Service Desk. I really miss the feel of the old stores. It was just a cozy place to me, the narrow asiles, stacked shelves, and less harsh lighting. The area where they sold fish was especially nice, a little dark and humid with bubbling background noise and colorful lighting from all of the aquariums. I ate at the snack bar often on my lunch break, mostly got pizza slice or hot dog and icee.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

How does the Walmart back when Sam Walton was still alive compared to the ones today? I think he wouldn’t be very pleased to see how his stores are ran now.

[@johnhand46]

@@oldradiosnphonographs Yes, I think you're right. Sam Walton's big idea was to put customers first. There was even a big "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sign above the exit when I worked there. They took that down not long after he died.

[@WhiteTree97]

Lmao working in retail is one of the worst jobs you can have.

[@Albundy11373]

⁠@@WhiteTree97it’s a great job for any high school or college student. My 20 year daughter makes 19 in stocking. She only works part time. She used to be a waitress and made more but dealing with bad customers drives her crazy.

[@sean87arnaout]

He would be turning in his grave right now, if he knew what was taking place at Walmarts and Sam's Clubs worldwide ​@@oldradiosnphonographs

[@KobatheASMRbiker]

Ah yes. A time when you saw people paying with mostly cash and checks!

[@ryansmurda1552]

Were going all digital soon I have a feeling so the government can track every cent we spend

[@EarthsGeomancer]

Holding up the lines...

[@kris78787]

​@@EarthsGeomancer people had a lot more patience back then lol

[@smooth_ops2942]

@@ryansmurda1552 And if you do something the left doesn't agree with.... "Im sorry, your bank account has been locked for negatively deemed political remarks by the counsel. Locked time 10 days. Report# 1749293, Thank you!". If we lose paper currency, we lose our rights 1 by 1 soon after. Brought to you by the World Economic Forum...." You wont own anything, and you will be happy"....

[@mitchell.9632]

@@ryansmurda1552 And corporations tracking too and corporations in charge of if your transaction goes though.

[@shawnp6744]

1977 Springdale, Arkansas went to a local Walmart opening. A guy named Sam was there. Yes the Sam Walton. Was impressed as he stayed the whole time. Not just a speech and go but shook everyone's hand and talked.

[@vio2112]

Shame his children are such dirtbags. Like did you not learn anything from your father? He left you this massive empire that has made you wealthy beyond belief and you did nothing to earn it besides being his heir. The least you could do is honor his legacy by treating the workers right.

[@GeoAce777]

wonder if Sam's Choice is still a product 🌚🎃

[@vincentsperrazza5926]

Kinda crazy to think most of that stuff is deep in a landfill now.

[@BroiledSourGrapes]

Buried under tons and tons of rotting and decaying things, never to see the light of day again. I think about that a lot when I'm at stores and see everything on the shelves.

[@kris78787]

@@BroiledSourGrapes it's the single use plastics that are destroying the earth. Need to ban those and find an alternative asap

[@4ever9zxyme]

Well we too will all be under dirt one day ourselves . Sooo that’s just life .

[@justinstandifer604]

Especially the oil filters Walmart sells.

[@PhillyDee215]

I didn't know what Walmart was in 92' ....all we had was K-Marts at that time

[@briank.8925]

For real. Walmart didn't get to WNY until around 1999. Same with Target.

[@smadaf]

Walmart was new to me in the early '90s, after our move to Ohio, where we also had Kmart. From Virginia before then, I was familiar with Kmart, Ames, and Zaire. I don't have fond memories of Walmart, and when I grew older I learned about its business practices and refused to shop there. I do have fond memories of Kmart, even though the experience was never particularly pleasing to the senses; I lament the disappearance of Kmart, even though I was one of the people whose absence led to its downfall. Southwestern Ohio back then also got a chain of stores called Meijer, which were like Super Walmart and Super Target before those existed: going there as a kid in the early '90s was so bloody pleasant-and somehow much more enjoyable than a Super Target even though in some way it's the same idea. I never knew about Target until '94 or '95, when I visited one near Atlanta. I've moved around a lot, and since the late '90s I've always had at least one Target near me: I used to enjoy going there, but now in my early forties I seem to be done with enjoying stores like that. On rare occasions (less than once a year), I'll step into a mall-which I strongly enjoy for a handful of reasons, even though I don't buy anything there. Another thing I lament is the disappearance of Sears and JCPenney. Part of the appeal of a mall to me nowadays is that in many ways it's the same as it was in the early '90s, when we got a new mall in town and the whole thing felt pleasant and refreshing and exciting and optimistic. Last night while I was walking I was thinking that, to slow the disappearance of malls, I could set aside a fraction of my budget for mall-shopping specifically and go to a mall maybe two or three times a year and shop there-for the nostalgic experience, to get a small number of clothes in whatever is the latest fashion, and to try to keep the mall from going under. Sorry if this is too long for your liking. Obviously your comment sent me on a trip down Memory Lane. :)

[@vio2112]

We didn't have them where I lived in the Bay Area either(richmond/san pablo region). But yep, there was a K-Mart though. Now I think there's only like 2 K-Marts left standing in the entire country and they'll surely be gone soon too. RIP K-Mart. 😢

[@ohnoitschris]

Kentucky here, Target was king in the 90s 'round these parts. We don't shop at Target anymore though, lol.

[@smadaf]

@@BiometricFileHasBeenCorrupted, oh, man, you've just made me realize that that's one thing that has changed at Target: the smell. It used to be popcorn near the door, but now it's coffee. For me that's an improvement: I find that popcorn, like peanut-butter, is nice when you're the one eating it, but stinks if it's only someone else that's eating it.

[@ronniewest838]

Man! It’s nice to see real cashiers doing their job and not customers being the cashiers.

[@kristydavis7894]

You sure right but they be watching making sure you don’t steal nothing tho😅

[@ReplyNotificationsMuted]

​@@kristydavis7894typical nappy head monkey thing to say 🙊🐒🙈🐵🙉🙊🐒🙈🐵🙉🙊🐒🙈🐵🙉🙊🐒🙈🐵🙉🙊🐒🙈🐵🙉🙊🐒🙈🐵

[@MileHighScaleModeler]

@@kristydavis7894rather have the checker at the doors just like Costco and sams club still do today, and have all 23 registers open at Walmart than have to check out 56 grocery items myself. And no bags now in a couple of the states. You forget to bring a bag to Walmart, you are SOL as they don’t provide any, even for ten cents a bag.

[@helloskittysuprise]

a grown ass man can’t pack their own groceries? embarrassing

[@Kingmight-vg4fq]

😂😂 grow up

[@davidleehoth7]

Ok, this is my new favorite video on all of KZbin. I've been waiting literally decades to again see a good video taken from inside a Wal-Mart store during the golden age of the 80's and early 90's. What we have here is the type of Wal-Mart we grew up with here in Missouri back in the day. I miss it so much. It was absolutely a better company back then. Supercenters came in right around the time this video was made and Sam Walton passed away. After that, everything started to become more corporate, impersonal, and less focused on a quality customer experience. In '97, I worked at a Wal-Mart that still looked mostly like this one and some aspects were still good. But the Wal-Mart of 2023 is COMPLETELY different than what you see in this video and the stores I worked back then. For those who didn't have Wal-Mart around in the 70's and 80's: They were usually about half or 3/4 the size of a modern Supercenter. There was no grocery side, but we did have the "Food & Candy" section across from the registers with a couple of aisles of chips, soda, crackers, cookies, and other snacks. The ceilings were much lower than what you see in modern "Walmart" stores, which actually made for a more personal, warm, pleasant shopping experience than the warehouse vibe of today's stores. Wal-Mart back then usually had a Snack Bar, which was often located right across from the checkout lanes as you were leaving with your cart filled with paper bags. The smell of freshly popped buttery popcorn filled the air. Plus there was that glorious ICEE machine. I could go on for hours and hours reminiscing about these smaller Wal-Mart department stores ("Discount Cities / Division 1 stores) of the 80's and 90's. @VampireRobot - If you have any more of these from smaller Wal-Marts back then, I would be stoked to see them! Thank you for uploading this!

[@vampirerobot]

Great Comment!! Very interesting information. I'll look around. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@kris78787]

That's exactly how I remember Walmart stores, growing up. I went there this morning and there were only about 2 actual cashiers, and like 20 self checkout lanes. I think eventually they will completely phase out all cashiers and make everyone check out their own groceries. Sad

[@pootypump7440]

Where in MO are you

[@davidleehoth7]

Grew up in Rolla, live in the Springfield area now.

[@pootypump7440]

@@davidleehoth7 oh OK. Neat branson here

[@thatjpwing]

A Walmart still using NCR 2552 registers in 1992 is impressive!. There's a few tech upgrades to those registers: a credit card reader and an alphanumeric pole display. One of the cool things about Walmart is their technology. It's been a big reason they're as successful as they are today. Fun fact: the IBM/Toshiba registers in Walmart stores today are maintained through a contract with NCR.

[@smadaf]

When I was in fifth grade, about a year before this was shot, we took a field-trip to NCR's headquarters. It was impressive, though the only useful fact I remember learning there is that the U.K. is five hours ahead of Eastern time, which I picked up from a spread of labeled clocks on a wall.

[@AurumUsagi]

I wonder if they were able to make it into Y2K, or did they have the problem of interpreting dates beyond 1999, as was the case with the antediluvian IBM 368x? I know for certain the 4683s and NCR 7052s did make it, since there were UK chains still using them - I even once saw a 4683 with a C&P terminal being used at a John Lewis department store 15 years ago, complete with the original dot matrix Model 2 printer and green dot matrix alphanumeric display, which I thought was impressive considering that most UK chains by then had replaced their old hardware with newer systems, particularly as a consequence of Y2K date interpretation fears.

[@thatjpwing]

@@AurumUsagi I want to say “probably” but I don’t know for certain. I know other than basic adding machine capabilities, the NCR 2552 was dependent on the store controller for everything, and in the late 1980s, new technology came out to allow the registers to be run off a PC-based host controller, so if the controller was telling the date to the registers, and the PC could handle Y2K, then it would seem the register should have been able to keep up. While Y2K was a valid concern, it was also used as an opportunity for tech companies to push folks to later technology, abandoning legacy equipment, sometimes needlessly. This is when a lot of department store chains standardized on one platform, instead of just concentrating on a whole solution.

[@smadaf]

@@AurumUsagi, hooray for noticing details about cash-registers and using the word "antediluvian"!

[@user-wd7ld9ql8u]

Sears and Kroger used these exact same NCR cash registers i remember as a kid they would rattle every the the receipt printer kicked on

[@LifeOfMasson]

Love drifting to sleep watching these type vids for some reason lol

[@vampirerobot]

I've read this before by quite a few people. That's so awesome! Happy sleeping!! ... 🐑 🐑 🐑

[@bluebonnet1014]

Yes great background noise. I love the sound of the register and the talking in the background.

[@ville666sora]

For some reason I sleep better and don't have disturbing dreams when I spend an hour or so watching these videos before I go to bed. I guess they must put me in a more relaxed/better mood. It's hard getting good sleep as someone with anxiety so I'm so grateful I found this channel.

[@GoodBeat101]

Look how normal Walmart used to be.

[@justinstandifer604]

Looked more like Target back then.

[@michaelsullivan1262]

It’s funny that even a video of scanning items at checkout can be retro now. I remember my mom working a grocery store in the late sixties early seventies, she had the old, big mechanical button registers. When she would be stocking shelves, she had a cart with round sticks, each with a different round price stamp on it next to a messy well with the ink stamp pad.

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🤗🙏🇺🇲 Oh my, 🥺😢💔 That reminds me of a time and people that are no longer here. Might seem simple, but actually very complex emotions. Thank you for sharing

[@andrewwilks5155]

Love seeing how shopping at Walmart was like back in 1992. Where I live, there was no Walmart until 1999. 1999 is when we got a Super Walmart which was all farm field and cows until 1999. Also, the babies crying in the background are now 30 year old adults.

[@FarWideE]

Yeah, sorry for making all that noise! 😂

[@smadaf]

Man, I miss the old designs of paper money. With all the shots of hands working with cash and checks, this was for a story about prices, I suppose.

[@tj921able]

This was excellent! TY for sharing it. I graduated high school in 1992. This was a definite time machine for me!

[@kris78787]

Wow, all paper bags! You dont see that at Walmart anymore. 😮

[@ohnoitschris]

Paper bags have a nice feeling about them.

[@GeoAce777]

​@@ohnoitschrisASMR before it was a thing 🌚

[@americanidol434]

Ooo I never saw Walmart paper bags before.

[@vio2112]

LOL, everyone paying with cash. I forgot debit cards didn't even exist back then. Also so weird seeing Wally World using paper bags..I understand why they were killed off(at most retailers anyway), but there's just something strangely 'appealing' about paper bags vs the crappy plastic bags we're forced to use now. Like they somehow make the shopping experience feel more premium. It's weird.

[@andyinlv1975]

Debit cards were around. Only grocery stores took them at the POS though…

[@justinstandifer604]

And credit cards were called Charge Cards back then. When debit cards first came out, everyone called then check cards. Old people still call them that.

[@philsmgb4393]

Gotta hurry home because Married With Children is coming on. Then In Living Color comes on.

[@pootypump7440]

You bet

[@vio2112]

Boy Meets World and Family Matters!

[@philsmgb4393]

@@vio2112 Do the Ur Ur Ur Ur Urkel!!

[@robroy6374]

@@vio2112 Boy Meets World? nah...

[@vio2112]

@@robroy6374 Blasphemy! BMW is great!

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

I was 10 in 92. Good times. 90s was the last of the fun days.

[@robroy6374]

2001-09 was the last of the fun years for me.

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Simpler times

[@jayalexander3356]

Sam Walton used to visit his stores. I worked at Sam's Club around 88-89 and met him. He came through my register. Bought a wind breaker.

[@Darkn3tMagic]

Watching videos filmed before I was born really hits me a certain way, the best way I can describe it, is nostalgic, even though it’s before my time. I am absolutely in love with this channel! Thank you for giving us a way to watch memories of people doing real, everyday tasks. It makes me feel so warm and happy watching videos like this 😊

[@crb4059]

Wmt was a small but rapidly growing regional retailer in 92 mainly near the Arkansas as it expanded its "footprint" outside that area in enusing years. It was by no means the natl juggernaut it has since become.

[@Camaro69z]

Funny how the old school barcode scanners work better than the computerized ones.

[@georgehenderson7783]

Back in what was still the good old days. 🥴

[@poetsdreamsatc]

This was back when Walmart sold “PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA” only items. 🇺🇸

[@johnli25]

Now that I notice. Old usd bills looked way cooler

[@skyracer330]

Thank for sharing these videos this is awesome

[@americanidol434]

Remember when they put paid stickers on milk bottles

[@user-wd7ld9ql8u]

Yes and they used to staple your receipt to your paper bag

[@Andrew-uz3pt]

My question is, how in the world did the camera man know how to film all the things we hardly use nowadays??? I guess THAT much changed in 30 years. Were gettin' old...

[@back-engineered]

The footage is from a news station. This is just random stuff from stories they were filming.

[@izthewiz-rb9np]

Miss the sound of the register and the printing at the end of every transaction.

[@mitchell.9632]

Those recipes with proper care could still be around. Did not fade like the thermal ones of today.

[@WeSRT4]

Much better times....

[@smadaf]

In some ways, YES. In other ways, NO.

[@WeSRT4]

@@smadaf In most ways IMO

[@MorganNye]

@@smadafwhy?

[@pootypump7440]

​@@smadafagreed... It wasn't always perfect by no means

[@MorganNye]

@@pootypump7440 how?

[@b.r.i.d.g.e.t]

LOVE the paper bags stapled shut!

[@michaelsullivan1262]

I often see the mistake of placing cash in a draw before giving change, I was taught to set the cash sideways on top of the drawers, until the change was given back, so no disputes over, “I gave you a twenty!” No, you gave me a ten!” I was also taught to count change back to a customer until it added back up to what they gave me. I also set my bills in the drawer all facing the same way.

[@smadaf]

The cashier at 2:00 does count the change back up to what the customer paid, though it's hard to hear.

[@mitchell.9632]

What type of cashiering where you in? Have a feeling they maybe the emphasis was on speed back them for them. I have done it your way most where slow paced transaction an hour on average outside of the busy season. In Re to: @michaelsullivan1262 @michaelsullivan1262 1 day ago (edited) I often see the mistake of placing cash in a draw before giving change, I was taught to set the cash sideways on top of the drawers, until the change was given back, so no disputes over, “I gave you a twenty!” No, you gave me a ten!” I was also taught to count change back to a customer until it added back up to what they gave me. I also set my bills in the drawer all facing the same way.

[@noodletribunal9793]

thats smart

[@brandonlongwell8093]

Yes! Can you do please Holiday Shopping at Walmart Store in 2004.

[@user-md5po3vk5r]

everything was so much cheaper i miss the 90s😢😢

[@orlandoflgirl1993]

I know Today was sucks because now 2023 - 2024 everything at every Walmart prices are expensive

[@bull3440]

a calmer atomosphere back then. I remember it very well and unhinged people were very rare. Now everytime you go out you see crazy people.

[@pootypump7440]

Yeah, people didn't do their drama in public nearly as much back then.

[@tj921able]

How many differences in the way it was then compared to today do you notice. I notice one big thing: NO SELF CHECKOUT

[@Indy721]

I was 18 back then. I'm happy where I am at in life, I just wish the world didn't suck. I'm content with video games and as little interaction with people as possible.

[@vio2112]

LOL. You are my doppelganger! I'm exactly the same way now. I used to like being out, being social and enjoying the world and society, now I just wanna hide away at home playing video games and watching KZbin. I mostly only go out to work since I have to do that, but otherwise not very much.. I was 11 or 12 when this was shot. I love all the amazing technology we have now, but sadly/ironically said technology is also a major factor in why the world sucks so much now. Sometimes I wonder if I would give up the internet, smart phones, GPS, Netflix, etc. to return to better times like this. Honestly I think I would.

[@joshuawinkler4469]

I forgot about Orange Lighted Number Signs

[@Nixonbutcher]

The baby who cried is now 30 years old

[@themegaman91965]

So ironic to think about that, as clear as the video looked, and sounded. 32 going 33, and remember the old Wal-Mart stores, and crazy to think that whoever was crying there is a year younger than me. Good times...

[@MarkMeadows90]

We had our first Walmart stores in the Huntsville, AL region around the mid 80s I believe. My first memories of going into a Walmart store was around 1993 or 1994. It changed a little bit since I don't recall the light blue vests the associates wore back then. I guess they were phasing out of the light blue vests and into the darker blue vests you would see in the later half of the 90s. Oh yeah, I remember those funky looking scanners that looked like an asterisk sign, and the red and green lights when scanning each item.

[@joshuameek9187]

Back when people were nice and friendly and not rude and snoody like they are today. If this world was like it was back then this world would be a better place.

[@Some571]

If the world stopped in 1999, even... we would be closer as people.

[@andyinlv1975]

I started in retail in 1992. People were rude back then as they are now. Thankfully it’s only a small percentage. This fantasy that people in the past were nicer and more polite is just waxing nostalgia…

[@atlantic_love]

Oh, they were plenty rude and snoody back then. It's just that now there are consequences for being like that. The people haven't really changed. You can see these sad sacks in Yahoo comments, and sometimes here on KZbin comments.

[@joshuameek9187]

@@atlantic_love Yeah I guess you're right!

[@joshuameek9187]

@@andyinlv1975 Yeah that's true I guess!

[@nehemiah0786]

I was 6 years old 1992😢

[@sarahlynn7894]

Some serious ASMR here with nostalgia! I'm loving it!

[@mrpink3998]

And Not one person complained that they're going to sue because they're being video recorded! Boy do I miss the simpler times

[@ryansmurda1552]

I do too. Society has really gone downhill.

[@NRobbi42]

This was before social media where a recording could be instantly uploaded and viewed by thousands of people.

[@MorganNye]

@@NRobbi422014 killed it

[@pootypump7440]

​@@MorganNyea different time

[@MorganNye]

@@pootypump7440what?

[@dougr.6734]

Totally forgot about the star shaped place to scan a bar code. I remember all this very well.

[@ToeTag9899]

That cash register is nasty looking 3:26 I wonder if Walmart pulled it out of a swamp.

[@KobatheASMRbiker]

I was just about to say...that thing looked like it came out of a dirty maintenance car place.

[@kris78787]

It looks like it has mold all over it 😮😂

[@user-wd7ld9ql8u]

Its from the black ink from rubber stamp next to it they used to stamp the store bank deposit information on back of customers checks . Now its printed automatically by newer Epson printers

[@michaelsullivan1262]

I rarely ever see people looking at the camera.

[@mkeolver]

Cashiering was honestly easier before convoluted technology bogged down the process, a lot of paperwork though.

[@NotaCatGirll]

Its so calm and relaxed. Seems like everyones in a hurry now

[@mitchell.9632]

No groceries back then there. That is a place could operate offline with all that coin and currency. And they had the more environmental paper bags. Though these days we could round the total up to the nearest nickel or dime just like gas stations round from nine tents of a cent which is charged to the nearest penny. Add dollar coins and get rid of the penny like Canada did decade ago.

[@LL-bl8hd]

With inflation a penny in nothing... get rid of them now.

[@smadaf]

Canada replaced its paper money with sheets of plastic, because they're more durable. I'd rather have biodegradable plant-fibers than more plastic. Whenever someone proposes eliminating the penny because it now costs more than one cent to make a penny, I wish people would recognize (A) the bigger loss that occurs if everything has to be rounded to the nearest five or ten cents and (B) that the savings in the production of other denominations more than make up for the loss in minting pennies (it takes nowhere near $100 to make a $100 bill, for example, and nowhere near 25¢ to make a quarter).

[@mitchell.9632]

Also would rather have the current setup in the U.S.A. on the currency verses the plastic in Canada. You still could price to the penny but round the total. We already do that with gas which is like $4.XX9 (nine tents of a cent) so we already round to the nearest penny (some hardware stores nuts and blots can be priced at a fraction of a cent too) To the nickel would be the next step is the next step. I could see the time spend handing penny could be saved verses a one time reprogramming of registers to round to the nearest five or ten cents. A penny from ~1978 (so less than half a century ago) is about today's nickel and Penny is worth 1/5 now. A penny every four seconds is nine an hour so we waste more time handling it that it is worth. So much more than just the one time production costs. ~Half of U.S.A. states pay $10+ an hour for the floor so even for a minimum wage employee the handling time adds up.

[@smadaf]

@@mitchell.9632, I hope a cashier takes a lot less than four seconds to handle one penny. I've just emptied a changepurse into custard-cups similar to the compartments in a cash-drawer and tried counting out change. It takes less than one second (so a lot less than four seconds) to grab a penny: i.e., I can count five into my hand in less than five seconds. (Of course, there's more to cash-handling than pulling the coins from their compartments when making change.) But let's say it's one per second: that's $36.00 an hour. Switching to only nickels means, on average, gaining or losing 2.5¢ in each transaction that doesn't naturally end in 0 or 5. I'll let you do the math and figure out how that compares to cashiers' typical wages, how little it takes to pay someone to count pennies, and what would be lost if pennies were not part of taking in money and making change.

[@smadaf]

@@mitchell.9632 , we also needn't be stuck with a four-cent gap between pennies and nickels. There are pros and cons to that. In the U.K., the common coins for fractions of a pound sterling are 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, and 50p: sticking with 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, and 25¢ is not set in stone.

[@AnnaTheMandyMooreFan1995]

I miss Old Walmart so much 😢

[@user-wd7ld9ql8u]

Thats a Bell system 1A2 phone which is connected to intercom speakers if you notice the light goes out after the page is over

[@christianpatriot7196]

As a 15-year-old and 1992 this was one of my favorite years because of the Barcelona Olympics and the dream team and I believe I got my first super Nintendo and Sega Genesis shortly there after Not to mention my favorite college team, the Duke blue Devils had won their second championship with laettner’s clutch shot

[@TheWALLofMusic]

1:50 Funny that all of the bills look different now except the $1 bill.

[@mitchell.9632]

@TheWALLofMusic 15 hours ago (edited) 1:50 Funny that all of the bills look different now except the $1 bill. Yes that is due to vending machines why the government ordered our private money changing cooperation The "Federal" Reserve to keep them the same (the Federal Reserve is about as Federal as then named Federal Express, maybe time for a name change on the "Fed" now too).

[@Cgruiz8690]

The sound of the checks going through the machine, now its all just debit cards.

[@Adansinamo077]

Whaa!? Brown paper bags at Walmart?! What alternative dimension is this!? 😱🤯

[@blugreen123]

I forgot how loud cash registers used to be! 😂

[@robertkeane9393]

Oh look cashiers doing their job. An actual job…

[@ashesantics]

Gnarly channel!

[@juliepetersen7974]

That cashier was working in a DRESS!! My how far we have fallen as a society.😢

[@keithfulkerson]

What does one have to do with the other?

[@juliepetersen7974]

@@keithfulkerson people used to actually care about their appearance in public!

[@Souldestroy199]

Don't people dress in Walmart uniforms now? I'm confused.

[@michaelsullivan1262]

That’s an odd statement from a woman?

[@EarthsGeomancer]

Boomer statement.

[@ChibiFighter]

The sound of those old cash registers is so weird to me now

[@freakyfornash]

This was a year before the Wal-Mart by me opened up, which became the go to department stores from that point on. That being even when the local K-Mart relocated to a bigger, better location. Too bad the Caldor by me went out of business a handful of years later though.

[@sylsyd88]

Back when Walmart had those lobsters inside a tank and the smiling yellow happy face everywhere inside the stire and bags , good times

[@user-wd7ld9ql8u]

Cool cash registers these are before they switched to IBM 4690 now Toshiba

[@teresapflaumer5717]

1992, age 20. Wal-Mart did not debut in my area until the late 1990s, after my beloved Jamesway went bankrupt. I used to love Wal-Mart then...not anymore!

[@Calibeachgtl1024]

Back when people worked

[@EmoryLandswk]

People dressed better at Walmart back then

[@victorfontaine4943]

The average paycheck was $250-$350 per week and minimum wage was $3.75 per hour. “I’d buy that for a dollar…”

[@jamesrolfe9400]

I would’ve been in 3rd year college I was obsessed with anime and was trying to develop my own manga

[@mattmc5069]

My mom worked there in 1994. One wild day she got a guy who asked if they had a floating guncase. My mom doesnt hunt so had no idea what he was talking about. She asked him what he meant and he had a meltdown saying she worked there she should know. He angrily went back to get one himself anyways and then when he came up to the line again he proceeded to whip his credit card at her with such force it cut her hand a little. A security officer saw this nearby and he instantly grabbed him. He was thrown out with no gun case.

[@photadyta]

I didn't even know Walmart existed in 92. I didn't step foot in the store until 2007. I think after they opened one near me and it had a grocery section... and I lived in Philly. I think I stopped in to see if they had a toy my son wanted for Christmas and was like oh wow this place will be the death of me.

[@scaboi]

Really? Walmart has existed since 1962.

[@Some571]

Why don't you look up Wells Fargo? 😱🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠Yeeee! Haaaaw!

[@TRJ2241987]

Walmart and Target were regional stores before the early 1990s. They didn't exist at all in many states, particularly in the Northeast USA

[@jimmycash1982]

I was 10 years old at this time. I'm sure I went to walmart numerous times back than but I don't remember much about it. I guess it just didn't make much of an impression on me at the time.

[@1903tx]

0:41 Dude's wearing Night Desert camo

[@Dad_Brad]

As a kid in the 90s I always wondered what the cashier meant when they said “red line” on the speaker. I still don’t know.

[@user-td5jc6wf1y]

I means that if your a cashier with no customers in your line for you to go stand in front of the register on the red line on the floor and direct customers to your register for faster checkout.

[@VnceWilliam]

People are clothed. No one is humping the produce. NO FIGHTS. *This must be counter earth's walmart*

[@jeffmarks1996]

what date was this taken in 1992?

[@robroy6374]

Early November 1992.

[@liamwatson5125]

Most Walmart stores I’ve been to always had IBM pos, not NCR. Those early NCR impact printers sound like drilling or teeth chattering.

[@user-td5jc6wf1y]

they probably went by whatever was cheaper earlier stores had NCR POS and later ones IBM, But they all ran a proprietary system Called SMART . or the famous SMART System which was a green screen terminal tied to a IBM mainframe.

[@forrestaustin7050]

Whats that green paper stuff?

[@christianpatriot7196]

Back when people are still renting videos and game cartridges with super Nintendo and Sega Genersis And if only we could have the 1992 prices on our products today, man, if only

[@BoRhapQueen1]

The Wal-Mart near me feels like Door-Mart

[@kris78787]

Now everything is self check out 😢

[@ville666sora]

Ikr? I don't mind the self checkouts but it would be better if they had more than ONE cashier working. Even during Christmas time when everyone is out Christmas shopping my local Walmart had one cashier working with a line of shoppers that went all the way to the back of store, with about 4 other employees standing there watching the people at the self checkouts lol. If they would have had 3 of those people working as cashiers then they could have avoided the huge line.

[@GeoAce777]

even the 20 dollar bills were of the older variety 🌚

[@ficklekid_ed86]

I loved being a 90s kid

[@brianhoffman8055]

Was that Elvis at 1:40?

[@ekop1778]

PAPER BAGS I REMEMBER THAT NOW WE USE CHEAP PLASTIC ONES I SEE ON SIDE ROAD

[@angelsworld1733]

Look at the old $20 bill. Don't see that anymore much. Not many here 24 hr since covid.

[@alfx5432]

1992 was like the end of the 1980s

[@pootypump7440]

I say 1991 at the latest, myself

[@Deisel-ok6lc]

Wooooooooooow.

[@colebedwards251]

All that ...for $31.90 two pairs of shoes and some! 😢 Gone are the days.

[@Autumnwolf1376]

I was 7 in 1992❤️

[@RockyHarmon-pu7td]

Way before az had a walmart

[@sagevibes3458]

Her throwing all that shit in one paper bag is crazy.

[@falloutgirl6551]

Geez soo different

[@lionheart4529]

A 3 month old me was crapping his diaper. 👶👩‍🍼🤣😂😆