@@liamwatson5125Think she's referring to the present, however she doesn't seem smart enough to realize this guy looks 60 here and most likely not around anymore.
I can really appreciate the customers folding the clothes and not just tossing them after looking at them. Shows respect to the store and merchandise. Different times, for sure. Love these nostalgic videos.
Guess who doesn't fold merch after looking at it, or just pulls stuff off of shelves and throws it on the ground just to be disrespectful? The same people that are the reason why Target is locking up toothpaste and deodorant.
I'll always put the clothes back on the hanger and where they belong on the rack or fold them up and put them back on the shelf after looking at them or trying them on. employees have to waste their time these days cleaning up after other inconsiderate people. I can go into a change room and there will be clothes all over the floor and hanging up on the hooks in the change room. I can see clothes littered all over the ground and placed in wrong sections... it's gross.
Malls were bustling in the 90s, I had fun there back then. They had Christmas music playing, it really felt like people were in Christmas mood back then…
I always say that!!! But people tell me it was more magical because I was a 90s child... but I think people in general were more in the Christmas spirit!!
I used to be the mall janitor back in 93-94. Worked alone at night when the mall was closed, sweeping the floor with one of those long dry push mops, walking a couple miles a night. Christmas was fun, with Santa Land and the little train in the center court and the mall decorated for Christmas, with the music left playing all night, and the lighting was at 50%, it was my own private winter wonderland every night.
@thenightporter I'm a 90s child! People were more in the Christmas spirit then, too!! How life has changed! I remember the malls being crowded and people wishing merry Christmas to each other... what a time to be alive!
They where in the Christmas mood more back then. Mostly because there were more white people in the west in general. These days multiculturalism has put christmas and the christmas spirit in severe decline.
@@mimosa27the corporate conglomerates save money my closing stores and pushing online sales eliminating jobs and personal experience of seeing and touching items. They also us chat and AI on websites further eliminating personal experience and jobs.
OK guys… Bear with me… I could break down in tears because in 1994 my grandmother and my father were still here and Christmases were so happy and now Christmas sucks
I can surely relate. In 94 I was in my 20s and my parents were alive, my wife’s parents were alive, aunts and uncles both sides were with us. One by one we began losing loved ones.
1994 just may be my favorite year ever. i was 25. My wife had gotten me my first computer that year and for Christmas she bought me PC games like Metal Tech Earthseige and such. I love watching these videos for all the things ive forgotten like the styles and clothing people dressed in. Or the sound of that dot matrix printer churning out a computer cash register receipt. Heard those SO much shopping with my wife. Such amazing wonderful days. Miss them and her. I bet if Heaven has a mall she is in it :)
Ha nice to see this, so nostalgic. 1994, the year I graduated hs lol. Malls were packed back then and you could always find what you needed. I miss those good ole days. People were kind and wholesome. There's too much Hate in this world today. ✌️
It’s true. Sales associates then, no matter if you were buying …..shoes , a shirt or luggage, always answered questions, gave tips on using the item, and if they didn’t have what you wanted, would try to find an alternative. Even lower end stores were helpful. Walmart in the 90’s had lots of associates and you always had friendly help. Shopping today is a lot different.
Every person in this video was polite, dressed nicely, and respectful. If I walked into a mall (or any store) like this now, I'd think I was in the Twilight Zone.
1:50 woman explains to customer about espresso machine- 3 things you’ll never see now, someone who knows about the items sold, someone who even cares, someone who values their job and does their best at it. A total thing of the past.
There are still passionate clerks out there today, just fewer and farther between.. It is surprising now when you do interact with one, because it's not common as it once was.
Yup that was their job they had to know about the products on the sales floor, no RUclips videos or online reviews to tell you how they work. You can still find people like that though. Went to the Apple Store a week ago to ask about a watch and the guy who helped me was very friendly, professional and knew everything there was to know about the watch, he helped me a lot. They’re still out there you just gotta ask 😊
I love these videos. In 1994 I was 11 years old. So sad, how things used to be, and just how great they were compared to today. And thinking about alot of the older folks shopping Christmas for their families in these videos, are most likely past away now. 😢
@@christinarichie6171 even at Target you could get some nice quality clothes back then. Now it is all this cheap crap from China that looks like Walmart crap, "fast fashion," and it is contributing to climate change.
It was amazing, the whole world just felt different. No fast fashion Amazon or SHEIN clothing, everything was quality and made to last. Can’t say that about today.
I think cause it's Washington they're dressed even better, maybe after work in business clothes. Blazers were definitely in! I just got rid f about 20, and I have more!
Oh my goodness. Why can't we get shopping experiences like this again?! Everyone is so respectful, everyone just wants to get their shopping done and move forward with their lives. Back than when Macy's was paying employees double for working on the weekends too! 🛍
I hate going to the mall now but I used to love going to the mall --- Now I see why; back then it was such a peaceful, wholesome experience - now it's mad chaos and the stores are not the same. As a young girl with no money, I was content to just go to the mall and get a coffee and walk around, it was a nice feeling -- now I only go if I'm out of White Barn Candles -- and I get in and get out quick.
I just had a flashback. At the beginning of this video, there is a woman that looks like she is trying to find someone. I remember that feeling! We had no cellphones and so we would set out watches and agree to meet at a certain spot at a certain time. But boy! If you forgot to do that, or someone didn’t follow the instructions or forgot their watch, it was AWFUL! It was so hard to try and find that person and sometimes I would walk back and forth up and down the mall trying to find the missing person. That person was usually my mother. Lol.
@@sandys2672I remember when I was in high school and my mom paged me at ar Target, using my first and last name. I was so embarrassed and prayed none of my classmates heard.
OMG! Yes. Even though I was a teen back then I still look back on those days and sometimes forget that we didn't have cell phones and making sure you meet up and don't get lost. LOL
I thought so too, and did you hear she said she used to work there for 2 1/2 years. I can definitely tell! Many glamorous high fashion ladies worked at Macy’s or Dillards ❤️
I worked at the mall Christmas of 94. I was 19, just started college. I worked at Radio Shack. I had to wear a shirt and tie and got paid $4.25 an hour plus commission. Coolest Job ever.
I can’t believe more people didn’t ask why you were walking around the mall with a video camera and recording them, but I’m glad you did. I was 13 in 1994 and the mall was the place to be.
The Monday after Thanksgiving 1994 I was 33 and in the appliances dept at Macy's buying a Mr. Coffee for my grandmother for Christmas. A different Macy's but my gosh did this take me back! 😮 Now I'm 62, our Macy's is gone, so are my parents and grandparents. 😢
You really have excellent footage of how wonderful humans acted towards others. I 100% love your channel. I just got back from Target with my 20 year old daughter, things are so different now. You could almost feel the safe environment back then and tonight I was looking over my shoulders.
Glad you made it back Okay..in all seriousness your absolutely correct... it's not the same. People will say otherwise. But we all know it isn't. Thanks for the nice comment ☺️
This is a trip, man. I remember going xmas shopping with my mom in Fortunoff back in 1996. Place was jammed and the displays were so elaborate. Even as a kid it was exhausting. Now all of that doesn't even exist anymore. The stores look thinner and thinner around the holidays.
No respect. 😞Company's always looking to make a large profit without providing good service or quality merchandise. Soon we will not have any brick-and-mortar stores everything will be purchased online.
The last time I was in Macy's was 2017 and the men's department was dead. Shoes were scattered all over the floor and they had one guy working the shoes and the clothing area. Nobody bothers to put things back anymore. So sad.
I interviewed at Macy's about 8 years ago for a Christmas part-time position. The HR offices were a dump. Cracked amd broken office cabinets , old carpet, etc. I turned them down.
The interactions between people are so much different now. People look happy to be around other people and actually talk to each other. I started working at Sears in 1996 and i loved that job.
I was 8 years old in 94. This reminds me of going to the mall with my mom. Oh the memories! She’d always buy me a cookie to keep me happy while she shopped and that’s what I remember most. 😢
@@evernight.That makes 3 of us... 1986 baby's all 3 of in this comment section was born almost 40 years ago lol. We're getting old lol. 38 in March lol.... The 90s was the best time ever. It takes me back to my power ranger day's back in 93 and 94. The good old days 😊😊😊😊😊
And back in 1994 people were complaining that Christmas was too commercial and the “good old days” had come and gone. It’s nice to look back, but nostalgia distorts the truth of how things really were, and are today.
You have a good point. 30 years from now could be very different. The way things are going, it's hard to imagine society improving aside from technology.
@@Bigreid92 I always went with my family to the Macy's in downtown Seattle into the 2010s around Christmas time and it was still full of life. I was definitely sad to see it go a few years ago but I guess the rest of the year probably wasn't so good for them and even Christmas time by that point had become less populated.
I remember going to these stores with my mom back then, and though I appreciate this now, Macy's was SUCH an ordeal back then. Just paying for clothing took FOREVER! The phone calls, the coat rack removal, the security tag removal, the typing blah blah in the computer, running the credit card, yadda yadda! Omg and that printing noise! Lol!!
Yessir. Do you happen to be old enough to remember that ancient ass credit card copier? I thought that was so cool. As a young kid I kinda wanted to work at a clothing store just to handle the copier. 🤦🏾♀️😂
We just entered 2025, and Christmas is over, which makes me feel sad for several reasons. First, Christmas shopping in the '90s felt different. Back then, Macy's was packed with merchandise and people. Now, at my local Macy's, it seems somewhat empty and not well-kept, in my opinion. There's hardly any shopping happening, and the shelves lack the abundance of merchandise that used to fill the space. Since Christmas has just ended, watching this video in January is sad. I'm looking forward to Christmas 2025!
Maybe ones with the IBM 4610 thermal printers. Macy’s replaced all their existing Model 3 printers with the homophonic Model 4 printers. And then they were replaced with the 4610 Suremarks.
Just think, in 1994 Tim Allen's "The Santa Clause" would be in theaters. I remember going to see it when it came out. I was 13. We probably went Christmas shopping at a mall much like this one beforehand. Wonderful days.
I miss the real world before the internet destroyed everything physical and many people's mental and emotional health. Blockbuster was better than spending $200 a month on 10 different streaming services, Malls were better than amazon, CDs were better than streaming music....you could go on and on.
Wow, you're sadly spot on. When we were kids, we had fun playing with each other, making up our own entertainment. Now kids don't want to leave the house, on their IPhones or computers instead.
By 1994 we were dressing a bit more casual than in the 80's, but by today's standards the people in this video seem like they're dressed up. When I go to the mall today, people are wearing their pajamas, and even the employees look like homeless people.
Was at Macy’s few days ago (the main location in Herald Sq NYC) women’s shoes department was quite a mess, only 1-2 people working for several sections. Some of the employees even wearing lounge pants 😕
First time I've seen those IBM 4683s with Aptiva-style CRTs. Though I have seen plenty with the newer Model 3/3F printer, and rarely the Model 4 taken from the 4694. Disney used them in their theme parks before they switched to NCRs.
@@thatjpwing Got to be something custom or cross-platform. The non-standard Aptiva-style monitors are very unusal for a typical 4683/94 setup, so that also explains why it's not using the usual IBM software.
@@liamwatson5125 It's because they have the same print engine. In fact, when the 4694 was introduced, the Model 4 was designed specifically to match the aesthetics of the 4694 (and also be compatible with it), which included having an angled base that can clip onto the chassis of the 4694. Both were still in production until 2005, though the Model 3 continued production as the Model 3F after it was superceded by the Model 4, due to the Model 4 lacking fiscal logic for countries where local laws require EPOS printers to have the capability of recording transactions for the purpose of taxation enforcement. The Model 3F has the same case as the original Model 3, but has the upgraded specifications of the Model 4, and of course, the fiscal logic required in some countries.
@@AurumUsagi Then after that, we had the IBM 4610 thermal printer which was a quiet replacement to those noisy boxes. It had an angled base too to clip onto the chassis of the 4694. Toward the 21st century, people wanted major retailers not to be too noisy as a result of impact printers. I loved that thermal multifunction printer.
The only people on a phone are the workers calling departments and managers for approval. Also kinda nice seeing people actually dressed to go out, instead of looking they just got out of bed.
The early 90s was peak mall awesomeness. I remember being in school at that time and hanging out at the mall and taking trips to the larger malls in the city. It was sooo much fun to hang out with friends at the arcade or the food court! Man do I miss it. The old mall is still here near me but it's half empty now and just feels depressing walking through it. It's wild how much the internet has changed things.
I miss the 90s. In 94 I was in college and engaged to my wife. The malls were packed and Macys was a much better retailer. Life was good back then for most people. No woke bs. We just chilled.
The salespeople were dressed nicely. I pass through Macy's at most once a year, but about 4 years ago I needed an item of clothing and the salesperson was actually wearing sweatpants and thongs. Old sweatpants too, the kind you wear when you clean out the garage. The others were dressed about the same. My postal carrier wears basketball shorts and a wife beater. Next, people will just be going everywhere dressed in nothing but bathrobes. Then it will be just underwear. Then it will be naked.
I think this was the first Macy’s in the DC area, before Federated bought Macy’s and eventually homogenized all the regional nameplates under their name. So 1994 was just about the last gasp of the original Macy’s chain. I lived not too far from Pentagon City when this was made. Hard to believe almost 30 years ago now.
2:11 “am I going to be on TV tonight?”
No, you’re going to be on TV in 2023.
That’s the most funniest thing I’ve ever heard a department store clerk say. 😆😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 We didn’t mean to invade your privacy.
Was thinking the same thing. Replaced tv with "internet". 😂
Hopefully that guy finds himself in youtube 😊
@@Butterflyprincess71RUclips didn’t even exist in 1994.
@@liamwatson5125Think she's referring to the present, however she doesn't seem smart enough to realize this guy looks 60 here and most likely not around anymore.
I can really appreciate the customers folding the clothes and not just tossing them after looking at them. Shows respect to the store and merchandise. Different times, for sure. Love these nostalgic videos.
Guess who doesn't fold merch after looking at it, or just pulls stuff off of shelves and throws it on the ground just to be disrespectful? The same people that are the reason why Target is locking up toothpaste and deodorant.
Are you referring to a demographic in specific? @@thenightporter
Tell me about it ✨
Customers weren’t the spoiled douchebags they are today
I'll always put the clothes back on the hanger and where they belong on the rack or fold them up and put them back on the shelf after looking at them or trying them on. employees have to waste their time these days cleaning up after other inconsiderate people. I can go into a change room and there will be clothes all over the floor and hanging up on the hooks in the change room. I can see clothes littered all over the ground and placed in wrong sections... it's gross.
Malls were bustling in the 90s, I had fun there back then. They had Christmas music playing, it really felt like people were in Christmas mood back then…
I always say that!!! But people tell me it was more magical because I was a 90s child... but I think people in general were more in the Christmas spirit!!
I used to be the mall janitor back in 93-94. Worked alone at night when the mall was closed, sweeping the floor with one of those long dry push mops, walking a couple miles a night. Christmas was fun, with Santa Land and the little train in the center court and the mall decorated for Christmas, with the music left playing all night, and the lighting was at 50%, it was my own private winter wonderland every night.
@@leftylisa6257 I was a 70s and 80s child. People were merrier then.
@thenightporter I'm a 90s child! People were more in the Christmas spirit then, too!! How life has changed! I remember the malls being crowded and people wishing merry Christmas to each other... what a time to be alive!
They where in the Christmas mood more back then. Mostly because there were more white people in the west in general.
These days multiculturalism has put christmas and the christmas spirit in severe decline.
When you could find a sales associate without going thru three different departments to find help 😂
back when companies wouldn’t purposely understaff their stores to save money
@@radar_the_fox Back when customers weren't assholes to retail employees.
@@Zwei4815No it's when top executives actually were pro life and gave a crap about employees rather then when their next golf outing is.
@@radar_the_fox corporations have been making record profits. What money are they "saving"?
@@mimosa27the corporate conglomerates save money my closing stores and pushing online sales eliminating jobs and personal experience of seeing and touching items. They also us chat and AI on websites further eliminating personal experience and jobs.
It’s hard to believe this was almost 30 years ago. I was 21 and had my whole life ahead of me.
It is INDEED interesting to realize '94 was over a quarter of a century ago. 😬
Same.
You still do
I'm 21 now... can you imagine
You are 50. You're still young enough to enjoy life and you're close to retirement!
OK guys… Bear with me… I could break down in tears because in 1994 my grandmother and my father were still here and Christmases were so happy and now Christmas sucks
I feel you completely, my deepest condolences 💐
Yeah. Christmas kind of just becomes sad and depressing once family members start passing away. I still celebrate but it's just not the same.
I can surely relate. In 94 I was in my 20s and my parents were alive, my wife’s parents were alive, aunts and uncles both sides were with us. One by one we began losing loved ones.
Same but the year after my grandfather passed 🙁
@JustForFun-bh7lnthis is right. Time to take that feeling recreate it for your siblings, kids, nieces and nephews, etc
Life before Amazon, Walmart and the whole internet thing. I sure wish we could go back to those times
Me too!
I’m Gen Z and I usually prefer in store shopping most of the time!!!!
Walmart was there long before Amazon and “the whole internet thing”. Walmart was very much a part of “those times” that you speak of.
@@digitalthought exactly I even seen old 90s walmart commercials!
@@justinjuerakhan7934Yeah, but you had more choices back then, it seems
1994 just may be my favorite year ever. i was 25. My wife had gotten me my first computer that year and for Christmas she bought me PC games like Metal Tech Earthseige and such. I love watching these videos for all the things ive forgotten like the styles and clothing people dressed in. Or the sound of that dot matrix printer churning out a computer cash register receipt. Heard those SO much shopping with my wife. Such amazing wonderful days. Miss them and her. I bet if Heaven has a mall she is in it :)
God bless you, sir
Ha nice to see this, so nostalgic. 1994, the year I graduated hs lol. Malls were packed back then and you could always find what you needed. I miss those good ole days. People were kind and wholesome. There's too much Hate in this world today. ✌️
It's when sale associates had time to talk and accommodate their customers. Useful advice and one on one service. Such a peaceful time.
I try very hard to find a good and reliable contact.
It’s true. Sales associates then, no matter if you were buying …..shoes , a shirt or luggage, always answered questions, gave tips on using the item, and if they didn’t have what you wanted, would try to find an alternative. Even lower end stores were helpful. Walmart in the 90’s had lots of associates and you always had friendly help. Shopping today is a lot different.
@@hospitalfood6621bc companies dont train and purposefully understaff their employees now
It's wonderful how the saleswoman helps and explains the espresso machine to the woman. Amazing😊
@@radar_the_fox notice how they all ignore this comment because it doesnt align with their notion of reality lol
It s so relaxing to watch those videos. Life is awful these days. ❤❤❤
The sounds of the dot matrix printer on the cash registers is gold to my ears ,,,,love how nice folks were then too
Every person in this video was polite, dressed nicely, and respectful. If I walked into a mall (or any store) like this now, I'd think I was in the Twilight Zone.
Back when malls were great! You felt like you were walking into a dream!
Walking into a grand temple of consumerism
The goods for sale looks to be of high quality.
@@DuncanL7979 Yes, and it was glorious!
Online is so much better… no traffic, parking, dragging stuff around. I like the 9os, but not this.
@@DuncanL7979 Yeah, it sure was fun wasn't it?
1:50 woman explains to customer about espresso machine- 3 things you’ll never see now, someone who knows about the items sold, someone who even cares, someone who values their job and does their best at it. A total thing of the past.
Spot on comment. I noticed that as well
@@Bigreid92 sad Reid.
There are still passionate clerks out there today, just fewer and farther between.. It is surprising now when you do interact with one, because it's not common as it once was.
This is a total lie that nobody cares for their jobs anymore.
Yup that was their job they had to know about the products on the sales floor, no RUclips videos or online reviews to tell you how they work. You can still find people like that though. Went to the Apple Store a week ago to ask about a watch and the guy who helped me was very friendly, professional and knew everything there was to know about the watch, he helped me a lot. They’re still out there you just gotta ask 😊
I love these videos. In 1994 I was 11 years old. So sad, how things used to be, and just how great they were compared to today. And thinking about alot of the older folks shopping Christmas for their families in these videos, are most likely past away now. 😢
90s malls were one of the best!
I miss the shopping and arcades too.
Just realized while watching this I worked at The Gap in the mall the same year this was shot!! 1994... sheesh I'm old now
I can’t speak of times before I was born, but this looks like an amazing time to be alive. People seemed to dress nicer to.
People had far more choice and the clothes were superior in every way.. We are being led into a dystopian hell hole now..
@@christinarichie6171 even at Target you could get some nice quality clothes back then. Now it is all this cheap crap from China that looks like Walmart crap, "fast fashion," and it is contributing to climate change.
It was amazing, the whole world just felt different. No fast fashion Amazon or SHEIN clothing, everything was quality and made to last. Can’t say that about today.
Yup. I was a kid in the 90s and its very annoying how shitty people look and act now. I would do anything to go back.
I think cause it's Washington they're dressed even better, maybe after work in business clothes. Blazers were definitely in! I just got rid f about 20, and I have more!
Wow. Everyone was so thin. No one's gut was knocking merchandise off the shelves, breaking tiles on the floor beneath their mammoth girth. Amazing.
There were plenty of heavy people in 1994 😄. Processed/junk food was in full effect during this time.
@@sweetgirly8489There were plenty of heavy people on 1964 too.
Before gift cards and cell phones. I love it!
We had gift cards in 1994.
Back when humans were normal.
Humans were NEVER normal.
Oh wow actual civility, now it's oh the humanity. 😱
Oh my goodness. Why can't we get shopping experiences like this again?! Everyone is so respectful, everyone just wants to get their shopping done and move forward with their lives. Back than when Macy's was paying employees double for working on the weekends too! 🛍
I hate going to the mall now but I used to love going to the mall --- Now I see why; back then it was such a peaceful, wholesome experience - now it's mad chaos and the stores are not the same. As a young girl with no money, I was content to just go to the mall and get a coffee and walk around, it was a nice feeling -- now I only go if I'm out of White Barn Candles -- and I get in and get out quick.
The good old days; when America felt and looked all around American!!!
I currently work 10 min from this exact mall. Crying tears of nostalgia right now.
I bet it's changed a lot since then!
@@quickpstuts412who geev a fook about krees mees decoration?!
I did visual merchandising for Macy's in 1994, so this was really cool to see! It was an interesting and fun job and it paid well too.
I just had a flashback. At the beginning of this video, there is a woman that looks like she is trying to find someone. I remember that feeling! We had no cellphones and so we would set out watches and agree to meet at a certain spot at a certain time. But boy! If you forgot to do that, or someone didn’t follow the instructions or forgot their watch, it was AWFUL! It was so hard to try and find that person and sometimes I would walk back and forth up and down the mall trying to find the missing person. That person was usually my mother. Lol.
Yes! And people were being paged on the loud speaker, “meet your party at the shoe dept” or wherever.
@@sandys2672I remember when I was in high school and my mom paged me at ar Target, using my first and last name. I was so embarrassed and prayed none of my classmates heard.
OMG! Yes. Even though I was a teen back then I still look back on those days and sometimes forget that we didn't have cell phones and making sure you meet up and don't get lost. LOL
no still do that to this day with my mother!!!!!
I was just 5 years old in 1994! I'll be 36 tomorrow 🎁 merry Christmas 🎄
Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 🎉
I miss the 1990s 😫
Me too!😢
I don't!👎
Just got back from Walmart. Weekend before Christmas. Absolute madhouse. I parked on the edge of the parking lot to avoid the insanity.
Good times. Human interaction and not an app. I wish it could be like that again. We live in a chaotic sad lonely world.
I loved going to the mall during the holiday season to see how they were decorated and the music, really put you in the Christmas spirit!
Same. My local mall had a Christmas train for the kids to ride, and of course you could sit on Santa's lap lol.
What a much better class of people we once were.
That lady customer at 14:46 was so glamorous!
Yep.....grace, style and classic beauty.
I thought so too, and did you hear she said she used to work there for 2 1/2 years. I can definitely tell! Many glamorous high fashion ladies worked at Macy’s or Dillards ❤️
This is the real back to the future/past thank you so much I love your videos. ❤🧡💙
Thanks. That makes me happy 😄
When life was fun and relaxing with smiles! Now it's full of anger & hatred. We didn't know what we had!
I worked at the mall Christmas of 94. I was 19, just started college. I worked at Radio Shack. I had to wear a shirt and tie and got paid $4.25 an hour plus commission. Coolest Job ever.
Roommate: "What are you so interested in?"
Me: "Watching a video of people shopping at Macy's 30 years ago."
Roommate:...
I can’t believe more people didn’t ask why you were walking around the mall with a video camera and recording them, but I’m glad you did. I was 13 in 1994 and the mall was the place to be.
The Monday after Thanksgiving 1994 I was 33 and in the appliances dept at Macy's buying a Mr. Coffee for my grandmother for Christmas. A different Macy's but my gosh did this take me back! 😮 Now I'm 62, our Macy's is gone, so are my parents and grandparents. 😢
I know how you feel😢
You really have excellent footage of how wonderful humans acted towards others. I 100% love your channel. I just got back from Target with my 20 year old daughter, things are so different now. You could almost feel the safe environment back then and tonight I was looking over my shoulders.
Glad you made it back Okay..in all seriousness your absolutely correct... it's not the same. People will say otherwise. But we all know it isn't. Thanks for the nice comment ☺️
Crime was higher overall in the mid 90s in the US vs today.
@@jaquen1977 I think there was higher crime in certain parts of the country, like larger cities. Nowadays it is everywhere.
there were a shit ton of muggings that happened that year. the crime rate was actually higher back then
This right here is genuine ASMR for me. Started feeling some tinglies in the back of my neck ❤
I miss that 90s mall experience, sure the malls I went to are still open, but they are a far cry from their former glory
This is a trip, man. I remember going xmas shopping with my mom in Fortunoff back in 1996. Place was jammed and the displays were so elaborate. Even as a kid it was exhausting. Now all of that doesn't even exist anymore. The stores look thinner and thinner around the holidays.
This is so wholesome, what has happened to us ):
No respect. 😞Company's always looking to make a large profit without providing good service or quality merchandise. Soon we will not have any brick-and-mortar stores everything will be purchased online.
Phones, mass production, greedy corporations, corruption, war etc. ya know.
@@naomivought9317 and evilness
2:14: “So I’m not gonna be on TV tonight?”
No sir, not tonight but in 30 years from now. 😊
Sorry, Sir no It won't be on TV tonight. it will be on RUclips many years from now. 😁
9:58 -- strange nostalgia hearing that receipt printer
Man I miss malls & great customer service, advice & support. Internet ruined everything. Thanks a lot skynet.
The last time I was in Macy's was 2017 and the men's department was dead. Shoes were scattered all over the floor and they had one guy working the shoes and the clothing area. Nobody bothers to put things back anymore. So sad.
I interviewed at Macy's about 8 years ago for a Christmas part-time position. The HR offices were a dump. Cracked amd broken office cabinets , old carpet, etc. I turned them down.
Oh wow. The young man so nicely dressed and working so respectfully. ❤
I was born in November of ‘94. Crazy to think my entire lifetime (30 years) has happened since this was filmed
The interactions between people are so much different now. People look happy to be around other people and actually talk to each other. I started working at Sears in 1996 and i loved that job.
Wow. Morpheus really wasn't kidding when he said that 1999 was the peak of human existence, if this in 1994 wasn't already. I want to go back so bad.
Pre 9/11 America was a different planet. We’ve lost so much and it’s not just nostalgia talking.
I was 8 years old in 94. This reminds me of going to the mall with my mom. Oh the memories! She’d always buy me a cookie to keep me happy while she shopped and that’s what I remember most. 😢
I was -8 years old in 94
@@evernight.That makes 3 of us... 1986 baby's all 3 of in this comment section was born almost 40 years ago lol. We're getting old lol. 38 in March lol.... The 90s was the best time ever. It takes me back to my power ranger day's back in 93 and 94. The good old days 😊😊😊😊😊
@@sheilaatif6906 No, you misread it 😂. I was minus 8 in 94'. I am 21 😂
Same!!!!
@@evernight.I was 4 years old in 94
Another reason why I love RUclips. Where do you guys find all these amazing videos? Thank you for sharing them woth the world!
And back in 1994 people were complaining that Christmas was too commercial and the “good old days” had come and gone. It’s nice to look back, but nostalgia distorts the truth of how things really were, and are today.
great point!
You have a good point. 30 years from now could be very different. The way things are going, it's hard to imagine society improving aside from technology.
It is possible that one time was better to live in than another, objectively speaking.
I worked in a department store Christmas of 1994. The register clicks and sounds took me back.
Wow! You have a new subscriber! I love these old videos. Feeling so nostalgic. I miss these times. Thank you for posting.
Seeing the Bill Cosby sweaters in the glass cases was awesome!
When Christmas shopping was fun and full of the spirit. I had that Krups Espresso Maker shown in the beginning of the video.
The good ole days!
Only for wealthy white people!
You know what song debuted this Xmas season '94?
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" 😊
Take me back 🥺
I wish I could
I want to go back as an adult..
@@vampirerobotI think you are in this way…thank you for that
Times long of great hospitality and customer service.
Ah, the sweet sound of dot matrix printers! I was 14 in ‘96, worked at Gottschalk’s (RIP) when I was 16. The malls were the place to be!
Weird to see a Macy's so full of people. I went to my local Macy's yesterday and it was almost dead.
Shopping at Macys, a regional Department Store, even Sears or JC Penney was an excellent experience. It was a way of life back in 80’s and 90’s
@@Bigreid92 I always went with my family to the Macy's in downtown Seattle into the 2010s around Christmas time and it was still full of life. I was definitely sad to see it go a few years ago but I guess the rest of the year probably wasn't so good for them and even Christmas time by that point had become less populated.
At least you still have one! I have to drive across the city now.
Love the register noise ❤
Love these videos!!! 💚❤️🎄🥰Better times indeed!
How far our society has fallen, people were so civil.
NOT true! People acted like animals when Cabbage Patch dolls were the hot Christmas gift.
Actually elmobolan makes a very TRUE Comment there. We're losing the civil society...@alandale2182
I remember going to these stores with my mom back then, and though I appreciate this now, Macy's was SUCH an ordeal back then. Just paying for clothing took FOREVER! The phone calls, the coat rack removal, the security tag removal, the typing blah blah in the computer, running the credit card, yadda yadda! Omg and that printing noise! Lol!!
Yeah but still is better than nowadays, with all that’s going on, the future seems uncertain
Yessir. Do you happen to be old enough to remember that ancient ass credit card copier? I thought that was so cool. As a young kid I kinda wanted to work at a clothing store just to handle the copier. 🤦🏾♀️😂
It was ok because we weren’t so busy anyway 😂 not like today when we do everything online ourselves that used to be someone else’s job
I loved that noise the machine used to make.
We just entered 2025, and Christmas is over, which makes me feel sad for several reasons. First, Christmas shopping in the '90s felt different. Back then, Macy's was packed with merchandise and people. Now, at my local Macy's, it seems somewhat empty and not well-kept, in my opinion. There's hardly any shopping happening, and the shelves lack the abundance of merchandise that used to fill the space. Since Christmas has just ended, watching this video in January is sad. I'm looking forward to Christmas 2025!
More macys please! ❤
Maybe ones with the IBM 4610 thermal printers. Macy’s replaced all their existing Model 3 printers with the homophonic Model 4 printers. And then they were replaced with the 4610 Suremarks.
I was 1! 😂so great time to be alive now 31. Bring back the 90s.
Damn, this is right down the street from me. I didn't even notice until I saw the food court/escalators in the end.
@1:32 Wow! An actual salesperson helping a customer with a product. Now you can barely find a person to ring you up in a US department store.
Well they pay like 14$ an hour
Also, when woman cared about their hair and looks very much!
I had a very nice and cozy childhood during the 1990s! I remember at 14:15 the noise made when the receipt printed!
Dang!! 94 Married with Children was still on tv!! 😃
Just think, in 1994 Tim Allen's "The Santa Clause" would be in theaters. I remember going to see it when it came out. I was 13. We probably went Christmas shopping at a mall much like this one beforehand. Wonderful days.
I loved the Pentagon mall. The Marine base at Quantico had a nice PX too.
The consumer economy was so strong in the mid 90s!!! Good times.
Those Tommy Hilfiger jackets bring back so many memories.
I miss the real world before the internet destroyed everything physical and many people's mental and emotional health. Blockbuster was better than spending $200 a month on 10 different streaming services, Malls were better than amazon, CDs were better than streaming music....you could go on and on.
Wow, you're sadly spot on.
When we were kids, we had fun playing with each other, making up our own entertainment.
Now kids don't want to leave the house, on their IPhones or computers instead.
100% true the internet destroyed everything, people in particular. And we can never go back 😞
Macys was the rich people store 😂 but then I caught on to the coupons and credit card
3:50 not sure why soup toureens were such a major interest back then. I remember my mom just HAD to have one. I have one myself and NEVER use it. Lol.
By 1994 we were dressing a bit more casual than in the 80's, but by today's standards the people in this video seem like they're dressed up. When I go to the mall today, people are wearing their pajamas, and even the employees look like homeless people.
Was at Macy’s few days ago (the main location in Herald Sq NYC) women’s shoes department was quite a mess, only 1-2 people working for several sections. Some of the employees even wearing lounge pants 😕
I miss in store shopping. I love the convenience of online, but this was its own fun 😂❤
So much nostalgia seeing IBM SurePOS software and equipment from the mid90s on those little color VGA monitors.
Little? They’re huge.
No Macy's I've been to in the last 15 years was ever so busy.
First time I've seen those IBM 4683s with Aptiva-style CRTs. Though I have seen plenty with the newer Model 3/3F printer, and rarely the Model 4 taken from the 4694. Disney used them in their theme parks before they switched to NCRs.
I was always curious as to what software they were running on these IBM machines, because it wasn’t General Sales Application
@@thatjpwing Got to be something custom or cross-platform. The non-standard Aptiva-style monitors are very unusal for a typical 4683/94 setup, so that also explains why it's not using the usual IBM software.
Both the Model 3 and 4 printers made the same noise. Not many printers are homophones, where they make the same noise but look different.
@@liamwatson5125 It's because they have the same print engine. In fact, when the 4694 was introduced, the Model 4 was designed specifically to match the aesthetics of the 4694 (and also be compatible with it), which included having an angled base that can clip onto the chassis of the 4694. Both were still in production until 2005, though the Model 3 continued production as the Model 3F after it was superceded by the Model 4, due to the Model 4 lacking fiscal logic for countries where local laws require EPOS printers to have the capability of recording transactions for the purpose of taxation enforcement. The Model 3F has the same case as the original Model 3, but has the upgraded specifications of the Model 4, and of course, the fiscal logic required in some countries.
@@AurumUsagi Then after that, we had the IBM 4610 thermal printer which was a quiet replacement to those noisy boxes. It had an angled base too to clip onto the chassis of the 4694. Toward the 21st century, people wanted major retailers not to be too noisy as a result of impact printers. I loved that thermal multifunction printer.
This is when the Malls had it all
30 yrs ago… how can that be!?
I miss the sound of heels on the store floor. Weird it came back to me watching this.
oh My God I was there today ! didn't realize it was that old !! I was 8 years old in the video in my country Iraq that time !
The only people on a phone are the workers calling departments and managers for approval. Also kinda nice seeing people actually dressed to go out, instead of looking they just got out of bed.
The Macy's bags haven't changed in 29 years.
The early 90s was peak mall awesomeness. I remember being in school at that time and hanging out at the mall and taking trips to the larger malls in the city. It was sooo much fun to hang out with friends at the arcade or the food court! Man do I miss it. The old mall is still here near me but it's half empty now and just feels depressing walking through it. It's wild how much the internet has changed things.
I miss the 90s. In 94 I was in college and engaged to my wife. The malls were packed and Macys was a much better retailer. Life was good back then for most people. No woke bs. We just chilled.
The salespeople were dressed nicely.
I pass through Macy's at most once a year, but about 4 years ago I needed an item of clothing and the salesperson was actually wearing sweatpants and thongs. Old sweatpants too, the kind you wear when you clean out the garage. The others were dressed about the same. My postal carrier wears basketball shorts and a wife beater. Next, people will just be going everywhere dressed in nothing but bathrobes. Then it will be just underwear. Then it will be naked.
“Woke”..?…you’re part of the problem. ..stop dividing us…you’re as guilty as they are.
Found the bigot
@@chillydawgg4354 No one needs your attitude here.
@@chillydawgg4354 I guess you found yourself.
It sad when mall are closing down I am born 1994 I still a little kid I love mall I used to go there hang out with some friends
I think this was the first Macy’s in the DC area, before Federated bought Macy’s and eventually homogenized all the regional nameplates under their name. So 1994 was just about the last gasp of the original Macy’s chain. I lived not too far from Pentagon City when this was made. Hard to believe almost 30 years ago now.