r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/AyCarambin0 12d ago

Remember you are to them, what cows are for their burgers. You are there to spend money as efficient as possible. That's it. You are raised as spending cattle.

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u/sh513 12d ago

I'm not sure how old you are but as a 35yo, looking back to my kid years in the 90s, it felt like customer experience was a differentiator for McD's. Maybe not on the same par as Chick-fil-Atoday, but it was part of their business plan, something the company strive to provide... the toys in Happy Meals, the coupons for school attendance, the play places, the "art" on the walls of smiling families.

Somewhere along the way that was all thrown out the window for the drab, right-angled, millennial greige model of maximum money extraction while ushering you out the door as quickly as possible. It truly wasn't always this way

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u/seifd 11d ago

Yeah, I'm about the same age. Mine had an indoor play place with two Super Nintendos and an outdoor playground. Even their ads were kid friendly. My favorite was McWorld, especially the cartoons they ran in Nickelodeon Magazine showing what various things would be like if kids took over.