Shopping at Walmart in 1997

Sorry all, no toys or video games here....
It's just rubber shoe mania that swept the nation in 1997!
Remember that?
Probably not.
But the people in the Midwest sure do as they were ravaged by massive flooding in April of that year.
Footage from a Grand Forks, North Dakota location.
This video last around 7 minutes.
#walmart

[@noahh.8737]

weird seeing walmart without sliding doors

[@vampirerobot]

It really is.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Yeah, that is pretty weird

[@jediskunk67]

@@vampirerobot How do you get these videos, it's almost like time travel.

[@gamma21285]

Weird seeing walmart with cashiers at all check outs

[@rhettwilliams9497]

Is it?

[@cheryllathan9996]

I was born in ‘92. It’s almost strange to look back on footage like this now, as an adult myself. I feel like I live in a different universe. People don’t look like this anymore.

[@Tylodud209]

Also a '92 baby. It's nice to see a small tidbit of our childhood again.

[@Kgio-2112]

It was a different time It's souless nowadays

[@598superchris]

I was also born in 1992.

[@FerrariCarr]

Same here! Born in 1990. When I watch these mid-late 90’s shopping videos, I’m surprised by how “80’s” most of the people look. I don’t remember it being like that back then 😅

[@xpensfanatic2009]

@@FerrariCarr This video is from North Dakota, and if we're being honest, that's definitely one of those places that's not up to the latest trends lol

[@CinematicTechnologies]

My observations: 1. People are much more talkative and sociable to one another 2. I've forgotten how many things have become automated in the last 20+ years 3. The atmosphere seems more peaceful because no one is in such a rush

[@natashaschmidt5908]

As you get older too the observation or understanding feels similar. in the early 1900s as well I bet we're nice and peaceful too

[@Heyu7her3]

Walmart didn't start having super-centers until after that time

[@liamwatson5125]

Not so peaceful with noisy receipt printers.

[@Tony-zx8ju]

People didnt have much anxiety. Their minds were more free. Their body language shows this has they casually enter and leave the store. Nobodys rushing or lacking eye contact. Theres a level of trust and respect for all

[@panthertrain1984]

@@Tony-zx8ju social media and smart phones are to blame. It messes up your mind bad.

[@ChuckRusty]

I'm so glad people decided to record footage of random everyday life throughout the years.

[@hectorlopez1069]

It was in their video cameras to record footage of the 90s.

[@P1995.]

I don’t think people really cared back in the day

[@treywar25]

@@P1995.idk, seems like every generation thinks the older days were the best

[@Introverted_Extrovert99]

@@treywar25Thats because it was.

[@psalmreader8049]

There’s so many of these - almost like it was a requirement in photography classes or colleges.

[@christianrt94]

The sound of the receipts printing... so nostalgic 🙂

[@leftylisa6257]

I used to hum to the sounds of the printing when I was a kid!!!

[@blugreen123]

I said th same thing on another one of these videos! It's something you don't think about until you hear it again.

[@camerontyler5565]

I'm completely intrigued by such, and mesh tape of a little audio from information boosts becomes trajectory & point coding text.

[@camerontyler5565]

Suits that look gram cult suite have catitude on a level of lecture combination that are found divine from mercy intervention.

[@liamwatson5125]

If you were blind, you couldn’t tell if it was an IBM Model 3 or Model 4 printer by looking because they were homophones.

[@kasimirmaser99]

I love how there's not one soul wearing pajamas.

[@vampirerobot]

🤣🤣🤣

[@luxuryqueen42]

I used to work at Walmart back then and people used to wear curlers in their hair when going to the store lol

[@levinszki]

why, are people wearing pajamas nowadays? Just asking cause I'm not from the US

[@kasimirmaser99]

@@levinszki Oh yes, and just about anything else, or very little at all. I could wax on about reasons why, but the trolls are listening.

[@Mike.T.]

I see people wearing shorts. It's the same thing.

[@jamieboylan641]

I was a teen in 97. I love the patience of everyone involved for all the checks being written out at the cashier. ☺️

[@utubethumbsup]

To be fair, the guy holding all those towels at 3:25 was looking a little impatient 😂

[@jamieboylan641]

@@utubethumbsup True! 😂

[@amandabeachum188]

I did have one jerk snap at me once to "hurry it up" around that same time frame so people have pretty much always been jerks.

[@jamieboylan641]

@@amandabeachum188 People are people, and imperfect, at that. I did enjoy the nostalgia of this video, though, and how commonplace it was to write checks. I don’t know if I see too many people do that anymore. 😊

[@Allen1350]

I'm a cashier in the modern age. I noticed the patience in this video from the customers waiting for the check writer. I wish today offered such luxuries. As soon as someone pulls a checkbook out, I get nervous. It's not because they are writing a check; no, it's the people in line behind them and the attitude they show. I kid you not: I had someone walk up to my register one time. Another person got in line behind them and didn't say anything at first. As soon as the checkbook came out, " Jesus Christ can you open up another register I don't have all day!" What is wrong with the society we live in? What has happened? It saddens me. 😢

[@TheUniversalEyes]

Back when the store was stocked full of employees and were ready to help you. Even your grandma was able to get a job there due to the sheer number of employees, which took the strain off everyone. You could literally walk down any aisle and find an employee, who asked: Can I help you? Now they are hard to find and completely ignore you.

[@Chebva]

Bingo, I worked at Walmart in 97.

[@coolnormalandwelladjusted]

I worked at Walmart as a cashier in 2021. They purposely understaffed the store to save money. I can’t speak for the other roles, but being a cashier was exhausting. I was the only cashier for 3 hours per day, after that I closed and went to monitor the self checkouts. People would scream because there are no registers open. All because they don’t want to hire enough employees.

[@AtomicFox9]

​@@coolnormalandwelladjusted Been there, done that. Cashiering at Walmart was absolute hell. Had a customer once yell at me for closing my register because my shift was over. People are insane. Walmart will always be a living hell to work at since the general public is a bunch of assholes.

[@SeinenNinja]

Walmart gives stores a certain amount of hours to schedule for associates. Not only they cannot go over this number, but the managers get a bonus if they schedule below a certain threshold. So the company has decided that only a few people being paid min wage is more than enough.

[@tinabastarache2674]

@@coolnormalandwelladjusted that's so wrong but i am sure that some walmarts near me are like that. i am sure there are plenty of people looking for jobs. a business that open to people need to be running fully even if they don't have full capacity of employee's.customer'scan't pay using a check in those self checkouts. there should always be one regular line at least open all times or even me i can't pay for non food items with a card. it's either cash or check obviously if i am using cash can go scan and go. those things are always messing up and the cash slots always spitting out people's money no matter how smooth it might be. i also hate to think how are mother's that need to use wic checks to pay for their groceries if there is no regular cashier open. Obviously this is only the fault of the higher ups not the cashiers. not sure what i would do being disabled (unable to work)and very low income if united states became a cashless society and i know i am not the only one worried about that. cant these stores save money in other ways? i only get mad when an actual line is closed when i need to utilize, like when low on cash or used up food stamps

[@spettaway1]

There’s no bonnets, no slippers, no pajamas. There appear to be plenty of cashiers working, and the aisles are uncluttered. Definitely doesn’t look like my Walmart!😂

[@HotHot924]

Why are you specifically targeting black and your ass is a black woman ? I swear bitter black women like you make everyone look at us all the same get a grip.

[@user-eo5xk1dq2w]

The big booty chicks come to Walmart though lol

[@kevin2400]

My Walmart has thugs in it

[@WePlinkHigh]

There's nothing wrong with pajamas. Or sock with sandals

[@mandyrichart9698]

People where bonnets nowadays!! That's fantastic to head. Hopefully folks aren't disparaging others for their appearance as you'll be judged in the same manner you judge others.

[@kourtneyw8442]

It’s amazing how the mannerisms of people are different. It’s nostalgic and sad at the same time

[@Beforezzz]

This is just one place. Doesn't exactly represent humanity as a whole during the late 90s. There's no shortage of people today who behave exactly like this, and all they're doing is minding their business.

[@Laidengizer011]

What mannerisms exactly are you referring to??? These people are all looking and behaving as normal as possible.

[@bonchbonch]

Not sure what you mean. To me, they look like they're behaving normally and not much different from how people today behave at my local Wal-mart.

[@clovis-]

There’s a guy taking his shoes off in the middle of an open aisle 5 minutes in

[@PraveenSrJ01]

It was a much better and a simpler time

[@shekoken]

All the checkouts had cashiers! Imagine that happening today..😂

[@keyon2766]

😂😂😂😂

[@Metalman2351]

Facts dude I’m lucky if I see 2 cashiers these days

[@DarkLexus542]

Ikr nowadays finding a cashier is like finding a needle in a haystack 😅😅

[@koalafishmutantbird4682]

It’s a luxury to use the self checkout. I don’t want to interact with anyone in there.

[@robertbonds6680]

@@koalafishmutantbird4682 disgusting and pathetic

[@bigphatemergy]

my brain can’t comprehend the absence of the sliding doors lmao

[@guitarjoe4580]

Hello bigphatemergy interesting name lol I know I'm one to talk with mine yea I grew up in the 90s interesting to see this video a reminder of the past huh.

[@CalebTheFew06]

Ikr

[@buildtotheclouds3081]

Hey, remember all those dumb red coupon dispensers with blinky lights on every aisle of the food section? I would run down every aisle grabbing every. single. one. Then would bring the giant pile of coupons to my parents who would mostly just toss them. Those dispensers didn't last long because kids kept doing that haha

[@sgillman16]

I would stand by the "number printer" for the deli line and just take 20 numbers

[@KC9UDX]

Walmarts here didn't have food sections in 1997

[@CinematicTechnologies]

What my parents wouldn't take, I'd bring to a collection pile in my room. I bet you 9/10 times those coupons were taken they were from kids like us haha

[@AyeJye]

Yessss

[@kaydimarco2802]

I would use the coupons as play money, I loved pretending to be a cashier when I was a kid

[@treavy-n1d]

I miss the 1990s

[@vampirerobot]

I think everyone does 😿

[@ArcherHHS]

Definitely

[@puppylove3781]

1980's were even better.

[@felipehernandez-pedroza8288]

Me too.

[@Sylveon212]

Me too. I was a little kid and I had my Mom.

[@Schneewittchen3663]

The days when you didn't walk in having an anxiety attack. I miss when it wasn't so big and stressful. The workers were a lot nicer back then too. My Aunt worked at Walmart back then and I used to get to go to work with her and hangout and it was so laid back. Now it's the exact opposite.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I worked as a cashier at Walmart from June 2009 through Dec 2016

[@VeneficaDelirium]

The workers were "nicer" back then because they weren't stressed the fuck out. We're supposed to feel empathy over your anxiety but you don't seem to feel any for those of us trying to do a million things at once while we're getting stopped every thirty seconds trying to pull a one-ton pallet. I'm only nice to people who are nice to me. Everyone else can get fucked.

[@ashlieguion6613]

I work at Walmart and this makes me want a time machine to go back and work in the old stores. Everyone that has worked since back then has said that this was when walmart was a decent place to work in... this video was actually very relaxing. Born in the 90s and always played the video games high up in electronics is about the only memory.

[@Laidengizer011]

I loved the electronics section at Walmart. Had all sorts of video game stuff. Magazines and free pamphlets and games to try out.

[@Therealjavance]

I know, before it became a supercenter later down the road that's when Wal-Mart went downhill completely.😞😞😞😞😞

[@heatherpage1445]

Nah, it was super sexist then. They had lawsuits going around this time because women were being bypassed for management.

[@kevinrichardson6686]

I worked there in my twenties got assaulted by tweakers suffered tbi. And also molested by Robert Walton

[@rollingdudes8859]

I worked at Walmart in 1999 and it was a FREAKING AWESOME PLACE TO WORK back then!!!

[@womandela7225]

The carts were smaller. The people were too! And no blaring music. People talked. I miss those days.

[@davidsuch8942]

I'll take pop songs over hearing dumbshits talk about their boring assed lives anyday.

[@smakkdat]

Can’t stand music in stores… I don’t want to hear any music, but that’s just me…

[@pjplaysgaming367]

@@smakkdatfr and there is song trend nowadays. i don’t wanna be hearing alan walker’s old hits while finding garbage bags.

[@2020wildcraftplayer]

Iknow like im in a store rn and THERES MUSIC IN THERE

[@2020wildcraftplayer]

@@smakkdati know lik im a store rn AND THERES MUSIC!!!!

[@FreshTillDeath56]

You know what the most amazing realization from all of this is? I have literally never seen a Wal-Mart without automatic sliding doors.

[@sharky2675]

and how would you figuratively see one?

[@craigc1879]

@@sharky2675 blue?

[@rocksreviewsreactions337]

Man, it's so weird how this is only not even 30 years ago but everything has changed so drastically. Better times here before phones and social media.😔

[@Mathias-jr2df]

Can only imagine how it will be in another 30 years

[@vegasvanga5442]

he said, through his phone, on social media

[@zazzrazzamatazz9970]

@@Mathias-jr2df It'll look like that movie Idiocracy...

[@MrLyosea]

@@vegasvanga5442 KZbin isn't exactly social media and he might have been using his computer like I am now. A device that's been available since the early 1980's.

[@MikeJones-sb5xk]

@@zazzrazzamatazz9970Absolutely.

[@caroleeb1997]

The economy was very good in the 90s. In 1997 my daughter was born and we just bought a very affordable home. Those days are long gone. I loved being a young adult in the 90s

[@aj4909]

I love watching how uncomfortable everyone is to them being filmed from like 10 feet away😂

[@Hunter_Drummer]

My question is did they know when filiming this that it would be looked back on nostagically? Was that the intention of this random filming?

[@aj4909]

@@Hunter_Drummer probably

[@appletherapy]

@@Hunter_DrummerThey probibly didn’t know…Thats why we should thank the camera man for going above and beyond just to record this. I’m sure everyone was clearly aware he was recording.

[@bangbang-ko2gi]

Crazy how back then people would just feel however they wanted but act accordingly they orobky thought he was doing a commercial or job they sumply minded their business. Lol we all know what would take place if you tried this today. Im very curious if anyone in this video has commented on it.

[@appletherapy]

@@bangbang-ko2gi Yeah...society has lost its innocence..people were way more innocent minded back then. Nowdays people think badly of each other

[@BManStan1991]

People writing checks 😂 Takes me back to when I was little

[@DubBeats]

At target we’re I at they still write check…

[@BManStan1991]

@@DubBeats where is that target? I haven't seen that in years

[@DubBeats]

@@BManStan1991 is in Houston…

[@scaboi]

Check writing sucked. All it did was hold up the line.

[@microbios8586]

I work at a retail store that accepts checks. It still happens occasionally.

[@Pendragon1989]

Not just a different time, it was a different world

[@Under_Sky_Third_Gaia]

Agreed

[@JF-rz3rh]

I feel like the 90s was a very prosperous time..kinda like the 50s and 60s...we just had no idea

[@trooper326]

It's the way things should be now.

[@Kgio-2112]

The 80s were even better.

[@shaunsteele6926]

they were... 80s and 90s were a great time to live in America. Little did we know it was all downhill from there.

[@jickie511]

​@@Kgio-2112agree, 70's and 80's were the best for me!

[@MarkMeadows90]

This is the kind of Wal-Mart I grew up with when I was a kid. We had a few locations in Huntsville, AL that had these smaller non-Supercenter stores. It had what you needed, and nothing less.

[@vampirerobot]

Right Mark. I really miss these smaller stores.

[@christiangonzales7429]

90s Walmart and present day Walmart seem like two completely different chains!

[@donaldsperrazza1074]

This is when Walmart was better

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@donaldsperrazza1074 indeed

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@christiangonzales7429 the non supercenter stores were a little bit different in their own ways. I thought the non supercenter stores had a cozier environment. I don’t know why.

[@gmanandhislady]

The Walmart of my youth! I miss the 90s! I miss these kinds of Walmarts!

[@matthalamue]

I was 11 years old in 1997. I love watching videos like this and going back in time.

[@jpete3027666]

I graduated high school in 1997. It doesn't seem that long ago until I watch this video haha. I had a job at a video rental store in high school and this video reminded me how many people paid by check back then. Paying with a debit card was kind of a new thing back in the 90's.

[@realnurse2696]

This was also my senior year in high school. It’s crazy to look back and see all the changes. It feels like it was only yesterday.

[@jpete3027666]

@@realnurse2696 it’s crazy. My kids are in high school. I tell them all the time they’re going to blink and they’ll be 40, so enjoy the time they have.

[@pizzapartytime1826]

Or cash!

[@DubBeats]

I miss Walmart from the 90s in early 2000s those Walmart was fun…

[@judya8392]

Writing checks😂 seems like yesterday. People were so much more civilized!!! Talking respectfully to one another, cashiers were friendly and AVAILABLE. Here in Oregon, they do not even provide BAGS anymore. No way ANY person on Earth can tell me things are better now then they were then. We have collapsed as a society.

[@shaunsteele6926]

totally... same here in California. I remember a few years back when they took away our plastic bags, I couldn't believe it lol

[@Superstrike_11]

We have a beautiful grocery store chain called Market Basket in New England. It's a very conservative company that absolutely refuses to cut jobs in favor of automation. They are always hiring, have no self-checkout, and if the checkout lines are overwhelmed they will redistribute their staff to compensate! Wonderful. The two main things missing are the social atmosphere of the pre-iPhone days, and the slower pace.

[@liamwatson5125]

No, no bags anymore. Now you have to bring your own shopping bags with you.

[@Superstrike_11]

@@liamwatson5125Really? You must live in California, or some other place full of wackos. New Hampshire's still totin' our plastic bags.

[@AmalFarah-bl9fv]

We have 😢 society is mad now.

[@microsoftsam_yt]

It's amazing how much everything in 1997 looked like the 80s. The clothes, the hairstyles, the cars in the parking lot. Just goes to show that trends can take a few years to take hold - especially in more rural areas of the country.

[@sussybakas7262]

I remember 1997 like it was yesterday and it doesn’t seem that different to me in my head until I watch something like this and think… damn.. this looks like 1989.. 😂

[@bunnyboops8875]

Yeah this place was Def a decade behind lol

[@jefftracy3771]

I was born in '91 but growing up in rural PA, the 90s were still pretty much the 80s. Most of the music, the cars and trucks, the clothes and hairstyles were all still very 80s. Your first 10 years of life leave quite an impression on you. So I'm very nostalgic for that time period. Everything was so much different and so much better back in that time. Then 9/11 happened, and things have never been the same since.

[@microsoftsam_yt]

@@jefftracy3771 I guess the perspective is different depending on how old you were at the time. I was born in '93 and I remember the 2000s being a fun carefree decade, even after 9/11. I noticed things start to change more after the 2008 recession.

[@ARC1300]

its the same with the 90s ,the 90s truly didn't end until the Sept 11 attacks. a lot of its styles didn't really leave us intl something significant happened

[@kylewayne1]

If we're able to have Disney World, we could just as easily have a 90's world where we all check our phones at the door. I'd go to 90's world, furbished with 90's branded products.

[@jaredmiller9205]

im all for that

[@christianfrey7956]

I'm with ya, my dream car is a 95 mustang gt 5.0 so that time period works for me.

[@moejama64]

genius

[@jonjahr3403]

That'd be AWESOME

[@happytrails3]

Be the change

[@IaconDawnshire]

I miss the 90s when we were all civil and acted like a like minded society

[@BlazingShackles]

back when the government and media worked hand in hand to control us.

[@bf0189]

Writing checks while checking out was a huge pain in the butt. We take debit cards / smart pay for granted

[@Ingamellc]

What happened if the checks bounced?

[@bf0189]

@@Ingamellc Every store had different procedures so it really depended. My exes mom got the police called on her by Publix for accidentally bouncing a check of $6 in 2006 which is bullshit especially since she had the six dollars in cash to make up. Thankfully she got let go but yeah we never went to that specific Publix again till recent times. Most places would allow you to fix your error and payback asap unless you obviously were a scammer.

[@Ingamellc]

@@bf0189 thanks for the explanation 👌🏼

[@brittlia_]

I’d honestly rather write checks and/or use cash. The way we pay for things now is scary to me

[@christiangonzales7429]

@@Ingamellc As a business owner, that is exactly why I refuse to accept checks.

[@kodiekoyote]

I’m officially pleading guilty for also running up & down the aisles ripping coupons from the red dispensers lol. I was born in ‘92. All I remember about why I did it was that I thought it was free money & I could help my mom buy stuff with it if I grabbed enough 🤣 oh, how foolish I was.

[@mantrajojo4163]

Lol man I remember doing this in Bi-Lo. My sister and I would race to see who could get to the coupons first. My brother made fun of us for acting idiots like lol.

[@jasminenicole5228]

this makes me nostalgic even though i was born in the early 2000s but wow so sad to see how much the world had changed😭😭 how is everything so laidback ??? if there’s a place like this somewhere im moving there😅👌🏼

[@Corsair_Cowboy]

Ngl, kinda miss the classic Walmart Smiley Face. I remember them giving them out at the door in the early 2000s when I was a kid.

[@trooper326]

Before they started looking like a state prison.

[@eyebleached]

Lmao yes I remember the blue smiley shopping bags. The old Walmart aesthetic was so satisfying compared to the bland current one.

[@8Corpse1Allergy8]

in the early 2000s i was smoking meth recovering from bullet wounds and learning how to walk again while you were “ waaaa waaaa tit milk”

[@eyebleached]

@@8Corpse1Allergy8 Too bad those bullets and drugs didn’t take out your trashy ass. We don’t need more negative Nancys like yourself.

[@wasppoison1]

@@8Corpse1Allergy8 I'm sure the year you were born someone was smoking meth recovering from bullet wounds and learning how to walk again while you were “ waaaa waaaa tit milk”, I'm sure a good number of The Third Reich had that experience in the 40s as well

[@timmym4381]

Just seeing someone scratch off a check and giving it to a cashier is something I haven't seen in at least 10 years.

[@LoveKillFear777]

I'm a 95 baby, and the Walmart in our town got remodeled in 2005, so I remember the old design and layout pretty clearly. I remember getting my ears pierced there, the switch from VHS to DVD, the larger book aisle, the smiley face stickers, etc. I still have dreams sometimes about the old Walmart. This video is very much a time capsule.

[@jonjahr3403]

I'm a 92 Baby and our small Walmart here stayed up until 2014 we were one of the last towns in Texas with a Walmart to get a Walmart Supercenter. It's not that don't like having the wider variety than a Supercenter but I really do miss that small Walmart.

[@LoveKillFear777]

@@jonjahr3403 Wow, I'm from Texas too, and your town's old Walmart held out for an amazingly long time! I actually dread when there will be no more non-Supercenter stores left :\

[@SteelCity570]

Everyone looked normal and happier, the world was so much better back then.

[@muslimprophet]

I remember those style of walmart bags. That's a unique memory.

[@Junior-ut2er]

Brings back memories for me as a kid shopping at Wal-Mart. I used to buy fishing tackle and bait with my dad. I remember being so excited knowing that we gonna catch some biggins. I also remember when I used to buy Federal 22lr copper plated ammo for 99 cents for a box of 50. Damn, those were the days

[@sashaconrad3939]

I miss this world. Thank you for curing the homesickness, even if for a few minutes!

[@Krankie_V]

I remember Walmart looking like this when I was a kid. Even the blue bags with the smile faces on them. Watching people pay with paper checks seems so foreign now, but it was a very common occurrence back then.

[@untetheredmoon6971]

I cant get over how awesome this channel is. Its so awesome you have just been going out and recording random stuff for so long. I could watch it for hours and hours

[@fightwithonefilms]

It’s interesting that back then no one recorded anything and now we do but since we didn't back then we can't easily see what life was like

[@MikeyKrafty]

The sound of those cash registers printing the receipts is eargasmic!

[@DavidGavinETC]

Woooowww this brings back memories. I mean I was born in ‘95 but growing up in the early 2000’s, it was still pretty much like this. Maybe just a little more fast paced, but people weren’t in a rush, they were a lot friendlier and patient too. I remember the greeters were friendly older people, they were always so sweet and they’d hand out the smiley face stickers to the kids. Things just seemed happier and chiller than compared to nowadays. So sad, but at least I have memories like this to remember.

[@taramisu9978]

I worked at Walmart in 1993-94 and overall people were nice, but you still had the occasional really rude customer or people. But I cannot imagine how bad it is now with how todays world is. Cool seeing these videos though, like your channel!

[@timeddie3134]

how much was you making in 93-94? I make 17.50$ today so im really curious what is was then

[@taramisu9978]

@@timeddie3134 I cannot recall exactly but it was probably around $5 an hour.

[@timeddie3134]

@@taramisu9978 thats unbelievable, but I guess back then that was pretty decent lol

[@shaunsteele6926]

@@timeddie3134 $17.50 at Walmart? Damn when I started working 25 years ago that would've been an incredibly high hourly wage. My first "real job" I was making $8 an hour and I thought that was pretty good lol

[@Superstrike_11]

@@timeddie3134 I'm at $16 in southern New Hampshire working at KFC/Taco Bell. What's amazing is that we're paying $3/gallon for gas, $5 for a bagel, $13 for a good meal, and that's not considering the ESSENTIALS. Our government let us down, and we need to fix it.

[@oldradios09]

We already had a Supercenter one built by 1995 so my memories of the non-supercenter one before are very few and far between. But even without the McDonald’s and grocery section, this really took me back to when I was 7 years old shopping with my folks and all I cared about was the toy aisle! Is it me or did the vibe of 90s Walmart seemed more calmer?

[@vampirerobot]

Yes...much calmer. But it also helps this was filmed in North Dakota.

[@oldradios09]

@@vampirerobot true.

[@lightningshy5287]

It really is a bummer that they don’t have any supercenters with McDonald’s anymore. I used to be near one in Virginia Beach but they took away the McDonalds back in ‘03, for several years after that though you could still see the silhouette of the M on the front of the building 😆

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

We didn't get our super Walmart until 97

[@MrZEEsterious]

​@@lightningshy5287 well, some do although not many left. Several Walmart's in Austin Tx still have McDonald's

[@mannyswift]

Great video. Brings back memories of when I was a kid. I also remember the smiley face stickers Walmart employees would give you

[@90tommytee]

Wow, the same year Stone Cold Steve Austin became a household name, man I miss this time and the 90s in general. I’ve literally seen the Walmart in my neighborhood go from this to what Walmart looks like now.

[@Kgio-2112]

Cold stone who?

[@rickymonfil9236]

@@Kgio-2112 wrestler from wwe

[@joshdrumheller4920]

Growing up a kid in the 90s was truly a blessing and I'd give anything to make the world as amazing as it was back in this decade. I'll forever be grateful for this!!!!

[@Superstrike_11]

Give your time. Educate yourself in politics. Make sure you and your friends are making informed votes, because that's what will change the country for the better. Save the economy, save our young service men, save America.

[@oldradios09]

Filmed in mid-April 1997 because the TV Guide In one shot is the April 19, 1997 issue with Jenny McCarthy on the cover.

[@hollahabibi1897]

Back when no one was wearing pajamas there. No stealing. No fight breaking out. No trash

[@christiangonzales7429]

Now Walmarts are closing all over the nation due to those exact reasons.

[@Sicbay138]

I so highly doubt that there was "no stealing" lol. Theft has been a thing at every business since businesses started. Come on now. Don't nostalgia that hard.

[@popobaba3687]

Theft and violent crime rates were actually higher across the board in the 90s than today.

[@Kgio-2112]

​@@Sicbay138 it wasn't like today. It was discreet and small items or switching a price tag. Now you got thugs just grabbing merchandise and heading for the door with no resistance.

[@ThetreeDraggon]

right?

[@scotttaylor8498]

Open the door yourself. I remember this at our local Walmart 😂

[@laurensmith154]

I was 16/17 in 1997. My daughter is 16 now. I wish she could spend a week in 1997. The good ol' days!😊

[@Modine.]

I was 17 in '97 myself, If I could go back I wouldn't ever come back. 💯

[@sethw997]

@Modine if I could go back I'd go back even further so I could get a chance to see and live a lot of things. America in its prime.

[@maxcalifornia94]

I was born in the early 90’s I remember Wal Marts like these. I remember the very loud registers, the little asterisk like thing by the scanner, those bluish bags, the red/blue theme and the person handing out smiley faced stickers at the entrance. Different times. Those times are long gone.

[@trevour]

Is this the Grand Forks, ND Walmart? If so, mid-April 1997 lines up with the Red River Flood of ‘97, which would explain everyone buying the rubber boots. Edit: also because I see ND plates, I hear a woman at the end mention they were without power, and that brick building at an angle in the background looks like the strip mall that’s still there today, next to the same Walmart.

[@vampirerobot]

Yes.. it's GF

[@Weatherby406]

@@vampirerobot Jamestown was my guess

[@SegwayBossk]

Growing up the only 3 Walmarts around were not supercenters. Making the drive to the actual supercenter was like a trip to an amusement park for me, I loved going

[@jamiemcmahon9638]

Really awesome video! I was 20yrs old in 1997. The world was such a better place. No1 rushing around. No cell phones in everyone's hand's. You can see the true peaceful nature of human beings here. Not like 2day. People are so lost & so programmed. I love these time capsule video's.

[@pootypump7440]

You look great. Just saying lol

[@pootypump7440]

But yes, I agree. I graduated high school that year. It was a different time.

[@jamiemcmahon9638]

@@pootypump7440 lol thank you.

[@pootypump7440]

@@jamiemcmahon9638 you're welcome.

[@ruthchristian1692]

These were beautiful days. Im so relaxed just watching this video.I remember being a kid and being socially comfortable and now it's even hard to go to the store. Even to make a conversation with someone I have to be on guard on who I can and can't talk to. The time is so different now and we're definitely living in the last days. God bless everyone!

[@Bloombaby99]

Walmart *REALLY* went downhill.

[@BojanglesTheThird]

More like society really went downhill.

[@BojanglesTheThird]

More like society really went downhill.

[@Gothix1066]

Ah yes. Back when everyone could afford groceries, theft wasnt at an all time high and meat didn't have to be put in security casings. Futures gonna suck just an fyi.

[@kirbyyasha]

I miss when Wal-Marts actually looked clean like this. The nice white floors, with the red border, the carpeted area for clothing. The red white and blue around the trim of the walls.

[@Klawhauser353]

It brings me back to simpler times when I was a kid but my family used to take me to Walmart back in the 1990s with much better company when Sam Walton was still alive

[@thejokeboxhero]

So prior to 1993?

[@Tonio0412]

Being a kid shopping with your parents to get you toys or video games was so awesome. Now adays Walmart is so ghetto and you pay on your own too which sometimes people be all over you!!

[@RachelSemeson]

It’s the fact who ever filmed this knew exactly what to film and zoom up on. As if they knew greater technology was coming. Oddly strange. Like someone from 2023 went back in time to film for us and brought the footage back…

[@truckercowboyed2638]

Nice to see laughter and respect among people,vs the hooligans they let into Walmart now, who start fights...

[@bonchbonch]

I guarantee there were fights at Wal-marts in 1997. This isn't a glimpse of the past as it really was. It's edited footage of people on their best behavior because they're being filmed.

[@shaunsteele6926]

@@bonchbonch yeah, no. If there was a fight they'd have been immediately detained by security and promptly arrested by police. People didn't tolerate bullshit and thuggery back then.

[@bonchbonch]

@@shaunsteele6926 People who fight in Walmart are immediately detained by security today, too. What are you talking about?

[@MrLyosea]

@@bonchbonch Not shoplifters tho. Shoplifters 25-30 years ago absolutely would be dealt with in some way.

[@bonchbonch]

@@MrLyosea What are you talking about? Shoplifters are dealt with today as well. Where do people get these fantasies from?

[@warnutztheloser]

I went to Walmart a lot n 94' I remember those Bulky analog scanners, sometimes they had to scan the product like 3 times to get it

[@jrwheeler81]

Wow. That was such an awesome year I was 15/16 years old in 1997 and a freshman/sophomore in high school. I was born in 1981. The world was a MUCH better place back then. Dial-up internet, no smart phones, no Wi-Fi, no social media, and people actually socialized and interacted because we weren't "connected" with the internet in the palms of our hands and staring at a screen all day. Today's technology is both a blessing and a curse. While it's great and extremely convenient in some ways, it has also done a significant amount of damage to our society over the years. I used to love Walmart in the 90s. Now, I HATE it and avoid going there at all costs. What I wouldn't give to relive even just one day in the 90s.

[@offthewallsurfer1]

Walmart employees laughing, smiling and socializing…. Imagine that!

[@macready12G]

Its wild to see this. I was fifteen in 1997. Things have changed so much the recent past might as well be a foreign country.

[@pootypump7440]

No doubt. We are a different country today.

[@happytrails3]

"The past is like a foreign country. They do things differently there" -L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between.

[@brucebaird-]

I love videos like these. It’s like being brought back to the past cause I was -4 when this was recorded

[@brittonjackson2425]

I was 1..time sure does fly

[@Zeldafan1ify]

I was 2 years old, apparently had my first and last tantrum in one of these walmarts.. i miss the old colors

[@aaronjensen5524]

I was 4 also Bruce.

[@FawntTV]

Ahh, back when I used to enjoy Walmart. Walmart is nothing like this nowadays lol

[@BWItoATXF]

Born in 92, exactly how I remembered it. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@8Corpse1Allergy8]

in 1992 i was rolling dice on the streets while you were “ mama mama please tit milk”

[@raea3588]

Love these videos! Thank you so much 🙂I still remember exactly what our original Wal-Mart looked like before it was turned into a Super one; What was in every aisle. Sure we had to go to another store to get our groceries but we didn't know any different 😊

[@brookebenton8192]

Friendly people, no self checkout and bags that didn't tear! Take me back to the good old days!!

[@vampirerobot]

Bags that tear 🤣🤣 you're the first person to make such a comment. That is hilarious. Those bags are hideous!

[@DubBeats]

@@vampirerobot ikr I like them bag did tear lol…

[@camerontyler5565]

The interior of bell belief is sponsored by guided forms of media additional stuff that fundraisers announced to fond regards and intention.

[@ThetreeDraggon]

you dont like it when? the bag tears and all your crap just goes everywhere? 😂

[@Rhiannon-zv3ry]

I turned 17 in September of '97 and started my first job the following month at Walmart. This footage really took me back! KZbin is like a time machine.

[@semectual]

What a Gem a a Video! Even though this was in the late 90s, time were Still slow back then too! There was none of these self check outs and the fast paced processes we have today. Best of all, it seems that Walmart allowed people to film in those days, try walking in one of those stores today with a 90's camera and you won't survive the whole store, unless you record with your cellphone. This reminds me of the one we still have up in Salem, NH that is still, currently in business.

[@LieutenantWorf-oc6bc]

Whatever you say! Find a video of a Walmart in South Philly in 1997 they were just as crazy then as they are now!

[@dominicojile5740]

Back when Walmart was great

[@jacobbhancock]

Wow. I was born in ‘92 and the amounts of “oh my gosh, I remember that’s” I had in this video was shocking. It’s really interesting to see what has changed and what hasn’t.

[@mr.goodboi2780]

As someone who lives in the midwest, and was born right around this time, I remember being 4 or so and seeing how the world used to look like this. The clothing, bags, signs, box art, storefronts, etc. My grandparents' house in particular was full of 70s, 80s and 90s stuff. I am a 00s/2010's kid at heart, but when I see stuff like these videos it takes me back to early childhood at my grandma's house looking at the old pre 2000s vibe everything in her house had. She always had EVERYTHING you would need, with some shit that was up to 20 years old just because she wanted to be prepared. We would do fun art and activity stuff, listen to music, etc. We would go to Wal-Mart and Target all the time to restock so I remember when they looked like this and how different stuff looked in box. We would chat with random people, and they all seemed more alert and friendly. We would get ICEEs and would let me just pick whatever I wanted. I miss those days and I miss grandma, she always made me so happy. It feels like so long ago but really it wasn't if you think about it. Crazy how much a culture can change this much in 30-40 years. It makes me wonder if something was lost in the early to mid 2010's with the internet age that just does not feel the same. I swear it cannot just be nostalgia. Obviously I have a sense of rose tinted glasses, but the world felt... different then. I remember feeling how different everything was, and today it feels more bland and soulless. From how people act to design. Things always felt off back then, and it gave the world charm. People seemed more focused then, more open, more content to just live life. Everything feels so quick, clean and desperate now, like we're rushing to something we don't even know in a pretentious way. I miss this, even if I'm not sure what it is I miss. I just miss it. Thank you for sharing all this stuff.

[@_aeeh]

Great comment. Completely agree.

[@Superstrike_11]

FANTASTIC comment. The pace is what was lost, but your observation about people being more alert... the internet changed that. We've been overwhelmed with things to keep our brain occupied.

[@shortybeck6901]

Your grandma sounds awesome! I had a similar relationship with my grandma. She was my best friend. I remember her taking me to our old local Wal-Mart when I was little (before it was replaced by a Supercenter in late 2002). She would usually buy me a toy or some candy. Once, she bought me a huge plush frog there, which I still have. Grandma passed away in 2017 at the age of 85. I'm so grateful for all the good times we had together, and I cherish those memories dearly!

[@its_not_true]

Super cool, thank you for posting. I took a job as a cashier at Walmart in 1998 and I had completely forgotten what the registers looked and sounded like.

[@jediskunk67]

Back when the bags were blue, and had the smiley faces on them.

[@magnifecent1swagg]

I found bags in garage saved em

[@elihughes8923]

I was 11 and remember going to the movies to watch Titanic with my grandma and visiting Florida. Fun times 🙂

[@Ncyphen]

I still remember my local Blue with red stripe store. Built in the mid 1990's right behind the red store it was replacing, and slightly larger (They tore down the old store building to make a bigger parking lot.) They eventually built a super modern Walmart to replace it in 2005, featuring solar panels and a wind turbine. Their prototype store of tomorrow remained just a prototype, and the solar panels have long since been removed (The environmentally friendly Walmart did not last long). The old store remains, though, they tore off the left side of the building and moved the entrance to convert it into a Sam's Club. You could by candy, snacks, and condiments, but there was no grocery. There was a food court, but it was not branded, and sold your standard concession food. Hot dogs, pretzels, Icee's, etc. I still remember the bathroom located behind the 24-hour photo. Walking into the store, boys and men's clothes were on the left wall, girls and womens clothes right to the right. The clothes continued to the back wall. Electronics was smack dab in the middle of the store, flimsy walls made sure that shoppers could only enter and exit the area from one direction. I remember the SNES and N64 games mounted inside cradles you could flip through to select your game, and the attendant would pull the game from the lock box.On the back wall, next to the end of the cloths was shoes, followed by random house ware items, to quilting in the back right corner. A door connected to the mechanic bay. The far right wall was car goods, toys, and outdoor entertainment. Front right of the store, from right to entrance, had stationary cosmetics (sectioned off), books/magazines, then the checkout counters. As was traditional with older stores, you could not enter through the exit as that went straight to the checkout counters. I remember my mom using checks every time she shopped at stores in the 90s. Cards were an option, but they were slow and often cost extra to use. (Note, magnetic stripe readers were a costly luxury for stores. Most stores did credit processing by first calling the processor to confirm how much funds the person was allowed to use, then pulling out a carriage to copy the raised text of the card onto credit forms with three pages, containing a personal copy, merchant copy, and processor copy. Fond memories, but I do still enjoy being able to buy most anything at modern Walmarts.

[@frenchy8th]

This was the same year that I worked at a Walmart, and I shopped a lot that year! This feels like traveling back in time. Really amazing! I remember the old uniforms and scanners and signs. Wow! So many of these things are uncommon at stores these days, like writing a check. This is fascinating!

[@SomeBotOfficial]

Walmart was a place to go and hang out with friends, a place to just wander around and pass the time. now it's a cesspool of trash, shitty workers, crappy people and just over priced groceries. so sad how everything turned out. At least I got to experience it in it's prime.

[@vegasvanga5442]

who the hell """hangs out""" at walmart?

[@carinarosales6899]

​@rowdyjr2318yes true

[@thecandyman9308]

😆😆MY man @3:20 signing that check and being like, "I'm 38 YO!!!"

[@dannylay7965]

He would be 64 as of 2023.

[@alyssascott1601]

How thankful I am to watch these early 90s footage videos!!! Takes me back!! I miss the 90s soo much!!

[@nothingmaster9432]

Fuck this brings back memories. I remember when all Wal-Marts looked like this. My Mom would give me a quarter to play the Cruise n USA arcade game in the entryway.

[@mollysocks]

While watching I immediately noticed the license plate and wondered if this was Grand Forks. I was born on base way back

[@lightningshy5287]

1997 the year that most of my favorite entertainment came out but a year I was unfortunate to be born after. It’s something that I have always dreaded, it just seemed like it was such a magical year 😢

[@Kgio-2112]

77 and 87 were even better.

[@WePlinkHigh]

Titanic Devil's Advocate Nsync Backstreet Boys King of the Hill WWF

[@uttermanbo]

No self checkouts, rude karens, people living on their phones, and plenty of cashiers to help you. That dull cement tan floor, and warehouse type ceiling makes this linoleum white tile look classy😂.

[@Hatemyself-xq7wt]

This was filmed in North Dakota. A very conservative area. That's why people are well dressed. Try looking at a Walmart in Cali or Seattle.

[@Trentonpage]

I remember when walmarts looked like this. The one in Streetsboro looked like it. Back before the store was to big!

[@Doobie1975]

I recently went to a Walmart in San Antonio on Military Drive and it still had the 90's style floors (which I like much better than the current design).

[@AddableStone13]

Yeah, bare smooth concrete & pealed 5S tape

[@EduardoMorenoJr]

Near Roosevelt?

[@usagis294]

never realized the Walmarts I used to go to as a child in the mid-late 00s were Walmarts that weren't updated since the 90s. now they all have that modern corpo look.

[@williamzuniga7752]

My goodness..I was born in 1995.. it was a different world.😢 I remember being 4 and 5 years old and going to walmart with my dad and he bought a brand new push mover for 90 dollars.. and just seeing this footage is crazy how everyone had respect for each other and how they talked still kinda in the old accent and the proper clothing still and the way they laughed. ..the way they they looked.. people dont look this way anymore ..and the cars nowadays are trash and seeing the pure steel cars still on the road.. and hearing the prices and seeing the prices.. my dad is no longer here but I still remember going with him and I loved little construction toys at age 4 and 5.. I miss it.. it's sad

[@iluvwanesworld]

I have so many happy childhood memories at Walmart, it was such a simpler time