It was ok to fall in love at work. It was ok for a guy to pursue a girl. It was ok. Girls would not be offended by flirtatious guys. Boy would be boys and girls would be girls. Teens did not have depression
@@bigmatt503 A dollar today is worth about 3.15 in 1982. That's three times the purchasing power. We made less back then, but our money went a LOT further.
I miss it! Way less drama! Way less attitudes! Way less division! And the food was even way less like the gas, 40 years later we done went backwards towards progression!
God it is awful now even restaurants waitresses with change went to Red Robin for my 42nd BD and Gave lady two $20s and 13 cents as bill was $19.13 to make change for tip and she came back with a $5, and five $1s, and $10 bill with 87 cents and I was like I do not even know what is happening right now and left her 4 bucks and the 87 cents then got out of there haha.
@@brettk9316Ah Yes, I am sure that every waitress in the 80s could count change with 100% accuracy, and that every single imbecile of a waitress today cannot even do basic math.
That was back when life was life and every minute of every news program wasn't talking gloom and doom and how supposedly everyone hates everyone. We got along, people mixed and had fun and then the radicals started multiplying after the late 90s.
Because it was more peaceful back then. Things were much more lax. People these days are obnoxious, disrespectful, entitled, angry….. People were much better back then. The millennials and Zoomers have destroyed everything and they suck!
It’s definitely interesting how in different parts of the US, certain areas were aged compared to others. Especially more rural areas. My husband’s parents are from southern Ohio, and even in the late 80s you’d guess it was early to mid 70s. Some places just don’t catch up as fast I guess. This video definitely looks to be stuck still in the late 70s I agree.
$1.39 for a Whopper in 1982 = $4.31 in 2023 dollars after inflation. Still cheaper than now to be fair, and the food was generally higher quality/bigger.
I mean, I like the styles of everything better today, but our world is absolutely miserable compared to this time. Everyone everywhere is rude and bitter now.
I remember when all the chain restaurants tried to keep their combo meals from going over $2.99. For about 2 years it held. Nobody wanted to be the looser and go higher. When it finally broke, everyone went to $3.49 immediately.
bc no one is uploading videos of peaceful trips to fast food restaurants nowadays. you're telling me that every single time you go to a restaurant in the current year, something wild is happening? or do you just see that on the internet and think it's real life bc you don't get out much?
I wasnt even conceived yet 😆 However Back to The Future is one of my fav movies and I always wonder how awesome the opening night was back then. The cinema must have been packed!
Lol no they didn't, they didn't care anymore then than they do now, you've watched one five second clip of one attendant and you're basing all of 1982 on that just cos it was 40 years ago? Get real, human beings don't change no matter what century you're in, if they're lazy and uncaring now you can 100 percent be sure they were lazy and uncaring back then, that's down to individuals and their attitudes not the year you see this.
A BK near my house just got revamped and they switched to the old classic logo you see in this video. As an 80’s kid I think that’s awesome 😊 Back To The Future style!
This was my first job in 1978. I was 13-14 and would work 4 -8 hours per week. My first check was for $12.99 and I was so proud lol Edit: and we had to "count back" change. Like if an order was $3.52 and they gave me a $10, I'd count it in my head as I'm pulling the change, then count out loud as I'm handing it over - "... 53, 54, 55, 65, 75, 4, 5 and 5 is 10. It amazes me that cashiers can't count back ☹️
Yeah. What's really sad is when you "round up" (I give cashier $2.03 when $1.03 is due to avoid change & just get back $1) half the time the cashier is confused & ends up giving me change. ($2 minus $1.03) I'm shorter the .03 (sometimes more) & leave wondering about today's young workforce. This is after I even tell them "I'm rounding up."
You had nasty people back then, don't kid your self. Angry teachers, angry store clerks, angry drivers, there were a lot of angry people. What I don't think you had were so many angry people with guns!
@@chrisstromberg6527 no, we just had people with more self-control not to use those guns on other people. Anger doesn't equal violence. Lack of control and accountability is the problem.
Me too, I dream about the 80's all the time and miss it so bad. It's like heavenly paradise. Wish I could have experienced teens and 20's instead of being just a little kids. The 80's is a whole vibe and a dream to me. People were happy, good vibes, no degrading outfits and attitudes on men and women. No phones and games. Just real genuine and decency. No acronyms and emojis used for everything. 2024 is pretty sad😢
I was a teen in the '80s. I can tell you that there were plenty of degrading outfits--mini skirts were in during that time. Genuine and decent? Well, there was the crack epidemic, the threat of nuclear war the stock market crash of '87. Honestly it was just like any other time. What I WILL say is the fast food tasted better--all the food tasted better--they used to use cane sugar in Coke. If you ever go to Mexico or England drink the Coke it's 100% better b/c they don't use fructose corn syrup like we do. Also no one who eats Popeyes today knows how DELICIOUS it was in the '80s. It tasted totally different from now, I can't even explain it or compare. You would throw today's Popeye's in the garbage if you tasted it back then. And my parents forgot to pick me up at times at school--the commute was far so I had to wait until they'd go home, realize I wasn't there and then come back to get me bc there were no cell phones. You have no idea how much better things are b/c of cell phones b/c you've never needed to call someone and not been able to.
The things that have gone in the toilet are the quality of products. No one makes anything with pride anymore--only with the intent to try to upsell you or enroll you in some "loyalty program" hoping you'll forget to unsubscribe and they can make more money off you. If something costs the same today as before you get less. Merchants intentionally give you less and "upsell" you the rest. Thanks to RU-vid and social media, people copy what's most popular--most of the time poorly--and have few original ideas of their own.
Holy shit. I worked at a Burger King in 1982 and the uniforms are giving me flashbacks. Yeah, 55 cents for a hamburger back then (about $2 now, I think) but I was paid $3.35/hour, too. Thanks for the nostalgia! BTW, how did you get the transfer from VHS (I assume) to look so damned good? The colors are spot-on and the resolution is fantastic. Any tips are welcome!
Forgot to mention the BK I worked at was right next door to one of the old "Golden Arches" McDonald's. We'd thumb our noses at the kids working there taking out the trash and sweeping the lot, that sort of thing. They'd return the gesture, but all in good fun.
When I worked there in 1972 we had a customer eat the same thing every day... jr whooper🍔 small🍟 and suicide🥤(minus the diet coke) but had to have grape and orange soda 😂
Back then in high school which I was in 82 all we ever had was a fistfight. We’d come to school the next day and we were good friends. Everyone seemed to just get along. Ahh the Great Eighties
@@GrumpyCat24 The owner of the BK I worked at was so cheap he forced us to do the change in our heads to avoid printing out too much paper from the register. I got really good at arithmetic. Plus the drunks coming in very late and leaving a pile of change at the drive-thru and leaving before I could count it, so they'd end up paying 10x was a pop cost.
They're all juiced up on Starbucks, behind on bills, scared to offend anyone, they just read about a mass shooting, their sibling OD'd on fentanyl, fear they will never own a home and believe they will be laid off soon.
People actually look like they're dressed appropriately, act appropriately and look like they really enjoy what they're doing.🎉 This is really nice to see again.
I like the green grass around the restaurant and the fact that most people were trying to keep it peaceful for those enjoying their meal, sure wish it was that way now.
I was a teenager and in high school in 1982 . . . And I loved it . . . Damn a cell phone and social media and the internet . . . I'd go back in a heartbeat . . Without question .
Burger King back in the 1970s 1980s and 1990s food was so fresh and hot made right...today BK NOT good anymore cold food lazy bad attitude employees like all other fast food joints.
That attitude is the result of shit entitled customers who don't know how to stfu and act accordingly in public. Its why I eat at more expensive place with better quality that isn't fast food, so I don't have to floor a entitled asshole talking crazy holding up the line which just pisses the people waiting off. Seen enough thugs, karens and brats acting a fool and talking crazy in my lifetime over shit unhealthy junk food. Tbh I don't know how folks today can take pride in that shit.
@@HorribleHomeVideo the real joke is that I took time out of your life for you to reply to this message and you seemed to care enough to reply to me, thank you!
The Burger King just south of the old Tampa (Florida) Stadium in 1982 used to made (2) DELICIOUS items. They made slices of deep fried French toast (Heavenly tasting) topped with powdered sugar. They also made a cold deli style ham & cheese sandwich with lettuce & tomato. That location is still there. I used to stop there on my way to work, 4 decades ago when I used to live in Tampa.
Back when they didn't try and be something they're not and kept the menu simple. In & Out burger is the closest thing to what fast food was, from the simple menu, the in store atmosphere, and the worker's high morale.
I was around 1 years old while this was taking place. I worked at Burger King back in 1997 as my first “real job.” We used the old microphones, and had the original logo back then. The food was pretty decent, but I notice a downgrade in the beef in around 1999 when the introduced the new logo. I no longer eat at Burger King. I do however will enjoy a milkshake on occasion. Their shakes have actually improved, but the portions are smaller. Even the music that these type of restaurants play now is terrible and kind of offensive.
I know I'm not imagining. Back in 1985 I lived on .99 Whoppers in college & just seems today's is not as good. Yeah they're flame broiled, but still today's just not the same.
The hamburger is actually good priced even today ($1.00 my location). Its the other items like the fish/Whooper/shakes which are overpriced. Almost like these companies are trying to milk ppl on name alone, they also realized raising prices of 'luxury items' like shakes wouldnt hurt their bottomline
@@i_i8924Burger King is one of few places in my area that still has a dollar menu; McDonalds has an "under $5 menu" now which means the mcdoubles are now $2.50, McChicken is now $2.50, small fries is now $2.50. I haven't had mcdonalds since they changed that - its just not worth it. It has nothing to do with paying employees better, but with higher ups refusing to lose any measure of their already massive profits.
The prices were very reasonable back then. Now a Burger King Whopper cost $12.89 alone. Back then, you could feed a family of four with under $10.00. Sigh........
I remember those specialty chicken sandwiches, they were so good! I saw them on the menu at a nearby BK , and I got so excited, the sandwich on the sub like roll! I ordered one and it was so tiny, and it tasted like wet ground up mystery chicken meat ( I hope that’s what’s it was) it was disgusting to just look at. What happened to you Burger King? Your employees were clean looking, they greeted you courteously, not by “hey, what can I get chu today” all while smacking gum like a cow. Your food is terrible, your employees are horrible, please re-do yourself. Teach your staff professionalism, educate them in customer service, and pay them well!!
It is due to the increasing retail crime and retail theft that is why some Burger King restaurants are following down. It’s impossible to operate a business chain due to stagnating crime and demand for goods and services. Which certainly is decreasing its profitability, that is why they’re losing millions of dollars and customers aren’t going inside the restaurant anymore due how unsafe and unprecedented it inside. Too many squatters and thieves robbing the restaurant at gunpoint. 😢😢
There’s no profitability anymore due to skyrocketing retail theft and many retailers may have to shut down their business due to bankruptcy and shoplifting. 😢😢😮
San Diego, San Francisco and Compton are very unsafe towns for operating small businesses due to increased crime of retail theft, fast food chain robberies and robbery at gun point. It’s becoming an increasingly common epidemic. They’re being protected by the oligarchs and oligarchy. They’re now are officially the protected class. 😢
