Throughout my entire life I've rarely seen so many Walmart checkouts open at the same time. I suspect the reason the video has so many open is because of it being Thanksgiving week. The last 2 months of the year were typically when Walmart tried to keep as many checkouts open as possible. The rest of the time my local stores only had 2 checkouts open during the day with a max of 6 open in the evening.
@@Rymac91 once at a black friday morning sale, I needed that price so badly because I was poor while in line I pooped my self. I had no choice, and the teenage girl behind me threw up at the smell and then covered her nose. But niether of us would leave the line because we had tickets to get highly discounted PlayStation 2s when they were very hard to fine. Also after she headed across the the street to get adult toys on sale to pleasure her wonderful 15 year old body.. it sent shivers down my spine!
2005 was the last full year I got to spend with my mother, I was 10. There may be only four or five things in the whole world, that I wouldn't give to go back to then. If you're reading this fellow viewer, please cherish the time you have, whether it be friends, family, or just the experiences. You'll never know for sure what you had, until it's gone. What a time to be alive then.
This is so heartfelt of you to say. I can see the date on the cash registers and the date shown is my own mother’s birthday. Sending you much love my friend.
Honestly I prefer to do it myself. I’m faster. Glad we have the choice for people that aren’t as fast and can get a lane with a cashier to do it for them.
@@justindurnen3828wages haven't been rising at the same rate as cost of living since around the time of the this video, I honestly just think people are fed up and don't feel the need to be fake nice for a bad wage.
@@vampirerobot Yeah, definitely not an age issue. These videos make me feel nostalgic for time periods when I wasn’t even born yet. I love these videos ❤️
The 90's and 00's were awesome. 1998 till 2006 is one of my favorite times to be alive. Back when best buy was actually worth shopping at. The 2010's began the shit show.
2:55 This just reminded me. I used to see people with overflowing carts like this all the time in the 90s and early 2000s. I never see them anymore. I miss that era where we could actually afford things.
Same, but WalMart in 2005 is roughly the same as now, besides the addition of self-checkout and inflation, and removal of McD’s. But the Walmart of the 90’s felt wildly different somehow? It felt more old-school, less credit cards and more checks, more specialized departments kinda feeling like a department store. 2005 was a transition period.
This Wal-Mart looks very modern for 2005. It already has flatscreen TV monitors, the modern black signage you still tend to see in Wal-Marts nowadays, no more blue bags, etc... Actually looks a lot like most Wal-Marts today minus the "WAL-MART" signage on the outside as well as the red number signs at the checkout lanes, both being older remnants that were probably already there before the remodel. My Wal-Mart in 2005 still had late 90s/early 2000s signage + overall aesthetic, CRT TV monitors, and blue bags but with no rollback smiley on them at that point.
While there were still a fair share of tube TVs for sale in 2005, it was pretty clear by then that flat screens were taking over, especially for the TV people choose for their main living room set.
Wow. The store looks neat and organized. The last time I was in a Walmart(which was a few months ago), the shelves were piled with merchandise in a messy, cluttered dump.
I remember I was in middle school in 2005. Kids used to make fun of you for wearing any clothes or shoes from Walmart . Now a days it’s actually popular ! Which is a good thing .
Places like Walmart and Target have definitely upped the quality of their clothes in the last 15 years compared to what they were selling in the early and mid 2000s.
2004 I believe they did trial runs on the self checkout. I remember helping a college student move and we stopped at Wally's. He got me a 20oz drink. He pointed out some of the quirks of the checkout.
So I remember during a short period of time in possibly 2010 give or take, they didn’t have self-checkouts at my local Walmart. Their lines were so bad. I do not mind the self-checkouts at all because they get me out of the store faster.
I was 15 that year. Sometimes it feels like yesterday. I tend to feel depressed when thinking of what I miss of my younger years. This makes me want to jump inside :(
I know it's not too long ago, but I do miss this era of Walmart. This brings back memories as a teenager shopping in the Walmart Supercenters with my parents. Good ol days.
So many memories at Walmart in the early 2000s. Born in 1995, and I can vividly see the Walmart we went too. Classic Blue, Red, Gray, building. Walk in, customer service to your left, a little more forward McDonalds...turn right...the checklanes...make a left past greeting cards on the way to Electronics and the Jewelry section across from that. Keep walking and then the shoe department that's touching the back wall, where I would get those TechDeck sneakers with the free figure. I have a map in my head and WISH I could go back to those times. Awesome video!!! Never stop posting stuff like this.
@@vampirerobot Haha not yet! If you have anymore late 90s early 2000s Walmart, Kmart, Toys R Us, that haven't been posted yet, would love to see them on the channel!
@@philipkeds328I was also born in 1995. I long for my childhood often and have clear recollections of Walmart similar to yourself. The shoe section seemed endless as a kid. I spent hours there with my grandad while my grandma got the groceries. He was so patient while I tried on almost every shoe in my size 😅 Those were such simple times that I'll always cherish.
The days when everything seemed just right, nothing major needed to be thought about, when going into a circuit city, k mart, walmart, eb games gave a sense of relief and hope for the future. But now, now is.. im not sure.
Any videos like this with the constant time stamp in the corner is B-roll footage for local news stations. They record random moments to add it to a story, only bits are actually used, but this gives the editor plenty.
@@SenorWoods2722 that’s a good question. It’s safe to assume all of the original tapes must’ve been saved all these years, and maybe were re-discovered in storage or something, then that person had it digitally converted.
@@jerrysanders9101 I'm just saying life as a whole started to feel different in the mid late 2000s. I guess it's more of a personal thing though and of course I wont share my personal business here. 2000s overall was still a great time though and I wish I could go back
These videos are great, keep them coming! Especially the videos from the 80's. I keep watching these, hoping to see the Fruit of the Loom logo that I remember...
Was 9 years old that year. Can vividly remember going to the electronics section every opportunity I could when we go shopping and would get a new game when my family had the money. It was a simple time with simple pleasures. Although we can't get those moments back, the memories with be there forever.
I was born a year after in 2006 and I wish I lived in this time! My favorite part of this video is when that guy bought that huge Batman Begins tumbler! I have something like that in my room! Love this video!❤
W. that being said, I also find it weird that when some people usually refer to years of the past, such as 2005, they may usually say, "Back in 2005" instead of "right around 2005". #IJS
I was thinking the same as you. I was kid in the 80's and a teenager in the 90's. Those two decades feels more of a nostalgia to me than the mid 2000's.
1:36 I REMEMBER that blue shirt with the striped scarf hanging up in the background! I didn't have it myself, but it sparked a long-lost memory of me seeing them hanging up in Walmart back then. It's so random how I remember that. Haha. (And I had my 21st birthday in 2005)
2005 in Walmart such a magical time, you truly could find it all and there were far more brands and variety and the quality truly far exceeded the price. Back when they had probably almost as much as Amazon and they still had lots of services like same day photo development of 35mm film and the like. and who will ever forget the blessing and nostalgia of 24 hours shopping. Although this doesn't appear to be a supercenter. I'm 33 now
2005 I was starting middle school. I was so excited to get a locker. 2006-2008 was a time for me. Even though we had cellphones and the internet word of mouth was pretty much my life.
Ahh the good old days...when walmart didn't suck and they actually had cashiers available and when greeters were greeters and didn't check receipts or hassle you at the entrance.
I worked for an inventory company around this time. They had the Walmart contract so I'd spend everyday in a different yet mostly identical Walmart. I'd count a store, go on the road for hours, sleep at a hotel, then wake up and count the seemingly same store. That stint had a dreamy quality.
@@Goldrefinedthrufire Yeah it's a fun job. They give you a handheld computer and you go count things. Perfect for the post secondary "what does it all mean" slump of a person's life. Not so great as a grownup since it's minimum wage and you're always on the road, but you will shape strong relationships with your coworkers if you go down that path.
@@Goldrefinedthrufire They would pick me up in an 8 person van along with coworkers and drive us to the jobs, which added to the dreamy disconnected quality of that time. Also they paid an hourly rate for travel so I'd be happy if we were counting somewhere far away.
I was born in 2001 and I remember getting that Batmobile at 5:25 for what had to have been Christmas 2005 because I believe I was 4 at the time. So cool!
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I was 21 then. Older people would talk about "the good old days" and "how things used to be". Seems like not that long ago for me, in 2005. But one day, people will look back on today, yes today, and say " those were the good old days." Life is a funny thing. Im almost 40, and old enough to realize that now. It's in our nature to remember the good times, and not so much the bad times. I think thats a good thing. Our brains are designed to forget anything that isn't necessary to remember. I suspect, that's why we remember the good times. I've had relationships that as soon as they ended I had so much animosity for that woman, yet when look back now, even with them, I only remember the good times that we had together. In 2004, I drove a 96 Ford Escort with a top speed of around 90mph (the speedometer didn't work, so you were just guessing) on a 900 mile trip to Orlando Florida. No cruise control, using paper maps, no gps, with my then girlfriend and a group of friends. We had two cars, and communicated with walkie talkies. We stopped at a Wal-Mart in Kissimmee, in the middle of the night, to stalk up on food for our rented condo and week long adventure. While their, we had the misfortune of being stuck in the middle of hurricane Charlie. But even a hurricane couldn't stop our fun. Is there a point to this rambling? Yes, there is. What I'm saying is this. Times are always going to be hard for people, regardless of what year it is. But the best thing a person can do, is to make some good memories along the way. When you get older, you'll forget about all of the bad times, and only remember the good ones. The important thing is that you have some good memories to reflect upon. I see so many young people today glued to their phones, not socializing, hell not even dating. Worried about insignificant things. Acting like they're living in the worst time in history. Afraid to do something adventurous. And not making any memories for their future. Once you get old enough, then your memories will be one of the most valuable and precious things that you have. So make make some good ones.
I was born and raised in Arkansas and we got the new Walmart layouts first. I remember our town getting the Supercenter with a McDonald's and for a while they had cup holders on the shopping carts. It was hilarious because there was a real McDonald's right next door.
This is how I feel when the younger gen z seems to think 2016 is "nostalgic". I'm an older gen z so I think the early 2000s and late 2000s are nostalgic.
Yes it was a place where you could do a late night shopping if you needed to stock up the kitchen or the room. A major inconvenience when they reduced the hours for folks who work during the day.
The good old days when people weren't casually pushing carts full of unpaid merchandise out the door and attacking the clerks who would try to stop them.
I was 19, in school at the San Francisco Art Institute. Everyone was obsessed with the Emancipation of Mimi lol. For some reason we all wore jeans with dresses 😂 Myspace was poppin. So many good memories 🥺❤
@@vampirerobot I worry about what's going to happen to the next generation getting jobs with all those retail jobs you'd do in high school and university replaced by self-checkout... my generation had a hard enough time getting jobs that expected 5 years experience for an entry-level position, wtf are kids now going to do when they'll have no work experience because the opportunities have all been replaced by tech
Eeeeh. I wouldn't say they were simpler. They just had some DIFFERENT problems. We didn't have twitter or social media like we do now, so for a lot of people, world issues weren't constantly on their mind, but People still referenced 9/11 on an almost daily basis. George W. Bush and his bullcrap. War in Iraq, etc.
@Trance88 They were absolutely simpler for most of the world outside of the Middle East. The War in Iraq feels like a roller coaster ride from a Western perspective compared to the issues of today.
man, i remember stores back in the day use to be more packed with people at the check out lines. look at @5:04. Amazon really changed everything by enabling people to buy stuff from home.
I enjoy this video. The first wal-mart we had turned into a flea market. It looked just like this one. It was also right by the U.S. and Mexico border. Nearby, there was a Circuit City, which is now a party events center, and a Toys R Us, which is now just an abandoned building, and a mall which the community college bought and shared with the Mexico Consulate in Brownsville.
2005, the year my first kid was born. I had a plan for life back then and 18 years later none of it has gone to that plan, in my case it's been a good thing. 2005 was before smartphones were really mainstream but I remember my bosses having company blackberries back then and I remember being annoyed at how they were on them during meetings using that scroll key on the side of the phone. Now people are like zombies with smartphones.
Love seeing a row of open registers and cashiers!! Its a shoppers dream... Also a DVD player going for $29 in 2005 is a steal by then they were ubiquitous everyone had one at home 7:45
I graduated in 2005 and remember it was the same year our Super Walmart opened. We went there after our graduation and bought boxes of those fireworks things they use to carry and smoke things lol.
Indeed, those IBM cash registers are classic and some of the new ones today still have the same look, just updated with more modern tech and now made by Toshiba.
These IBM cash register where not that old around 2005 2006 they replaced them with IBM surepos 700s which look similar to the old 4694's from 1994 they looked all most the same the display and printer are the same from 1994
Yep. Last time I went to Walmart the only checkout lane open closed early and everyone had to use the self checkouts while the employees stood there and watched. If the employees would have just been the ones checking people out, it wouldn't have taken so long for all the customers to do it themselves and leave the store, and the employees looked annoyed the whole time too.
Look at the prices. At my job in 2005 i made $5.65 per hour. 50 cents above minimum wage. Takehome after taxes was right at $5 an hour. My company didnt want to make me full time and give me healthcare so i was scheduled to work 39 hours a week. $195 take home per week! A 1 bedroom apartment was $400 a month!
I would just like to at least go back there and live. Looking back now 2005 was not all that bad and life was still normal. We had the right balance of everything then. We had flip phones and we were still humble and the crazy people were still in kindergarten and not adults yet.
My childhood has no right looking this old 😭 I remember going to Walmart in the early 00’s and begging my parents to buy me a GameCube game every time we went shopping
My grandmother passed away 3 months before this. It feels like it was yesterday. Is it just me, or has hairstyles and clothing not changed much in the last 19 years?
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When Wal-Mart had 32 registers open at the same time.
I went to one in Clermont, FL the other day and they had probably had around 7-10 of them open and I thought that was impressive.
Throughout my entire life I've rarely seen so many Walmart checkouts open at the same time. I suspect the reason the video has so many open is because of it being Thanksgiving week. The last 2 months of the year were typically when Walmart tried to keep as many checkouts open as possible. The rest of the time my local stores only had 2 checkouts open during the day with a max of 6 open in the evening.
Yeah now there's like 2
@@Rymac91 once at a black friday morning sale, I needed that price so badly because I was poor while in line I pooped my self. I had no choice, and the teenage girl behind me threw up at the smell and then covered her nose. But niether of us would leave the line because we had tickets to get highly discounted PlayStation 2s when they were very hard to fine. Also after she headed across the the street to get adult toys on sale to pleasure her wonderful 15 year old body.. it sent shivers down my spine!
Industrial capitalism is collapsing.
2005 was the last full year I got to spend with my mother, I was 10. There may be only four or five things in the whole world, that I wouldn't give to go back to then. If you're reading this fellow viewer, please cherish the time you have, whether it be friends, family, or just the experiences. You'll never know for sure what you had, until it's gone. What a time to be alive then.
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This is so heartfelt of you to say. I can see the date on the cash registers and the date shown is my own mother’s birthday. Sending you much love my friend.
Sending all my love ❤
True. I lost my grandad in 2005
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Even 2005 is so distant now....this is so depressing, the amount of time that flew by
We're closer to 2040 than 2005... insane
I feel ya there. It seems like yesterday
I feel the same way. I had my son when I was 19. Now he's 19. Oh my gosh
Boy! How time flies! Thanks for uploading these time capsules! 😊
@@GoldrefinedthrufireYeah man, I was born in 2005 and now I’m an adult in college and with a job, time fucking flies
At least we have a video to PROVE we used to be able to fill our grocery carts to the top - and AFFORD it!
Inflation got out of control since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic 😷
look at the SIZE of those cereal boxes. They don't make them anymore.
Watch who you vote for
Yeah don't vote for a cry baby playing a victim.
I was 12 in 2005. This really brings me back when I would go to Walmart with my parents back then. Thanks!!
I was 10 that year. It does feel pleasant seeing Walmart like that.
I was 23, I feel old
I was 9!
I was 11
I was 12 in 2005 also, YXMedia!
People actually working the checkout lines
see we in da future now,we dont need people anymore for that.*crazy right
@@DJNurseAnnabella They are all disposable.
Honestly I prefer to do it myself. I’m faster. Glad we have the choice for people that aren’t as fast and can get a lane with a cashier to do it for them.
Damn, never thought I'd say I miss 2005
Early 2000’s really got that 90’s vibe
I've missed it for a long time. Notice how much less weird and detached people seem?
the year I started 7th grade. By then, the 90s vibe was long gone for me.
@@sticks_studiosHQ no they have a early 2000s vibe.. i dont know why everyone tries to make early 2000s the 90s
I don’t high school sucked.
Wish we could go back to the old days back in 2000
20.000?
You'll not have a skeleton.
Oh yeay even I. If fact I was born in 2000, and my family would go here for all the supplies. Everything was far better before 2010.
Me too.
So nostalgic I remember I would get the Walmart smiley face stickers and go to the fish section 🥲
People sometimes talk about the lobster tanks at Walmart. I don't honestly remember them...but I can just imagine.
@@vampirerobot There was at my Walmart!!
@@philipkeds328 Oh my!
I loved it when my father would take me "to see the fishies" at Walmart. Haha. Fun.😊
@@TheMJCorner I use to say that to my kid all the time. She’s 11 now and sadly, no more fishes at WM😩
Look how calm everyone is shopping. No one is yelling, starting fights and making stupid prank videos. Just getting their shopping done. 🛍🛒
Yet I’ve never actually seen what you’re saying in person..
Did customers lick ice cream off the shelf then?
@@Religious_man no
Well at least "not as often."
@@Toyeboy89 Then you live under a rock.
Oh look people that look friendly and nice ringing folks up. I was 21 in 2005. Seems like yesterday. Thanks for sharing😎
I was 19 and 20 then. And I worked there too
Hey I’m Turing 21 in 4 months 😃
Yeah, customer service has gone down the toilet in the last decade.
@@justindurnen3828wages haven't been rising at the same rate as cost of living since around the time of the this video, I honestly just think people are fed up and don't feel the need to be fake nice for a bad wage.
Yeah that’s what happens when you make enough to actually pay rent. The income disparity wasn’t quite as bad back then as it is now.
I love watching these videos but at the same time it just makes me sad. Oh, how I miss everything from the late 90’s and early 00’s.
We all do. They think it's an age issue. lol
@@vampirerobot Yeah, definitely not an age issue. These videos make me feel nostalgic for time periods when I wasn’t even born yet. I love these videos ❤️
The 90's and 00's were awesome. 1998 till 2006 is one of my favorite times to be alive. Back when best buy was actually worth shopping at. The 2010's began the shit show.
@@Coincollector81 those were the best years
@@Coincollector811998 - 2006 feels like the most beautiful dream that I keep reliving in my mind over and over again.
2:55 This just reminded me. I used to see people with overflowing carts like this all the time in the 90s and early 2000s. I never see them anymore. I miss that era where we could actually afford things.
That's because we get it delivered now...
@@adammiller9179 Okay. I miss the era where people went outside and interacted with other people.
Towards the start of the month I see big groups pushing overflowing carts like this and all I can think is 'foodstamps musta hit' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I was a junior in high school in 2005. This is like a whole different world. A lot has changed.
Me too lol class of 06
@ScatPackHulk888 2006 seems like forever ago at this point. I'm only a few years away from 40.
Same, but WalMart in 2005 is roughly the same as now, besides the addition of self-checkout and inflation, and removal of McD’s. But the Walmart of the 90’s felt wildly different somehow? It felt more old-school, less credit cards and more checks, more specialized departments kinda feeling like a department store. 2005 was a transition period.
This Wal-Mart looks very modern for 2005. It already has flatscreen TV monitors, the modern black signage you still tend to see in Wal-Marts nowadays, no more blue bags, etc... Actually looks a lot like most Wal-Marts today minus the "WAL-MART" signage on the outside as well as the red number signs at the checkout lanes, both being older remnants that were probably already there before the remodel.
My Wal-Mart in 2005 still had late 90s/early 2000s signage + overall aesthetic, CRT TV monitors, and blue bags but with no rollback smiley on them at that point.
While there were still a fair share of tube TVs for sale in 2005, it was pretty clear by then that flat screens were taking over, especially for the TV people choose for their main living room set.
2005 is when I noticed Walmart moved away from their classic look to a 1.0 version of what they have now
You didn’t see thugs stealing chit unchallenged or beating people up for being whypeepo.
@oldradios09 it's ugly now they thought they did something
@jerrysanders9101 that's crap. It all depends on what city you were in. Not much has changed since 2005 except cell phone technology.
Bro, this is genius recording along with your other videos! These are cool to watch and relive the past. True Americana!
I agree.🎉
Wow. The store looks neat and organized. The last time I was in a Walmart(which was a few months ago), the shelves were piled with merchandise in a messy, cluttered dump.
I'd give anything for Walmart to go away, and Kmart to come back.
all depends on the area
that place was even worse @@IssanCaliRefugee
@@IssanCaliRefugee K-Mart had character back in the day, from the housewares department to the cafeteria.
@@IssanCaliRefugeekmart had better quality anyways!
I remember I was in middle school in 2005. Kids used to make fun of you for wearing any clothes or shoes from Walmart . Now a days it’s actually popular ! Which is a good thing .
It helps that Wal Mart sells some actually decent looking clothes nowadays. Their George brand chino pants are especially good for the money.
Places like Walmart and Target have definitely upped the quality of their clothes in the last 15 years compared to what they were selling in the early and mid 2000s.
I was in middle school around 2014 and they did the same. Now nobody can afford the good stuff and Walmart is the norm lol
Yeah, it's cool that do spin offs with name brands plus some of their store brand stuff is actually very nice.
Yeah I remember Walmart clothes weren't that great back then. I actually shop a lot for clothes at Walmart and see a lot of nice stuff.
Crazy how now Wal-Mart is being operated by self-checkout lanes that doesn’t recognize when you put your items in the bag
Funny enough, one of my Walmarts growing up had one or two self checkout machines back then.
2004 I believe they did trial runs on the self checkout. I remember helping a college student move and we stopped at Wally's. He got me a 20oz drink. He pointed out some of the quirks of the checkout.
Technology took away all of the jobs.
Huh? At the Walmart I go to it notices everything. The weight scale is so accurate I can't leave my hand on it
So I remember during a short period of time in possibly 2010 give or take, they didn’t have self-checkouts at my local Walmart. Their lines were so bad. I do not mind the self-checkouts at all because they get me out of the store faster.
I was 15 that year. Sometimes it feels like yesterday. I tend to feel depressed when thinking of what I miss of my younger years. This makes me want to jump inside :(
You and me both. What I wouldn’t give to go back to this time.
Time is not real.
Same age, same feelings
@@manikyum I’m open to this concept but then what is “time” and why can’t we go back if it isn’t real.
Same I was 16
Early 2000s still looked like the 90s things really started to change from 2012 onward.
2011 was the last good year for humanity.
I know it's not too long ago, but I do miss this era of Walmart. This brings back memories as a teenager shopping in the Walmart Supercenters with my parents. Good ol days.
Indeed! Very good days.
Same. Do you remember when Walmarts had a HUGE overhaul in 2005 moving away from their classic look?
These people from 2005, had no clue that in just 15 years, they would be using self-checkout.
So many memories at Walmart in the early 2000s. Born in 1995, and I can vividly see the Walmart we went too. Classic Blue, Red, Gray, building. Walk in, customer service to your left, a little more forward McDonalds...turn right...the checklanes...make a left past greeting cards on the way to Electronics and the Jewelry section across from that. Keep walking and then the shoe department that's touching the back wall, where I would get those TechDeck sneakers with the free figure. I have a map in my head and WISH I could go back to those times. Awesome video!!! Never stop posting stuff like this.
Donate your brain to some University Phillip.
@@vampirerobot Haha not yet! If you have anymore late 90s early 2000s Walmart, Kmart, Toys R Us, that haven't been posted yet, would love to see them on the channel!
Personally, I would say that between both 2004 along w. 2005 would be more so the middle or mid half of the '00s decade. #IJS
@@philipkeds328I was also born in 1995. I long for my childhood often and have clear recollections of Walmart similar to yourself. The shoe section seemed endless as a kid. I spent hours there with my grandad while my grandma got the groceries. He was so patient while I tried on almost every shoe in my size 😅 Those were such simple times that I'll always cherish.
The sound of actual people working and many full carts!
The days when everything seemed just right, nothing major needed to be thought about, when going into a circuit city, k mart, walmart, eb games gave a sense of relief and hope for the future. But now, now is.. im not sure.
What compelled you to document such random footage? Your videos are like the closest thing to time traveling!
Except this footage isn't that old.
Any videos like this with the constant time stamp in the corner is B-roll footage for local news stations. They record random moments to add it to a story, only bits are actually used, but this gives the editor plenty.
@@bobsmithinson2050 Where are they obtained though? I don’t think this guy worked for many local news stations around the country.
@@SenorWoods2722 that’s a good question. It’s safe to assume all of the original tapes must’ve been saved all these years, and maybe were re-discovered in storage or something, then that person had it digitally converted.
@@SenorWoods2722The B-Roll footage was freely available to download from the media section of the walmart corporate website
I worked for Walmart in 2005, so I was there a lot. It really does seem so long ago after watching this. I like the lack of smartphones.
Same. Smart phones ruined society quite literally.
They we’re smartphones around back in 2005…. I bought my first blackberry in 06
@t0nys0pran06 he said ‘lack’ of smartphones. Not that there weren’t any.
@@T0NY_S0PRAN0_86 as a teenager in 05 nobody had or knew about smartphones..
If you hate smartphones so much, I hope you are practicing what you preaching and don't have a smartphone now.
2005 was around the time things were slowly going down hill. I was 11 just starting middle school i remember that year
Going down hill how? I’m curious to your perspective.
@@jerrysanders9101 I'm just saying life as a whole started to feel different in the mid late 2000s. I guess it's more of a personal thing though and of course I wont share my personal business here. 2000s overall was still a great time though and I wish I could go back
lol you were 11 you dont even know what was going on... 07 is when things started changing
@@kazamastylebatsurealmofbea6269No things did not change when your doggy died or whatever. Also you were 11 what would you know?
@@chadwellington2524Decline started in 08 not 07. Finished in 2011.
Ahh the time when I wanted to buy every “Now! That’s What I Call Music” CD’s. I was 12 in 2005.
What a time to be alive.
Fart
Is it me or does 2005 seem like 5 years ago
Came here to say this
Honestly this footage doesn't look like it was from long ago either. It could easily be 2015.
@@Arkiasis not at all ur tripping
My dad warned me, the older you get the faster time will go by. Truer words, I'm having a tough time finding.
These videos are great, keep them coming! Especially the videos from the 80's.
I keep watching these, hoping to see the Fruit of the Loom logo that I remember...
Was 9 years old that year. Can vividly remember going to the electronics section every opportunity I could when we go shopping and would get a new game when my family had the money. It was a simple time with simple pleasures. Although we can't get those moments back, the memories with be there forever.
This is making me cry because I miss these days being able to go out to Walmart and enjoy quality family time.
I was born a year after in 2006 and I wish I lived in this time! My favorite part of this video is when that guy bought that huge Batman Begins tumbler! I have something like that in my room! Love this video!❤
damn that shit was huge.
Even toys were peak in the 2000's! Is there anything that decade didn't excel at when it came to entertainment and culture?
Man I'm in my 40's, this feels like last week to me. Weird people calling 2005 "nostalgic".
W. that being said, I also find it weird that when some people usually refer to years of the past, such as 2005, they may usually say, "Back in 2005" instead of "right around 2005". #IJS
Last weekend is so vintage..... 😅
I was thinking the same as you. I was kid in the 80's and a teenager in the 90's. Those two decades feels more of a nostalgia to me than the mid 2000's.
I am with you. I think with younger generations and the instant gratification of things, 2018 seems vintage to them.
@@shawnwomack3446 Well some of us were only teens (or younger) then and it was almost 20 years ago...
1:36 I REMEMBER that blue shirt with the striped scarf hanging up in the background! I didn't have it myself, but it sparked a long-lost memory of me seeing them hanging up in Walmart back then. It's so random how I remember that. Haha. (And I had my 21st birthday in 2005)
Same! Omg!
Back when I actually enjoy going for a Walmart trip. I can’t stand going now!
Yes! I tend to only go to Walmart only because of the hours of Target. If I can’t find it at Target, then I will head on to Walmart.
The Baggy look was definitely in back then 😆😂
yuuup!!😂
Ahhhh the memories. No self check out and cashiers were available 😉👍🏽
2005 in Walmart such a magical time, you truly could find it all and there were far more brands and variety and the quality truly far exceeded the price.
Back when they had probably almost as much as Amazon and they still had lots of services like same day photo development of 35mm film and the like.
and who will ever forget the blessing and nostalgia of 24 hours shopping.
Although this doesn't appear to be a supercenter.
I'm 33 now
2005 I was starting middle school. I was so excited to get a locker. 2006-2008 was a time for me. Even though we had cellphones and the internet word of mouth was pretty much my life.
Taking notice to the difference between then and now I am scared what 2030 will look like compared to now.
We'll be lucky if we're still allowed to buy groceries in person.
@@sa3270 We'll be lucky if any stores even exist still. We'll be expected to buy everything online.
@@ville666sora You know you don't have to buy anything online. Stores still exist.
@@ville666sorathere will still be a need for stores. Not everything is online.
Ahh the good old days...when walmart didn't suck and they actually had cashiers available and when greeters were greeters and didn't check receipts or hassle you at the entrance.
It's their job. If you don't like it, just don't go.
People complained the same way about Wal Mart then.
My Walmart had McDonald's inside.
They still do in Canada
They still do in Southern California
Saraland still has a Walmart with McDonald's inside.
The ones near me did too. There was an oddball Walmart near where I worked once that had a Burger King.
They did in Kentucky and also subway
I worked for an inventory company around this time. They had the Walmart contract so I'd spend everyday in a different yet mostly identical Walmart. I'd count a store, go on the road for hours, sleep at a hotel, then wake up and count the seemingly same store. That stint had a dreamy quality.
What do you mean by count a store? Sounds like a nice job
@@Goldrefinedthrufire Yeah it's a fun job. They give you a handheld computer and you go count things. Perfect for the post secondary "what does it all mean" slump of a person's life. Not so great as a grownup since it's minimum wage and you're always on the road, but you will shape strong relationships with your coworkers if you go down that path.
@yellowstreetlight minimum wage and you'd have to travel? Ugh
@@Goldrefinedthrufire They would pick me up in an 8 person van along with coworkers and drive us to the jobs, which added to the dreamy disconnected quality of that time. Also they paid an hourly rate for travel so I'd be happy if we were counting somewhere far away.
Regis was the company right?
I was born in 2001 and I remember getting that Batmobile at 5:25 for what had to have been Christmas 2005 because I believe I was 4 at the time. So cool!
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Back when people at least somewhat cared about good customer service.
That’s why I prefer self checkout. Too many attitudes with cashiers , even in the south where politeness is long gone with this new generation!
You can't beat good ole' Wal-Mart eh!
Many Walmart stores still have the same IBM 4693/94 registers in use, albeit with upgraded parts as necessary and upgrades to the software.
Not the ones where I live.
That's assuming they still even have cashiers...
Our area stores have removed so many staffed registers they probably have warehouses with decades worth of spare parts now
Those aren't 4694s they where replaced with ibm surepos 700s which look like 4694s but use the same printers and display a keyboard s
I was 21 then. Older people would talk about "the good old days" and "how things used to be". Seems like not that long ago for me, in 2005. But one day, people will look back on today, yes today, and say " those were the good old days." Life is a funny thing. Im almost 40, and old enough to realize that now. It's in our nature to remember the good times, and not so much the bad times. I think thats a good thing. Our brains are designed to forget anything that isn't necessary to remember. I suspect, that's why we remember the good times. I've had relationships that as soon as they ended I had so much animosity for that woman, yet when look back now, even with them, I only remember the good times that we had together. In 2004, I drove a 96 Ford Escort with a top speed of around 90mph (the speedometer didn't work, so you were just guessing) on a 900 mile trip to Orlando Florida. No cruise control, using paper maps, no gps, with my then girlfriend and a group of friends. We had two cars, and communicated with walkie talkies. We stopped at a Wal-Mart in Kissimmee, in the middle of the night, to stalk up on food for our rented condo and week long adventure. While their, we had the misfortune of being stuck in the middle of hurricane Charlie. But even a hurricane couldn't stop our fun. Is there a point to this rambling? Yes, there is. What I'm saying is this. Times are always going to be hard for people, regardless of what year it is. But the best thing a person can do, is to make some good memories along the way. When you get older, you'll forget about all of the bad times, and only remember the good ones. The important thing is that you have some good memories to reflect upon. I see so many young people today glued to their phones, not socializing, hell not even dating. Worried about insignificant things. Acting like they're living in the worst time in history. Afraid to do something adventurous. And not making any memories for their future. Once you get old enough, then your memories will be one of the most valuable and precious things that you have. So make make some good ones.
Well said!
👏🏾...spoken like a true 80s baby...lol. I am approaching 40 also and agree completely with what you said. We got to cherish the good times.
10/10 comment. Minus the dating part, lol. That’s where i disagree
I was born and raised in Arkansas and we got the new Walmart layouts first. I remember our town getting the Supercenter with a McDonald's and for a while they had cup holders on the shopping carts. It was hilarious because there was a real McDonald's right next door.
I know I'm getting old when people act like this was a long time ago and I get nostalgic over 80s Mall shopping vids lol.
A lot of us were teenagers and younger then and now we're over 30. it happens.
This is how I feel when the younger gen z seems to think 2016 is "nostalgic". I'm an older gen z so I think the early 2000s and late 2000s are nostalgic.
By looking at the cash registers, the date read 11/21/05. So this footage was from Monday, November 21, 2005.
I was 20 in 2005 i have to say i miss this time too. My son was only a few months old during this time he is 18 now
I was doing a summer internship in Washington DC during the summer of 05
Take is back to when most WalMarts were open 24 hours
Yes it was a place where you could do a late night shopping if you needed to stock up the kitchen or the room. A major inconvenience when they reduced the hours for folks who work during the day.
@@richardsequeirateixeira and that major inconvenience was Covid and the corrupt government organizations
The good old days when people weren't casually pushing carts full of unpaid merchandise out the door and attacking the clerks who would try to stop them.
I was 19, in school at the San Francisco Art Institute. Everyone was obsessed with the Emancipation of Mimi lol. For some reason we all wore jeans with dresses 😂 Myspace was poppin. So many good memories 🥺❤
This brings memories to me going to Walmart with my mom and dad after they dropped of my sister and brother at school I’m 22 now and I was 4 back then
Back when Walmart actually had cashiers
No kidding. It's so depressing. And of course they put the worst of the bunch at the register.
@@porcelinaofvastoceans I agree. But at the same time that's your job.
@@vampirerobot I worry about what's going to happen to the next generation getting jobs with all those retail jobs you'd do in high school and university replaced by self-checkout... my generation had a hard enough time getting jobs that expected 5 years experience for an entry-level position, wtf are kids now going to do when they'll have no work experience because the opportunities have all been replaced by tech
They still do. Yours is 100% self check out? Self check out is way better anyway.
If you're a mom with a carriage full, ok. Self checkout is faster. So is tapping your card which they do not support.
Wow I was 19 years old fresh and young😂❤
I was 16 in 05 ...fuckin crazy how time moves
i was -2.
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back when if you stole something you'd go to jail
No woke agenda yet, but still pretty bad with Bush in power and the liberal agenda in full swing. Not as bad but still pretty bad.
3:52 That is a really cool shot of the registers!!
This footage is great. I miss this era of Wal-Mart. Is there any way I could go about potentially licensing some of the footage?
Times were much simpler
They are complex now?
Eeeeh. I wouldn't say they were simpler. They just had some DIFFERENT problems. We didn't have twitter or social media like we do now, so for a lot of people, world issues weren't constantly on their mind, but People still referenced 9/11 on an almost daily basis. George W. Bush and his bullcrap. War in Iraq, etc.
Black people were more well behaved
@Trance88 They were absolutely simpler for most of the world outside of the Middle East. The War in Iraq feels like a roller coaster ride from a Western perspective compared to the issues of today.
@@EarthsGeomancer Um, yes? Where have you been?
man, i remember stores back in the day use to be more packed with people at the check out lines. look at @5:04. Amazon really changed everything by enabling people to buy stuff from home.
I enjoy this video. The first wal-mart we had turned into a flea market. It looked just like this one. It was also right by the U.S. and Mexico border. Nearby, there was a Circuit City, which is now a party events center, and a Toys R Us, which is now just an abandoned building, and a mall which the community college bought and shared with the Mexico Consulate in Brownsville.
17 years later and they still don't have screens where you can see what the cashier is doing.
Back when Walmart had cashiers and not this stupid self checkout BS
Place your items in the bagging area! Help is on the way!
@@mauricioramirez9744 😅
Lol boomer
@@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYT far from it 1993
@@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYTlol Gen z
2005, the year my first kid was born. I had a plan for life back then and 18 years later none of it has gone to that plan, in my case it's been a good thing. 2005 was before smartphones were really mainstream but I remember my bosses having company blackberries back then and I remember being annoyed at how they were on them during meetings using that scroll key on the side of the phone. Now people are like zombies with smartphones.
I graduated highschool in 2005 I don't recall that year being so retro.🤔
Retro age ended in 1995. This was the following phase called "digital age" which is from 1995 to 2008. And from 2008 til now we have the "HD age".
Love seeing a row of open registers and cashiers!! Its a shoppers dream... Also a DVD player going for $29 in 2005 is a steal by then they were ubiquitous everyone had one at home 7:45
Yes I saw that part! 29 bucks for a DVD! This definitely was the DVD era.
I graduated in 2005 and remember it was the same year our Super Walmart opened. We went there after our graduation and bought boxes of those fireworks things they use to carry and smoke things lol.
Watching people over flow their carts is surprisingly nostalgic, not sure how I feel about that.
Those IBM cash registers were about 10 years old at the time. They're still in use at World Market as of today.
Indeed, those IBM cash registers are classic and some of the new ones today still have the same look, just updated with more modern tech and now made by Toshiba.
These IBM cash register where not that old around 2005 2006 they replaced them with IBM surepos 700s which look similar to the old 4694's from 1994 they looked all most the same the display and printer are the same from 1994
Wow, the register says 11/21/05 which was 7 days before my 12th bday:)
Gosh I remember 2005 Walmart.
The days when more then one checkout lane was open
Yep. Last time I went to Walmart the only checkout lane open closed early and everyone had to use the self checkouts while the employees stood there and watched. If the employees would have just been the ones checking people out, it wouldn't have taken so long for all the customers to do it themselves and leave the store, and the employees looked annoyed the whole time too.
wow people actually working the checkout aisles
The constant beepings sound from the registers hasn't changed! LOL!
Look at the prices. At my job in 2005 i made $5.65 per hour. 50 cents above minimum wage. Takehome after taxes was right at $5 an hour. My company didnt want to make me full time and give me healthcare so i was scheduled to work 39 hours a week. $195 take home per week! A 1 bedroom apartment was $400 a month!
Yes! Can you do please Shopping at Baby Einstein Products at Walmart, Target and Costco at Fairfield and Vallejo, California in 2005.
I was 7 in 2005 wow this looks just like i remember it as a kid.
I remember when Walmart had signs everywhere “Made in the USA”, never see that anymore.
Use to also have sign "Always low Prices" & would match anyone's advertised price...
I cannot remember the last time I had the cashier experience at Walmart. It was nice.
I would just like to at least go back there and live. Looking back now 2005 was not all that bad and life was still normal. We had the right balance of everything then. We had flip phones and we were still humble and the crazy people were still in kindergarten and not adults yet.
Just before the smartphone era?
Just before
@@vampirerobot And then everything went to hell and funny walmart shopper videos started to pop up
Yeah that was 2007
Yup the smartphone era began 07-08ish
@@xboxxguy_9360 Not to be that guy, but I think you meant era not area
My childhood has no right looking this old 😭
I remember going to Walmart in the early 00’s and begging my parents to buy me a GameCube game every time we went shopping
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I will never be convinced that "twenty years ago" doesn't refer to the '80s
So true 😢
Pretty soon, we will be showing this to our grandchildren and they'll be shocked to see that people used to actually do things in person.
2005 back when I still had a full head of hair. The customers dressed nice and behaving themselves.
Back when they had more than 1 employee per store
Walmart was the only place I could play the PS3 when it came out. My neck still hasn’t fully recovered😂
My grandmother passed away 3 months before this. It feels like it was yesterday. Is it just me, or has hairstyles and clothing not changed much in the last 19 years?
People dress like the 90s still in 2005. Everything looks so simple. And the French tip nails was so 2005 😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅
That camera man is in love with that old lady looking at shirts.
Lol 😂 that is funny 😆
Back when all the wheels on the carts worked. Just look at them effortlessly glide across the floor with shaking your whole arm.
I'm still trying to process that 2005 was almost 20 years ago
My coworker who was born on august 3, 2005 just turned 18 last week!!
Awww! Back when workers still had no idea where anything was....😕