McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

[u/Charming_History7423]

[u/cheeersaiii]

They went from kids/family vibe to “operating theatre please leave quickly” vibe. In Australia we had one with a train carriage for kid’s birthdays, one with a plane, all sorts of fun. I understand the change and the coffee is better for it but still change isn’t always a good thing

[u/cheeersaiii → u/[deleted]]

Purely transactional now… in Aus KMart has done the same thing… good luck finding any variety or brands there, it’s just one cheap brand that they own that does one type of everything… it’s so disposable and crap and boring

[u/doopajones → u/cheeersaiii]

Kmart in the states in the 90s was amazing, had a little concession area with hot dogs and popcorn and icees

[u/ChoochieReturns → u/doopajones]

Blue light specials and product demonstrations. It was a party back in the day.

[u/Queen_Cheetah → u/doopajones]

One of my fondest memories as a kid is sitting in a booth at our local Kmart, just talking with my dad as we enjoyed our Icees/soda. Now that store is just a vacant building with boards over the windows...

[u/doopajones → u/Queen_Cheetah]

That’s a great memory to have, thanks for sharing :) The one in my town is all boarded up too.

[u/Queen_Cheetah → u/doopajones]

Aw, that's a shame- although I think there's still some stores elsewhere (like Guam). So maybe there's still similar memories being made?

[u/Think_Ad_1583 → u/doopajones]

Yo, I remember when we were getting a new target nearby earlier last year. I was hyped to see the new store and grab some popcorn from the food court. They put a Starbucks there instead of a food court

[u/doopajones → u/Think_Ad_1583]

Man, that popcorn smell when you walked into target back in the day! Mom never let me get any

[u/throwaway098764567 → u/doopajones]

there's a plant nursery near me that has a fresh popcorn stand in the houseplants area, feels very throwback

[u/Legend_of_dirty_Joe → u/doopajones]

they always had one of these running too