People shopping at a Kmart store in 1992

[@kayschwartz4410]

Never thought watching a Kmart store from the past would reduce me to tears....ahhhh yesterday....we just didnt know how good we had it....

[@taoist32]

Yes, this video makes it look ancient. I don’t feel that old yet. I was 18 back then.

[@mtamech535]

@@taoist32 Fifteen myself.

[@blast4me754]

I'm a grown 41 year old man crying while watching this myself. We all would love to go back or revisit that special place in back in time when we were young, things were simple and some friends and family members were still living.

[@kevindarrell3500]

Amen 🙏

[@katlincleary1988]

Dang we all be crying over here. I miss Kmart. Me and my mom would go shop and go to the little restaurant to eat.

[@pfeiffdog0811]

I never thought I would be watching people shopping at Kmart but here I am. The nostalgia is real with this one.

[@Vercingetorix504]

Ditto

[@emiliaescobar7652]

God I miss that store, I used to get everything there I needed for the house and some clothes!

[@shaun2222]

Reminds me of when I was 4 and my mom would leave me in the car with the windows up in the hot sun, and she would call me a stupid idiot... I don't like k mart.

[@anonymousoffspring1566]

A hometown legend for sure. Mf in my city had a Little Cesar's in it, and a plethora of the essential action figures. I'll miss that place forever.

[@a4e69636b]

@@shaun2222 She really did that?

[@1pt21gw]

It’s nice seeing a cashier at every register.

[@vampirerobot]

It really is...

[@CarolineJoyAmico]

Ain’t that the truth!

[@LukeLovesRose]

Do people today realize that were being replaced by technology so the big corporations dont have to pay us??? Do they realize how bad things can be if were not working and were depending some sort of social credit system??

[@jasongeisendorff1506]

I noticed that people responded to being recorded on video more politely back in the 1990's vs. modern times. It wasn't like everybody had a camera in their pocket & instant access to social media. Having a camcorder back then was rare. Today, people would just say, "You can't film that here sir !!" It's funny how technology changes with time..

[@evierodriguez82]

It sure is!

[@HarrisonPeloso]

It’s crazy watching all of these videos and seeing people actually being chill and not sucked into their phones

[@ryder4508]

I wish the smart phone was never invented.

[@Edward-yo2qn]

And here we are on our phones commenting lol

[@carlosayala8171]

Oh I know

[@Iconic_maya9]

lmaoooo na fr

[@fernandasoares7645]

It’s true when people say that KZbin is the closest thing to a Time Machine. This is pure nostalgia! RIP Kmart 🙏🏽

[@iFixJunk]

Yeah, but do you miss credit cards being so inconvenient to use? I had forgotten what a pain they were.

[@arrowcrusher]

Time traveler

[@fernandasoares7645]

@@iFixJunk yes lol

[@fernandasoares7645]

@@arrowcrusher Facts! 💯

[@arrowcrusher]

@@fernandasoares7645 The quality of the video is too high definition to be that old, and did you notice that nobody was looking at him like he was recording,, back then if you walked into a public place with a camcorder everyone was looking or embarrassed to be recorded because it was so unusual to see in public.. plus none of the VHS tapes I have looks that clear and high definition, not even the old movies on VHS look like that,, definitely a cell phone camera,,. If it's true then our entire reality is a perpetual illusion of time and place,, 1Love

[@johnr4298]

These classic videos prove that KZbin is the closest thing to a time machine.

[@stevarino1989]

Yeah I love how people were smart enough to actually bring a huge bulky camcorder into a store and just start videotaping. People even did it at McDonald’s and Pizza Hut back in like 1989. Because obviously, times were going to change. And those stores would close.

[@MrDodger3222]

Totally agree!!!

[@Roybaaa]

@@stevarino1989 There are stores, which are even open to this day

[@kite6864]

people vlogging before vlogging was a thing. there would probably alot more of these videos if people knew there would be youtube in the future.

[@irefusetoaskmydoctorifyour6401]

@@stevarino1989 Most all stores restaurants have signs posted that say some variant of "Video and/or picture taking is prohibited" but these days its practically impossible to enforce. Back in the day if you walked into a store with a 20 pound camcorder on your shoulder, it was quite obvious that you were filming! I so wish, WISH, we had more footage like this of the stores of yesteryear, Caldor, Ames, Hills, Jamesway, Bradlees, and especially the older chains like Two Guys, E.J. Korvettes, Woolco, Grant City . . . . oh well wish in one hand and excrete in the other and see which one fills up first I guess. ☹

[@LucrativeLeroy]

Forever grateful to the person who captured this beautiful moment in time.

[@jenniferschmidt7569]

It wasn’t for everyone. My grandfather happened to be a photographer at the time so he had a lot of old footage which we were lucky to have because he documented a lot of our lives. If it wasn’t because it happened to be his job in the Army and for the rest of his life we never could have afforded this. I think back now of how lucky we were to have access to his work red room. 😊 🤩 📸

[@PhillyAnthonyD]

These nostalgia videos on KZbin are fake. They are generated with A.I. Nevertheless, I still love watching them.

[@clarice4426]

@@PhillyAnthonyD What? Is this true?

[@PhillyAnthonyD]

@@clarice4426 That is what I heard, but I am not certain.

[@Fall4What]

@@PhillyAnthonyDThis video is authentic. In 1992, customers wrote checks, clerks wore ties and people definitely drove those kind of cars in the parking lot. Retailing has dramatically changed since 1992 but there’s nothing fake about this video.

[@coreyschattgen9153]

I think everyone who watched this can agree that our society has devolved in massive tangible ways! 1 order. 2 cleanliness. 3 civic pride 4 enthusiasm. God bless y'all

[@adammiller9179]

Not really. Nothing is that different from 30 years ago.

[@jlynn6465]

@@adammiller9179yes.. it is

[@beingsshepherd]

5 Optimism 6 Empathy

[@coreyschattgen9153]

@@adammiller9179 haha

[@Ultra_Dark_MAGA_Man]

​@@adammiller9179very different

[@charlesbohman6159]

what caught my eye right off was the lack of SUV's in the parking lot

[@bassage13]

Back then SUVs were actually REAL SUVs. Trucks meant for going off road.

[@laurenj2018]

Me too! First thing I noticed.

[@donbuyshousescash4765]

​@@bassage13FACTS

[@GeorgeCarlinWasAGod]

Back when there were a lot more smaller vehicles also. I hate today's newer vehicles. I would prefer to own an older vehicle from that time period as well that has been restored. I also really miss these mini jeep like vehicles such as the Geo Tracker (Suzuki Sidekick) and the Suzuki Samurai. Plus they have ruined the Jeep Wrangler. I really hate and despise these 4 door Jeep Wranglers. Modern day oversized gas guzzling garbage on wheels.

[@chivonfortney1656]

Im so sick of the now day suvs everywhere.

[@bleeneo101]

I was 12 years old and I remember the 90s as just having the greatest times in my life. If I close my eyes I can still feel the cool summer mornings just starting getting ready for a hot day, riding my bike, rollerblading, swimming or go going to a theme park. My childhood summers were the greatest times to be be alive as a kid. To better times. Embedded into my DNA forever.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

You should have seen the 80s. Safer and much better music.

[@Ki77a_WhSpRz]

I definitely feel ya on that. I was 14. No internet, just the long cord house phone lol. If we need to get a hold of our friends or find out where the crew was.. All I had to do was go to one of the parents house and saw all the bikes out that front yard lol.. Fun times back then... Oh and cops actually had baseball cards and had positive words to say to you back then and on top of it, was hella tall and big back then (like a roll model) to look up to

[@steveyjay4839]

Duuuuudde….agree to all of that. I can even close my eyes and remember the smell of dry grass in the hills. Biking, walking, roller hockey in the street, basketball, all of that. Best of times for sure.

[@steveyjay4839]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 maybe the mid to later 80s…them early years hits did not make.

[@KH-fv3vq]

To better times. Cheers

[@trooper326]

People were less pissed off back then.

[@stevarino1989]

Yeah today if you start videoing in a store, some psychotic bitch will start screaming that you’re being a creep. 🤦‍♂️ but what about all the Tiktokers?

[@getmeouttatennessee4473]

No internet.

[@travishardy1761]

​@GetMeOutta Tennessee Also signs of the times.

[@travishardy1761]

@@Mrcruisefever1 phones period

[@Mrcruisefever1]

@@travishardy1761 , yep ( I was born in November 1984 )

[@thekingscene]

People seemed so civilized and respectful

[@Fredsta4christ]

when sin abounds you get what we have today...

[@smwokk]

They were.

[@xaulted1]

@@Fredsta4christ Right. Because people didn't "sin" in 1992... They're all acting just like most people would today when on camera being recorded. I was born in 1959 and I can tell you, with absolute certainty, there was PLENTY of "sin" to go around in '92 and well before. The only difference in the way people acted off-camera then as opposed to now, is that people didn't walk around with their heads down buried in a screen. You actually made eye contact with people.

[@Fredsta4christ]

@xaulted1 where in anything that I said did I say no one was sinning? What was stated is sin ABOUNDING, as in, multiplying and growing in intensity. Which is absolutely what is happening today. Our current society's decadence cannot be overstated. Apology accepted.

[@xaulted1]

@@Fredsta4christ Bull. In 2024 you couldn't possibly get away with 5% of the "sin" that "abounded" in 92. No cameras everywhere for people to avoid in '92, people afraid to report crimes (especially sexual) went unpunished. Rampant, out of control racism. The younger generations then had no problem attacking the elderly and sexual perversion was out of control. I don't know what alternate universe YOU stepped out of, but if anything awful behavior was much MUCH worse then because there were very rarely any repercussions for any of it. The level of raw sleaze in the world has dropped dramatically in the last 30 years.

[@TrangPakbaby]

I just really really really miss those days 😢

[@mtamech535]

Yep. I was 15. Racism wasn't a thing...it really wasn't.

[@nicolesullivan5243]

Me too everything was all so simple ❤❤

[@christianpatriot7196]

I was also 15 years old and the 80s and 90s were a great time for sure and if it were possible I will give up all of this modern technology to go back to Ann and just socialize and talk with old friends and family again

[@mtamech535]

@@christianpatriot7196 yeah, maybe that’s what everyone says when they get to their 40’s, but I agree. I’ve always loved technology, but it’s really done a lot to damage relationships and minds.

[@christianpatriot7196]

@@mtamech535 yes agreed it has done a lot of damage and when some of this technology first started flowing out into the world I thought it was wonderful but the more advanced and the more Technology continues to be incorporated into every facet of my life I don’t really see it getting much better for humanity not only in the moral realm but also the spiritual realm!

[@storiedworlds6261]

I never thought I’d live to see the day when the 90s were “old”.

[@cdevidal]

Aside from the lack of cell phones not much changed visually. This is 31 years ago; but 31 years before that was 1961. Think about how radically different shopping was then compared to 1992, and this compared to now.

[@daivonclark5151]

You thought you'd die young? 😟

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

And in the early 2000's it felt like the late 90's up until 2003 or '04. My big brother was born in 1992 and it's so nostalgic to me seeing videos and pictures of that time it makes me want to cry from the nostalgia. And also the 80's when my parents were teens in high school. Such a beautiful yet painful feeling! I collect magazines from that time and lose myself in time looking at the pics Imo the late 90's and early 2000 was the best Era in the world history and I wasn't even born yet, I wish could go back in time to live in that time 😔😌

[@ladennayoung2939]

Hmmmmm. Yes. It is older but not what you really call old per se.

[@DOPExPIRATE]

​@@cdevidallol history repeats itself . here in 30 years they'll be saying the same thing

[@DancingSk3L3tons]

Amazing, no one is being rude or impatient, everyone is dressed like they're actually going out in public and not like they just crawled out of bed. Even the kids are well behaved. We weren't perfect back then but at least we attempted to be civil. Sidenote : the electronics employee ACTUALLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT!! 😮

[@Abcity92]

Yeah, a lot of people just wear sweatpants of pajamas, and look like slobs. I am guilty of this myself, however, 90% of the time when I know I will be out for nearly the whole day, I dress like how these people did back then. I love wearing a shirt that pops out in color, with denim or matching pants. I will occasionally do my make up. I tend to wear stuff similar to the late 90s and early 2000s. Its the happiest I can be when going out and closer to the times back then ;A;

[@kidkique]

Dude people dress the same way now

[@ElijahBrown-l3n]

@@Abcity92 sweatpants don’t make people look like slobs they’re just comfortable for a lot of people.

[@biffbastion301]

I wonder if the guy was actually asking about the difference between PAL and NTSC, since he said he didn't mean the power. :) I worked for Kmart my senior year in High School and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express at some point.

[@steadyhum720]

The electronics guy didn’t entirely know what he was talking about. The customer was asking about NTSC vs PAL. It does indirectly involve the power frequency of a given country (60Hz countries mostly use NTSC, whereas 50Hz countries mostly use PAL) but the real issue is that it’s an entirely different transmission format. Voltage is not the issue.

[@mrtjbiga1784]

The 90s , I WANNA GO BACK😢

[@life-sf1oz]

You wanna be killed by gangs?

[@thankyouverymuch]

I wouldn't go back even if you paid me as much money as Donald Trump claims to have. The '80s, the '90s -- horrific times that I'm glad I made it through once and would never try again!

[@VHj-pj8py]

كانت ايام جميله

[@deadheadguy458]

I agree lets go back.to.thr 90s

[@Barracuda24-f3w]

Fun shopping!!! 😁

[@Doobie1975]

I miss the way things were back in the 1990's, I feel quality of life was so much better back then unlike today.

[@fromulus]

Everyone decided to let corporations and politicians do whatever they wanted post WWII to present day. This is what it has gotten us. It was coming even back in the 90's, but it hadn't really hit yet.

[@danr2652]

That's because there wasn't a Trump right wing cult terrorizing our streets and mass shooting every other week.

[@parteibonza]

it was a better time. I had a tough time finding a job, but how little I knew that things would get much harder.

[@freshprince512]

90s is the peak of American civilization.

[@keearun]

Being connected with cell phones all the time and social media ruined our lives.

[@xdoriandanger]

When it comes to the phrase "you can't go home again", I am unsure if people realize that applies to places you have also shopped/been to in general. We don't think about it while growing up, and take for granted what it once felt like to go so some place as simple as a Kmart, with a family member who has now passed, in your childhood neighborhood which doesn't look recognizable anymore, etc. I appreciate these nostalgic videos; they are very therapeutic. RIP Debbie, 3-5-20.

[@vampirerobot]

Great comment Dorian.

[@frugalwifelife6364]

❤❤❤

[@kevinhead6413]

Yep,my mom was a supervisor at the k mart here were I live,and I would go in k mart with my dad ,miss him,mom has dementia, now I'm old and miserable!

[@brianb7423]

Damn Dorian. That hit really close to home

[@hannah9371]

I can't even begin to count the times when I revisit these places and nostalgic moments from my childhood. I'm 35 and still long to go back and relive these seemingly mundane moments that are really what was the "good ol days". 😭

[@cehin]

I miss hearing those dot matrix printers at the checkout. People wrote checks and the cashier took their time getting the info from the driver's license. The guy in electronics tried to explain to the customer and help him. Good luck finding an employee now in any store and if you do, they know much less than I do.

[@divinelotus19]

If customers weren't so rude maybe the employees would be better. If you get harassed and be littleled on the daily basis, you would be irritated also.

[@Jacob-nu4nd]

I used to work for sears and back then Kmart used to give benefits vacation time and a decent wage and in the mid-2000s when they merge they took all that away.

[@kristingallo2158]

Remember the blue light special.

[@747heavyboeing3]

That's because they are dealing with rude customers hourly. Not so much back then Same on airplanes.

[@747heavyboeing3]

@@divinelotus19 Exactly. From driving, flying, shopping. Rudeness and impatience are common. Can you imagine the world in 2053?

[@ainnochaim9450]

I'm so grateful to have experienced life during the 80s and 90s.

[@beingsshepherd]

Or *any* period before 2008ish.

[@tetristime9691]

@@beingsshepherddamn what happened in 2008?

[@beingsshepherd]

@@tetristime9691 The new normal.

[@hoodhorrors203]

yes!! me too!!

[@celeste7469]

Seeing regular people just being is so calming. No dancing, no branded content, no antics, just being.

[@believein1]

Dancing 😆👍

[@tristinhall1275]

Some of you people complain about the stupidest shit. No dancing? Really?

[@gavinvalentino1313]

No one with circus-clown-level makeup, or ridiculous-looking rope hair or wigs from a stripmall or gas station, and none of the women were dressed like prostittutes. That's a huge difference from any Walmart visit today.

[@inr63]

The “dancing” took me out. I wish there was a random person dancing to nothing in the background now lol

[@juliee.7072]

By dancing you mean tweaking 😉

[@johnnywalker4857]

So weird not seeing everyone staring at their phones.

[@assassinmanx6128]

Right.

[@thomashill2965]

The phones were either in their homes or in phone booths.

[@lisah5784]

I'll go back to that time anyday 😊❤

[@Bones469]

I am binge re-watching Northern Exposure... So intuitively peaceful. I now have the goal to leave me phone home more often.

[@eagle25311]

Yeah be cause their phones were barbaric and not computers like they are today.

[@crystalgrose]

Wow!!! This is so great!!! 92 was a great year! I was 15. Now I’m 45. I miss the 90’s. A wonderful decade ♥️

[@taoist32]

I was 18. Still feel like it at times. Obviously, energy levels are not as high, and hopes of an awesome future has decreased a bit.

[@ImMadMaxxx]

@@davidpattaya 🤣LMAO! I caught that too!

[@RF-vg5kv]

I was 10 years old back in 92, it feels like the older you get the more it feels like time flies by .

[@CrowT]

​@@davidpattaya How does HER math need help? My sister was born in 1977 and she is 45 right now. She also would have turned 15 in 1992...

[@taoist32]

@@felipevaldez1135 If you mean a few years, yeah. With the second Cold War on us, it seems more futile than the first.

[@Andrew_Warden]

What a cool time capsule. You never think mundane things like this would be interesting at all when taken in the moment, but wait a few decades and that changes.

[@harmoniousdesign7785]

Such a simpler time.. The employees appear happy to do their jobs, no one is losing their sh*t over a minor inconvenience, no unruly children, and no bloggers pulling pranks for social media.. What a time!

[@luxuryqueen42]

I remember the 90’s like it was yesterday. They didn’t have social media back then and no smart phones

[@ph0enix321]

Lol if you seriously think thats how most places were back then, then you need to take off your nostalgia goggles

[@KylieRos3]

I think they look happy because the camera is on.

[@thelightshineth8848]

There were DEFINITELY unruly children (I was one of them...)

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

And no looting ninjas.

[@arnaldonyc]

I was 16 in 1992. Never thought that decade would be the last good decade we would have.

[@chinaarlene7035]

I was 6 😂 I remember our trips to Kmart very vividly. It was a part of life lol

[@6lemans10]

​@@chinaarlene7035I was 8 years old.

[@chinaarlene7035]

@6lemans10 I sent my mom this video this morning and she got very emotional. Kmart was just a part of life back then. She would shop and let me and my older brothers run to the toy section. We loved it. 😍

[@advanceddarkness3]

I was 15 in 1992 and have many memories of Kmart.

[@nicolascanale4877]

Yup because back then shop's and stores and TV and sports, education and just things I'm general weren't jam packed with radical Marxist and woke PC propaganda. Thats why life was more simple and thus overall much better than today. However I do have faith things will improve.

[@historysmysteriesunveiled8043]

Ironic how people were more connected without the Internet

[@vodkaboy]

that's not really true, people already died alone, very often.

[@reesedaniel5835]

@@vodkaboy Actually it IS true. People dying alone has nothing to do with it. We were more connected and respectful back then.

[@deb4735]

@@reesedaniel5835 it's because AI is dangerous like Tesla Guy says. AI is actually part of the antichrist. He will do everything to imitate Jesus Christ, but he will lie and do the opposite. He nor any man human or Alien which are actually demons or AI on this earth will fix anything. He (antichrist) will use it to control people, EVERY part of your life. Life now especially in the last 3 years is so fearful and burdensome because that evil spirit really took control especially in the USA. People choose that spirit in 2020. Bad looked Good. Bible states in end times bad is good and good is BAD. Do you see it? My fav scripture explains it all Eph 6:12 google it and read it KJs version 1st.

[@kris78787]

Yep now everyone’s face is constantly staring at a smartphone

[@novelaego2404]

@vodkaboy you sound dumb

[@origrockart]

Thank you for sharing these memories. I've been looking for videos like this lately. I was 13 in 1992. With children of my own now, I can't help but think that there was something magical about growing up in that time period and a distinct innocence that has all but disappeared from today's experience. I'm sure every generation has this kind of viewpoint, but it feels like it's much more marked with Gen X. I miss going to Blockbuster on a Friday and wandering around the place with family, and trying to get ahold of that new release before it was all rented out.

[@smeenasiddiqui7464]

The good old days.

[@helenaasousa]

Every Generation Has That Viewpoint, Yes! But We Were Truly the Last Generation, Living in the Moment, Unplugged, Only Accessible to Those in Our Company, No Cell Phones, Social Media, No Texting. We Are Blessed to Have Experienced the Good Ole Days.

[@AaGuerra]

​​@@helenaasousaafter 1995 things really started going to shit. More Globalists centric as time went on then 2001, 9/11 IT was now pressing time for the NWO and creating events to get THIER out comes it's criminal and disturbing

[@AaGuerra]

BECAUSE it was in 93/4 when our dumbass Congress sold us out to send all manufacturing to China which made no sense but to only satisfy " climate/ global warming" communist

[@Firemission-qw3lj]

The most important thing I see in this video is the respect everyone have for each other. Children are properly behaved and the employees are very respectful and helpful. Discipline was 100%.

[@prof3ssor178]

Todays people barely say hello to you it's like a crime saying hello in the 2020s it's very sad in today's world.

[@mindysmith3683]

Kids were not watched by adults mostly back then , so going out with family 1 time a week was interesting and kids behaved , were fake good in front of adults .

[@dougs7367]

If I go in any store right now and shoot a 7 minute video you'd probably see the same results

[@believein1]

Spot on, man.

[@rushmore3927]

That is the point. People in charge now and the media are doing everything they can to destroy that.

[@josephslaughter4422]

I worked at a Kmart in Arizona 1991-93, this is exactly how it looked. Had to wear the same red "smock". They paid everyone in cash every 2 weeks hoping you would spend the money on your way out the store on things you saw all week while working 🤣 Remember layaway? And seeing people actually paying with check sure brings back memories!

[@okedokie]

I remember my dad paid by check for something at Lowe's when I was a teenager, maybe 15 years ago, and I swear I looked at him like an alien. It's been quite a while since checks have been a common way to pay for things at stores. Apparently you can still pay by check if the store has a check verifier, though I can't recall seeing anyone pay by that method for a long time.

[@pslay9324]

I still use a check register which my kids laugh about they said why the paper, I need that extra trail just in case.

[@kikiholland3695]

@@okedokie I sometimes work the register at my job. We occasionally do have people pay with check. Older individuals.

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

You mean you didn’t get paid by paycheck?

[@thisnewcreatedaccount5286]

Yea now you have the NWO on the way and digital currency and an RFID chip implanted in your hand. The world was free back then

[@camharrison400]

Pulling out fresh money from the bank envelope ✉️ classic.

[@PCHGWHS]

Pay day...

[@cindytrayer4279]

So true! LOL how many times I did that back in the day!

[@shaunsteele6926]

1992 doesn't seem all that long ago, but it might as well be another world when you look at the cars, the clothes, the people with no cell phones giving each other eye contact

[@lorraineb.4698]

After 2000 things changed a lot.

[@SiXiam]

1992 not enough money for toys and power ranger shortages. 2024 doesn't seem much different.

[@AMcDub0708]

You don’t know how bad the truth of your comment hurts

[@gregt8638]

Believe it or not, it was calming watching this video! It made me realize how much society has changed in the last 30 years and how impatient and rude people have become. I think we've lost our basic human respect and courtesies. It's a shame. I do see though, that TV prices are still about the same! ( car prices certainly are not!)

[@longwindingroad]

Tv prices are a lot cheaper now. 494 for a TV in 92. That's like 750 now. You can get a nice LED tv for 350.

[@JenX422]

And everything else is 600% more. Thank the Fed debasing your currency

[@wendywendy8379]

Those TVs would have lasted longer than the new ones too.

[@GeorgeCarlinWasAGod]

Yet some people consider staring at a phone along with looking and dressing like a homeless bum by wearing jeans that have rips, holes, and tears in them along with having trashy looking tattoos all over one's body Progress. People today are clueless when it comes to having class. What a warped society we have become. Makes me glad I never had any kids or grandkids.

[@driver4011]

@@GeorgeCarlinWasAGod agree. no kids for me. single, by myself til the end.

[@leogetz3570]

Ah yes, paying with a check at Kmart..... those were the days!! Does anyone else have memories of the Kmart cafeteria? That was a treat when I was a kid!!

[@MrDaydreamer1584]

The cafeteria... yes! way in the back of the store, with the little booths. loved the chocolate pudding.

[@leogetz3570]

@@MrDaydreamer1584 the Kmart we had also had an automotive shop, so we could get our oil changed, rotate the tires, and eat lunch!!

[@Alorajones19]

Mostly old people pay with checks at my brothers job he works at a publix grocery

[@fallenstar5139]

Omg....yes! The Kmart cafeteria! I remember getting hot dogs from there as a kid. I can literally remember the smell of it!

[@Nise_R]

I remember!!!!

[@robertjensen6146]

I worked at a KMart in the mid to late 80s, things were so much better then. I was just telling my kids recently that when I worked there we had to hand type in the cost of each item since we didn't have scanners, about 80% of the people paid in cash, 15% with a check and the few that did pay with a credit card (there were no debit cards) required us to pull out those roller things and carbon paper sheets and hand write everything in. I miss those days.

[@KayInMaine]

Yup, we zipped the credit card payment form over the credit card (for the info). Truly was a simpler time!

[@Kenneth-tx8mg]

And don't forget Kmart allowed the layaway plan, pay a little in increments, then pay the balance and get your stuff they kept stored away. I grew up in the 80's remember it very well.😀 And in this clip, Full House was playing on the floor model television display.🤣🤣🤣

[@birdsfan57]

That's why cashiers were paid really well and were as respected as they were back then; because it was a difficult job that required a specialized set of skills. Not easy ringing up prices manually, speedily, and accurately, without looking at the register but at the products as you passed them manually along the conveyer belt. Several of my friends acquired supermarket cashier jobs back in the late 70's- early 80's and were lauded for being able to obtain positions in, what what was then, a hard-to break-into industry. Especially in supermarkets, where many who acquired those jobs were "grandfathered in". They were paid outrageously great wages for that period of time. Yes, if was quite a different world we lived in back then.

[@marshalastovall4270]

How did I forget the handheld credit card machine?!?! I was a cashier back then and we sure did insert the credit card into the slot and pull the roller over to imprint the numbers on the carbon paper. Yesss, what memories! Lol thanks

[@marshalastovall4270]

Not many people paid with cards back then it was mostly cash and checks w/ ID.

[@rosestamey143]

I worked for Kmart for 25yrs until we closed the doors for good 😭. There's never been a store like it. Loved the video brought back memories

[@helenaasousa]

♥️

[@beingsshepherd]

That's the way people speak of _Woolworths_ here in Britain.

[@cheekclapper3960]

I remember people used to go talk electronics at Walmart and Kmart with the associates that were actually knowledgeable

[@elbolsillo]

Oh like the guy that was talking about 220 and 120, 115? 😂 Reminded me of that movie Mr Mom. “So, you running 220 in here?” “Yeah, 220. 221. Whatever it takes…” 😂

[@slamcrank]

True - but the associate in this example was totally misunderstanding that the customer specifically mentioned NTSC "broadcast" platform and that his country uses a different "system" (probably PAL, or SESAC) and needed to know if the TV could accept those broadcasts. The associate was confused and kept talking about mains voltage in the home. Two totally different things.

[@battra92]

@@slamcrank to be fair to this guy 30 years ago, the whole Pal to NTSC thing never really was a problem for most Americans unless they traveled a lot overseas.

[@Iscariot666]

@@slamcrank True, but my brother was chill; handling a language barrier AND upselling a voltage adapter.

[@jayme5280]

​​​@@slamcrankexactly. i immediately knew the customer was talking about pal. the assiciate was so clueless.

[@noodlemaker4719]

I like how being on camera was a special thing--people camera shy and excited too ! Love this video. I was a cashier at Harts and this brought back memories.

[@MGillDesign]

Yes!!! Exactly. Before instagram/tiktok, where everything you do is on camera/photographed... people are no longer mesmerized by a camera. Back then, it was a rare event, and people weren't posing or trying to look cute, they were more bashful and nervous (in front of the camera). I miss those times.

[@CornbreadOracle]

Yes, being ‘filmed’ used to be a thing you’d notice. Now we just accept it but back then it was a big deal.

[@TheTruthhurts1984]

I’m a 90s kid I’ll never let go and forget the greatest time of my life. Humans reached the peak in the 90s. I miss having customer service .

[@noodlemaker4719]

@@MGillDesign not a soul making duckface, peace sign or giving the finger!

[@KortneeLeFay]

Ah yes the 90s, when people were living in the moment, interacting, not looking down staring at their phones like zombies.... Miss that everyday... 🤧🤧🤧

[@NICKI814]

I COULDN'T agree more, sick generation now sigh im 42 damn i miss these days!

[@ruthiekest3218]

Same

[@kris78787]

I miss that too

[@meatbleed]

be fr lmao what you remember as "living in the moment" was closer to being bored as hell trying to get shopping done so they can so sit and watch tv or play video games. (present day)

[@georgejetson1025]

Insightful, no one has ever mentioned that before

[@FLORIDAROOMJAMS]

Man it’s a trip to see all those shoppers and no one is talking on a cell phone. Some of them ignored or acted shy and didn’t want to be on video when the camera was on them. I was 22 in 1992 and seeing the K mart logo and the cars in the parking lot brought back memories of being a 22 year old. I would go right to the record section and get a Coke and a box of way too salty popcorn on the way put.

[@lamor8892]

Love the sound of that cash register back then. This brings back so many memories. Look at the prices! Unbelievable.

[@heart_towards_home]

Good point! The sound was different. Yes- the prices!

[@DugrozReports]

Those receipt printers sure were LOUD though!

[@ZepG]

@L Morales Most things were cheaper, but now you can get a HD flat screen tv that is 3x bigger and 20x lighter for less money lol.

[@lamor8892]

@@ZepG Same for microwaves

[@BManStan1991]

Thank you for posting this. There is something so soothing about the 90s and this footage is immaculate

[@jamieSp69]

Yeah, it was a good time to be alive. Peace was everywhere.

[@trentigalaxy]

the 80s footage of stores is more like heroin

[@bernieudo4399]

TYFSOK 😇

[@RF-vg5kv]

@@jamieSp69 ya I don’t know about that lol . Although I do miss being young in the 90s

[@elisap8136]

I remember my mom putting clothes on layaway for me and my siblings. I still remember exactly what the store looked like inside. It was huge.

[@stevenorellano2039]

I was 14 in 1992. I would do anything to be back there again with the full knowledge, memory, and exoerience of my 45 yr old self in my teenage body.

[@shaunsteele6926]

yeah same... my parents were about the same age I am now lol

[@thankyouverymuch]

There isn't enough money on earth anyone could pay me to go back to that horrid time. I barely survived it once. Disability discrimination is still bad now, but it was much worse back then. I would never go back.

[@stevenorellano2039]

@@thankyouverymuch I would only offer you the chance. Plus you could modify the details of the past. How about no disability? How about someone with wealth and power who comes along to help you during that time? OR never mind. If your answer is an emphatic no, then okay. Here's 10 million in tax free cash instead.

[@CharlesTerrebonne-d5m]

​@@stevenorellano2039That tax payer money goes to illegal aliens now Not to American citizens

[@yogidemis8513]

If only it could be the 90s again. The last greatest era. I was 12 in 1991 and I'm so happy that I was a 80s kid and a teen during the 90s and had a chance to experience those eras.

[@jasonrackawack9369]

Same here 80s were really fun as a kid and the 90s were awesome as a teenager.... the last era of being able to buy an older fun to drive 60s or 70s car cheaply.....every new band you heard was great.....plenty of mom and pop stores.....pre 9/11....no internet or cell phones.... I miss it all.

[@trishbrad00]

I agree.

[@kris78787]

Same, I miss this time and the simplicity of life without social media

[@PaPaWizdom]

The 80s and 70s were much better. I actually didn't like the 90s much, but compared to now, lol, they were great....at least our country wasn't being systematically attacked by our own government and people were only a tiny fraction as insane as they are now. Oh and men couldn't become women just because they claim they are. That kinda talk was padded room and heavy medication worthy.

[@mellowsoundspectrum]

I was a teen in the early 2000s. I kept wanting to grow up faster so I could be a part of all the great music and culture. I was disappointed with my teenage years, all that bubble gum pop and Real TV was a let down.

[@jimb3093]

ah yes, the memories. I can still smell the popcorn and hear the announcement of the blue light special. My very first candy bar I ever bought was a Mars Bar from K-Mart. We had a Ford Fairmont then. My mom driving that day. I sat in the back seat holding that candy bar and staring at it remember how special that was. Imagine that? Excited about a trip to K-Mart and my first candy bar! haha! That was a big deal to a little boy.

[@arrowcrusher]

Remember how the shoe department smelled of cheap rubber shoes

[@jimb3093]

@@arrowcrusher haha! Yes!

[@reesedaniel5835]

And don't forget the Coke ICEEs!!!

[@BlueJeansandJellyBeans]

Thank you to the person that posted this. I would never have thought watching an old KMart video would actually make me feel good.

[@welshie2007]

Everyone looked so sane just 30 years ago! The internet has made us all crazy.

[@shaunsteele6926]

even 20 years ago people were still mostly sane. The shift occurred around 2007-2008 lol

[@chrisfaub4071]

@@shaunsteele6926 then in 2012 it turned into a wildfire that will never be put out creating the worst addiction this planet has ever seen.

[@notofthisworld5267]

That's what politics do. They divide and destroy. The party affiliation isn't relevant. It's what they produce.

[@joeysipos]

I see it as we were mostly brainwashed consumers ruled by huge retail companies. Now we are ruled by massive tech companies….

[@chicomarlin1246]

Just wait till y’all see 2027, it’s gonna make 2176 seem lame!

[@taylercoleman7279]

Love this! The sound of the old registers, people writing ✍🏾 on papers, the electronics section was spectacular back in the days… we had it so good!

[@HatedJared]

I understand what youre saying, but we can have anything you can think of shipped to your door in 1-2 days at the lowest possible price now. Its pretty good these days too. Just different

[@chuckhackett4493]

They got some " Full House " going on in Electronics, that is so cool.

[@crisrenner2435]

I noticed and loved that as well! Best shows ever during the 90's.

[@CaptFwiffo]

And the old Fred the baker "Time to make the donuts" Dunkin Donuts commercial!!

[@luvair6765]

It's crazy the 90s look like the 70s did in the 90s. So retro looking

[@fransantelli]

i had to do a double take at the year. based on the thumbnaill i thought it was going to be the 50's/60s.. wow! and i was there, would have been in college already. seems like such a long time ago now.

[@michaelmohrle1773]

Very true, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead said in an interview in the 80s that pictures from the 1950s when he was a little kid now look like the 1920s... And so it goes...

[@jammck1399]

Especially the 80s

[@jammck1399]

I always loved that first Kmart sign big red "K" and "mart" in aqua or turquoise blue.

[@SavedByFaithInJesus]

Imagine wearing a long sleeve shirt and tie to work in a Kmart... Mad respect. I miss these days.

[@picon63]

And not having a cell phone in their hand.

[@baronvoncalculon486]

I was 21 in 1992 and lived 20 minutes away from Suitland. It was never consider to be a good neighborhood, but I will take the people shown in this video over the ones we have today. Everyone seemed very nice and friendly, children were respectful, and the staff was articulate and knowledgeable. What a world of difference!

[@alainportant6412]

the usual suspects

[@Julia29853]

What happened to our country? 2/3 have gone crazy! 😢

[@kiltedsasquatch3693]

@@Julia29853 Turning their backs to God.

[@Laidengizer011]

You know that back then nobody thought that about present-day society? Everyone thought things were going to hell.

[@batmansmith7422]

Everyone then thought things were getting worse, too.

[@bobwallace9814]

In just thirty years. Look at how much more civilized, courteous and well mannered the folks here are compared to today.

[@nehuge]

Sad we've become

[@birdie8006]

we didn't start the fire, bob.

[@lawnmowerdude]

Anecdotal evidence.

[@Immadeus]

Ehhhh, I disagree, I feel that people were just as rude back then, but nowadays we have phones to record it all and so we are exposed to more rude people everyday.

[@fromulus]

Yeah you really can determine that sort of thing by a 7 minute video at an unknown location. Maybe if you stopped watching right wing propaganda you'd find more positive stories about people in today's world instead of all doom and gloom and victimhood that you're currently swimming in.

[@G.S.Holland]

Even in the 1990s many of their stores felt like they were in an era of decline. The height of this store's glory was the 70s and 80s. The "Blue Light Specials" were iconic. And it kept shoppers in the store for longer so they could see what the next special was. Their cafeterias had good food, too, so taking time to sit down for a meal while shopping was often on the to do list. By the 90s, much of these special touches felt like they were slipping away. And, of course, they were. As we well know now.

[@mervinprone]

@@IntergalacticDustBunnySo what would happen when the blue light came on? Everybody trampled each other to buy a dish towel?

[@lPHOENIXZEROl]

Yeah, one of many reasons K-Mart went under was that they didn't start modernizing until it was too late, you go into a WalMart or Target in 1992 and then go to K-Mart and it was like a time warp to a decade or more into the past. They basically did to K-Mart what K-Mart did to Woolworths.

[@retiredtidepodeater3339]

​@@mervinprone🤣🤣

[@mayac3539]

​@@mervinprone😂

[@lovesmesomelilacs-ke5rz]

@@lPHOENIXZEROl actually Kmart did it to themselves.

[@whitneywhitney8356]

I was a cashier at K Mart in the 90s in high school. The sound of the register even brought back memories. So cool!!

[@jettesides420]

Worked for Kmart for 9 years right up until Sears went bankrupt in 2017. We still used half of that tech from 1992, lol.

[@mrchopsticks3]

Why not? If it works, why get rid of it?

[@joewiniecki3282]

@@mrchopsticks3 I wonder why they aren’t in business anymore…

[@augustschweigeryt559]

Yep. Kmart literally still looked just like this when they closed.

[@Fortheloveofagypsy]

I was just a toddler, but I still remember times like this. This made me cry.

[@joseavila9077]

No automatization, you actually got to interact with real people. Miss those days😢. Videos like this are time capsules and should be preserved for future generations to show them how good it was then

[@rickstir7144]

Back when there was actually customer service and person to person interaction 😢

[@lorraineb.4698]

Very true but on line shopping is convenient. I do miss the old days though. At least i have my happy memories of the 60s 70s-80’s. Great great time to grow up.

[@MDTFoodAndTravel]

Back when store security was able to manhandle the guy who lifted a Bon Jovi Cassette.

[@lorraineb.4698]

Remember service desks?!

[@thankyouverymuch]

There still is.

[@AaGuerra]

​@@MDTFoodAndTravelthis would be me, they thought i was 18

[@bethanybrown2391]

I was employed at Kmart in the early 90’s. I worked in the back office. I counted the drawers from the previous night and got the bank deposits ready. Back then all employees were paid in cash (as crazy as that sounds). There would be three or four of us on Thursdays counting out each persons pay and then someone had to double check it. The reason for being paid in cash? It encouraged employees to go shopping after picking up their money.

[@RHoDS713]

My husband was an Assistant Manager of a brand new Kmart back in the 1970's. I'm not sure if he would get nostalgic over this video or say good riddance to those days. He got out of retail not too long afterwards. 🤣

[@Chris-tg3qy]

I also worked there and remember getting paid in cash and making time and a half on Sundays. I thought the at first lady who pulled out her envelope of cash might have been an employee who just got paid. This was before companies expected employees to do the work of 3 people for no additional pay. They actually employed enough people to manage the workload.

[@benjaminplatt141]

Miss these days, everybody is smiling even with a camera! Loved the simple days!

[@haleysmith8778]

Back when you couldn't just google reviews on TV's, you had to actually talk face to face with someone and trust that they knew what they were talking about. Simpler times. 💛 I miss actual customer service!

[@satisfiedconsumer649]

Why do you deserve that level of interaction with somebody?

[@thankyouverymuch]

We had magazines, books, newspaper articles, local news, and consumer advocacy related TV shows back then. We had plenty of resources for studying options before buying.

[@Lovely_1One]

People really worked back then. Stores had a good number of employees! Sad we can’t say the same of today.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

People really work today. What kind of a comment is that? I work hard and so do a lot of other people.

[@tobyradenbaugh8965]

"People dont wanna work now" I hear that one more time - Im gonna vomit People are sick of being paid slave wages🤬 Pay them what they deserve / they will be there. Otherwise - SHUT your elitist PIE HOLE

[@sebastianbelcher5354]

People work today, pay just hasn’t caught up.

[@stevengallant6363]

@@sebastianbelcher5354 the problem is the younger generation expect 100K starting salary with no marketable skills.

[@nicklikesradio]

@@stevengallant6363 the honest ones expect to be able to work their way up. That is not the case. Because baby boomers aren't retiring. Many cant afford to retire.

[@katwil89]

It was fun to see the girl take out an envelope full of cash to pay as well as the woman paying with a check. I remember those days!

[@Kay-ws2kk]

I remember doing the same cash out of the bank envelope. I feel like my soul is mourning for the times back then. Feel sadness how the world is and what will be.

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Yall I still do that😆

[@teijaflink2226]

I'm so confused how you where able to pay with a check.

[@ryoku79]

​@@teijaflink2226Checks were issued by your bank which connects to your bank account. You would had to write down the name of the merchant and price on the check. In some cases if you had no funds then obviously the check would of "bounced" (get rejected) It wasn't until the mid 90s i believe they started having those machines to verify checks. Hope that helps

[@andrewps84]

I pay with cash; sometimes it’s in an envelope if it’s a budget specific item (my automotive budget is that way) but yeah, most everyone is using plastic now.

[@Snooziac]

I love videos like this... it's like a window to a better time when life was good, and people weren't unbearable.

[@malcorub]

Yup, when gangs and murder rates in most US cities were at an all time high. The good ole days. 😇

[@jacksonpaflas4080]

People were also more racist, sexist, and homophobic back then, so no you're really incorrect.

[@Snooziac]

@@jacksonpaflas4080 Don't hate just because your life sucks.

[@michaelangelo5783]

@@malcorub As long as you didn't live in the bad parts of large cities it was fine.

[@michaelangelo5783]

@@jacksonpaflas4080 Lol people are still the same with racism and homophobia, but the string pullers push "the narrative" and try to normalize (jam it down our throats) those things via corporate/government controlled media. No one in their right mind wants a non-straight child/offspring. Humans are tribal and most prefer their own kind, but of course "the narrative" pushes multiculturalism like it's amazing and fantastic...reality it is not.

[@GeraltOfRivia99]

People seemed nicer and less sick and less depressed and irritable back in hese times. Thanks for this video brings back memories for me. There was a k mart where I use to go to and I was in that city a few years ago and it's now a wasteland.... I don't think they turned the old k mart building into anything, there's alot more drug addicts and homeless people around there. You can see how mentally un well people are compared to the old days. Something about the footage from the camcorder, the vibe in the air this video reminds me of the good old days with super nintendo and sega genesis, n64

[@nfearwithtears2062]

Yep sega genesis. Sega CD back then. Even pog people don't remember collection coin. Back then. Kmart good times. 🙂👍🙏

[@nay10]

The salesman in electronics knowing the voltage difference outside of the US is pretty good knowledge! Something you don't really see these days in retail.

[@dianarendon5845]

Because back then to be hired as a salesman in that department, they required that you had to have some degree of knowledge in tech to work in the tech department (and back then when they were actually paid just the minimum wage), today, given the labor shortage and other factors, anyone can work as a salesman at a big retailer.

[@replysoon3216]

Yea, but that wasn't what the customer was asking about though. He was asking about the difference between NTSC and PAL.

[@sharonm.t.2492]

@ArmedAndProud I could barely understand what he was saying, do you think he was trying to explain to him that PAL was technically superior... 😉

[@paulsaulpaul]

Different frame rates on the Sony Playstation between PAL and NTSC made some games play more difficulty.

[@Bear-nu8xm]

I thought the same! Today, they would say I don't know and that's it

[@esther.]

It seems people took their time back then. I worked as a supermarket cashier in a German supermarket in 1995 and we had to know every items price and type it in, no scanning of the products. Still people seemed more relaxed and less in a hurry. Can we ever go back to that please? ❤

[@Brian.Israel.Matt15.24]

And how much you think they are making a hour ?

[@arrowcrusher]

Your right,, everyone was completely less tense and even body movements seemed less aggressive and slower,, We had no emails or messages to check, nothing to post or nothing to charge. It's almost like another dimension looking back,, 1Love Stay strong and never give up

[@rulsis]

With no smart devices, or social media, people tended to enjoy their surroundings more.

[@chrisbailey7384]

@@Brian.Israel.Matt15.24 Probably $.01 an hour, despite the income being so minuscule, but everything was so much more affordable before all this stupid inflation took place. You have to make at least $500 an hour to be able to afford the same things these days.

[@etherealenergy9471]

Personally, it is great for customer service if workers are over stressed, and tired they are not going to be friendly to customers or do that good of a job. As long as the job gets done, I don't care how fast someone moves that is how I look at it.

[@NKWTI]

This channel is exactly the kind of nostalgic vibe I needed. Even doing simple things like going to the store used to be so much more fun back then. It was just a totally different world that I miss.

[@quickgirl80]

I know, going to the store was a very different experience back then. It was enjoyable & something we looked forward to doing!

[@kidkique]

Going to the store with more fun for you back then cuz you weren't old like you are now. Being old sucks and being young is great

[@NKWTI]

@@kidkique No, it was different. You never knew what you were going to encounter because you weren't connected to the world, you only had whatever was going on moment to moment.

[@smakkdat]

Yes now stores stress me out, everything feels bright and rushed and overwhelming

[@shaunsteele6926]

@@NKWTI that's right, we didn't have smartphones and internet so our entire "world" was our own community we lived in. Going to the store was like going on a mission, going out into the world. Now it's just a chore that people only do when absolutely necessary.

[@jrudymorganclark2072]

4 years before I first came to the united states of America in 1996, so sad that I can't watch my little village back in the early 90s when I used to lived there, but I can have my consolation to watch these good video from 1992.

[@sc3ku]

This K-mart (on Rodney Parham Rd in Little Rock, AR) was one of my mom's go-to when I was a kid in the 90's. Showbiz Pizza (then Chuck E. Cheese) was next door. I think about it often since she passed a few years ago...Some of my fondest memories were: -putting our Nintendo 64 and extra red controller on lay-a-way -riding an elephant in the west side parking lot by the Garden Center during some sort of event -school shopping near those front cash registers as a big kid out of kindergarten -buying my first set of junior golf clubs with my Dad from the sporting goods in the back right-center Even the ones I hated at the time (following along in the ladies clothing section on the east side for what seemed like FOREVER, or getting off-brand Franklin and Shaq-branded sneakers that I got made fun of for at school...) still make me tear up seeing this.

[@smw4020]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@saradauchiha7112]

🤣🤣 same here. I was a 12 year old boy. I had to walk through the women's section of underwear and bras while the women were shopping I was embarrassed.

[@starmaster191]

I've driven thru Little Rock! I remember Rodney Parham! that's one of the main roads.

[@massiveaction6217]

I swear Shaq was still with reebok in 92

[@junesummer4466]

I remember that K-Mart on Rodney Parham! Fun memories.

[@rickgordon4081]

Back when you could actually talk to someone about a product you were thinking about buying, miss those days.

[@davidw4781]

Nowadays, I go to a store, it's so difficult to locate an employee. When I do, nobody seems to have the answer.

[@nokizzy4504]

I would rather take 30 seconds to look up said question on google, than ask an employee. That’s a wild card on wether they know what they’re talking about/or can explain it in a timely manner, and I don’t have time for that.

[@bassage13]

That is NOT a good thing. Salesmen were always either ignorant about the products they sold or lied to you to unload an item that the manager told them to get rid of. It's MUCH better today. We can go online and ask real customers all over the world about their experience with a product, or read reviews from experts who are not paid to sell you something. Those days we were flying blind and trusting con men.

[@AmberSantana-is3dq]

@@nokizzy4504tbh that’s an underestimated guess considering how the boxes tell you more specs the questions that did not have an answer the box would that would require the employees to go and check more interactions between customers and employees must I add that in that case the company would employ more workers thus creating more jobs that slight inconvenience that you’re being picky about has cost thousands of jobs but what I truly think you meant to say was I don’t like interacting with people that much

[@GeorgeCarlinWasAGod]

@@davidw4781 I don't know. I just work here.

[@mnight207]

I am so glad I experienced these times. I miss them very much. This is exactly why I love going into stores to shop til this day. There is no experience like one of a retail experience. walking around stores, traveling to stores, seeing doors that are in odd places, different people. Man, I do not take it for granted at all. Thanks for sharing!

[@helenaasousa]

This Has Been the Most Relaxing & Interesting KZbin Videos, I Think I’ve Ever Watched, A Kmart Vid. The Good Ole Days, Returning to Live One Day in the 80’s/90’s Would Be A Dream Come True! Thank You for Sharing.

[@user-nq7lr8fy8p]

As soon as Kmart got shutdown by my house years ago, that’s when everything started becoming weird. This world has changed so much since then.

[@mikes7446]

You don’t say sherlock

[@user-nq7lr8fy8p]

@@mikes7446 find something better to do. Isn’t it past your bed time?

[@LilyWhisperwind]

Technology certainly changed everyone. Family and friends did so much more together in the past. People just got lazy, and want to stay home on computers, and phones.

[@taylorangel7700]

It all started with Kmart huh? 😅 that's deep

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

@@taylorangel7700 No, it didn't start with Kmart, but that's when NAFTA began to outsource jobs from the US. As a result, a lot of bad changes have occurred. Less people own homes and the middle class has shrunk. Income has decreased. So, it happens that businesses close and neighborhoods fall into disrepair. All of that is bad.

[@Love-eg2vf]

Two years ago, I made a decision to use my phone very sparingly… and I’m happy to say I’ve maintained that. What I didn’t expect were the extra benefits; A few months ago, I was just lying down in my bed doing nothing. Literally, looking at the wall. Suddenly, I had a brief but very vivid flashback of a lazy summer day in my childhood bedroom in the late 90s/very early 2000s. I even remembered the details of a comforter I hadn’t seen since my teens (I am in my thirties). I actually felt like I was back there, I even faintly recalled the smell of that room. I remembered the feeling of summer days were it was common to spend chunks of the day doing nothing, and enjoying it. It dawned on me that’s so rare nowadays with the constant stimulation we get from screens and calls and texts etc. Back then, you watched your favorite show when it came on, maybe a movie in the evening, maybe went online once to check your email or something…but otherwise just spent time one on one with people, reading magazines/books, and truly relaxing. This video brings back those feelings.

[@alaskan6384]

Exactly. The pre-internet days!

[@gavinvalentino1313]

Honest to god, thc opens the doors of my memory bank to the point it brings me tears of joy. After some good strong medical flower in a quiet setting such as my recliner or stretched out on the sofa, I can re-visit absolutely vivid details of a childhood home, right down to the shimmer of the fibers of gold in the olivegreen carpet in patches of sunlight on a Spring morning when I was on the floor playing with my favorite HotWheels... and then I'll even remember soecifoc details about each car, which ones had the most realistic engines under the metal hoods that rose and smelled so tangy-metallic... If you haven't tried it, pleass do. I have a feeling you would respond very well to it, as there are obviously memorie waiting to be relived and savored again for moments at a time! Good luck, and enjoy.

[@AJ-tp9bk]

@@gavinvalentino1313 I want to do that!!

[@jacquelynroe9036]

I’m also in my (late) 30’s and so thankful I had a childhood without devices. Where I’d be with friends or just hanging out at home and that’s where I would be, not “somewhere else” via my phone. Waiting in line at the store was just that. I used to just go out in my backyard and lay in the grass just as something to do haha. I think if I’d had a device back then I would have been on it during those kind of times, and I would have missed out on so much. It really was a blessing. This is inspiring me to cut back on my phone usage.

[@AJ-tp9bk]

@@jacquelynroe9036 Good for you! We should all try this.

[@mysharona6754]

I love how full house is on the TV to add to the nostalgia 😂

[@RyneMcKinney]

A window into a different era where people loved each other

[@Steve.Cutler]

I worked at a kmart in 92. I could almost feel this.

[@goldenogregames]

Such a wholesome time. People are really shy around cameras. Now we all live in the camera. And those big ass TVs playing full house lol I waked at kmart in 2000 as a 19 year old. But I lived at Kmart as a kid. Awesome memories!

[@MarkMeadows90]

I miss our local Kmart. It was a go to store in the 70s through the late 90s

[@jasongeisendorff1506]

As a kid, I used to spend hours in K-Mart. I was 8 years old on 1992. This is just like I remembered when I was a kid walking through the stores. 1992 was good to me. It was my favorite year. Metal Quick Containers. I love the 90's & it's a huge part of who I am today. I'm glad someone was around to record these nostalgic moments so I can enjoy them today.

[@andreww1212]

Holy shit. Unlocked memories of when my mother took me to K-Mart in the early 90's. This is a trip, man.

[@deeprose4]

People who worked in electronics actually had to have some knowledge of what they were selling. I remember K-Mart’s cafe (before they became Little Caesar’s pizzas) used to sell sub sandwiches, and that was a rare treat, to go have a frozen Coke and sub sandwich from K-Mart.

[@fromulus]

Dude had no idea what he was being asked, and rambled until the guy became distracted upon noticing the camera.

[@angeldesigns1385]

I just know Kmart café used to have some of the best cheeseburgers and fries. Occasionally, we would go to Kmart just to eat in the café.

[@mollsloveskittens4347]

The donuts and deli sandwiches were AWESOME! And they single hard candy that was very good for about a nickel.

[@gatorent.productionbuffrec8797]

My granny use to get the fried chicken gizzards.I get the lil caesars and slushy mix cherry n coke.

[@riflemanm16a2]

@@fromulus Yeah, I think the customer was asking if the TV could play PAL transmissions since the US transmits NTSC, but the worker kept talking about outlet voltages.

[@erikpetersen-chinguacousys1943]

The sound of those old registers is hitting me right in the nostalgia!

[@MatthewBothel]

Holy cow, what a time to be alive. I mean I was only twelve back then, but I remember this time like it was yesterday. It'll never be like this again. Pretty sad.

[@jlopez65]

Whoever decided to record this, was a genius!!

[@bassage13]

The description says it is B-Roll. Meaning, it was their job to record all kinds of random things like this for use in television news most likely, or TV shows. When a news show wants a clip of shoppers, they go into the archive and pick something. They will have a large library of footage like this.

[@SM-dd4jq]

Wow. Reminds me of my childhood. I was born in 1979, so growing up in the 80's and 90's, K-Mart was a staple! Thank you for this.

[@WaterBearOfficial]

Same, born in early 80s. Often reminisce over K-mart, Zayres and Sears

[@blove12345]

I miss these days. People knew how to interact. No one is distracted by social media

[@hollyallen307]

My mom took us here all the time growing up. The sound of the receipt printer is giving me heavy nostalgia & now I want popcorn & a slush puppy.

[@ReierGotter]

That's the most registers I've ever seen open at one time.

[@gregelliott5016]

I was shocked that it seemed like they had more employees working there compared to 30 years later

[@djayt1215]

Man, just wish you could have experienced a Biggs. 40+ registers open. Stores have gone to shit trying to compete with Amazon

[@kzoocowboyonflickr8450]

I've never been to a Bigg's but have been to a couple of Super Kmart's.

[@charlesterrebonne-lw5ml]

Well now there's self checkout But I never use them I want to interact with a human being and provide them with a job

[@curtis7599]

I guess that means I am old and you are young.

[@stevenedwards8353]

Man, seeing that miniature carousel in front - you just don't see that anymore. The old packs of baseball cards at the register, too. So much stuff I took for granted back then.

[@bl1506]

Before iPhones , Instagram, Facebook … life was so simple back then and people interacted with each other

[@CCharlesHahn]

Ahhh, the sound of a dot matrix receipt printer... haven't heard that in years!

[@RandemNJ]

So trippy to look back on, ain't it? lol.....

[@Trance88]

Yep. I haven't heard those types of receipt printers in years, yet it somehow still sounds "normal".

[@paulgee4336]

It's sad that they are "all" gone now. Kmart, Sears, Montgomery Ward, Thrifty Drug Store, Longs Drugs, Toys R Us, Orchard Supply Hardware, Payless Shoes, A&W Rootbeer (for the most part), Homebase, and many others, and in general, "Dime Stores". Plus all the stores that my parents and grandparents saw evaporate. There are still a few stores left, like JCPenney and Ace Hardware.

[@waltercasas3124]

Radio Shack...the list goes on & on

[@lemonhead162]

I miss Winn's Variety Store. They had everything!

[@bigmac22ify]

JCPenny will soon be following

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

Also everyone in this video is dead too. It’s sad how life goes by so fast that we have to realize it or we miss it without even noticing it

[@joemarchand8313]

@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr Well, I wouldn't go that far, Jess. There are several kids and young adults in the video. Kids would now be in their 40's. The younger adults between 50 and 70 (ish).

[@Narc51423]

The sound those cash register printers made! I had completed forgotten about those old printers.

[@rad9541]

Back when everyone was different, unique. Not everyone looked the same like today

[@believein1]

❤️🫡

[@danr2652]

No MAGA back then

[@mikeross111]

This was before White Supremacy.

[@jondough4116]

@@danr2652yep because America was still great then and we had a president who pretended to do his job unlike today...

[@danr2652]

@@jondough4116All trump ever did was play golf, cry and complain... and raised our debt higher than any President in history. At least President Biden signed a monumental inflation reduction act and cut the cost of insulation for those people on medicare. The Truth is a beautiful thing. When Trump was president unemployment was at its all-time low and was for Corporate socialism.

[@Elementaliti]

With all that is going on with the world being doom and gloom, this video certainly is a whirlwind of emotions. I knew back then what a magical time to be alive that era was, but I didn't know until a few years ago that it would be the end of the last good era I'll ever live through. I would go back to the 90s and never look behind me if I could.

[@chrisbailey7384]

Exactly! People like me took the 90's for granted until we grew up around the turn of the millennium and have the nostalgia how magical and wonderful the 90's was. Toys of my childhood were actually great solid quality compared to how garbage toys are today. Everything seems like shovelware these days.

[@lrich65184]

We have certainly digressed over the years. Look at all that cash. No debit cards. I grew up in the 80's and 90's, I whole heartedly agree with you. I have learned the world has turned evil and cold..

[@Elementaliti]

@@lrich65184 It wasn't a perfect time but it was among the best of times. And this time we are in right now, is one of the worst.

[@2_middle_fingrs]

Kmart had the best Halloween section ever when they made it a haunted house in the 80's. So many great memories. Thank you Kmart.

[@billyklaklas1093]

I remember that !!