So we're going to ignore the fact the McDonald's successfully invaded Russia in winter? Edit: my comment has lore because of y'all. Thank you all for having my back ❤️
Invaded? How? It's not like they had monopoly over Russian's food market nor anywhere close to that. Most ppl in Russia aren't fast food crazed and those insane lines only lasted for few days ,maybe weeks ,until the hype settled down. Invaded would be if Russians wouldn't have anything else to eat but McD, which ,despite the carefully selected narrative in this article was not the case. Most Russians didn't go through the transitional era bcs of McD who "saved them" Especially not with meals that cost half of avg, daily salary.
@@Xcieg They probably use 4-5% plastic and aluminum in many of the ingredients. This saves them billions a year imagine what the other 95% is? Profits mean everything.
This type of comment was nice and edgy back in 2000, but McDonalds are very clear now as to what is in their products. There are numerous videos on RUclips showing how nuggets and burger patties are made. I can 100% eat McDonalds knowing what is in it now. They're very transparent.
I remember McDonalds first opened in Cyprus in 1994, I was eleven back then... The restaurant was a bit far from my house, about 25 minutes walk, but I went with a friend on foot to try! I remember the employees weren't speaking Greek at all and we didn't know what to order! 🙂 When she asked me what I wanted to order, I told her that we would like to have two McDonalds! 🙂 She smiled and finally, she gave us two Big Macs!
I'm surprised they weren't insulted if they really wanted the true McDonald's sandwich: a "Royale with Cheese". I would have said Quarter Pounder but I remembered it's the metric system.
@@unterhau1102 He said something along the lines of: "А мне не понравилось **narrator starts speaking** Оно же ведь не..." "But I didn't enjoy it. **narrator starts speaking** It's after all not even..." Still have no idea what that must mean, but still. The other translations are pretty straightforward and mostly correct.
America: Ugh, damn it, we've explained it to you a hundred times! No "we", "together", "common", "comrade", "united", "union", "us", even "friendship" you are now forbidden and contraindicated by doctors, now you are free from each other! Oh, these Russians with their natural desire for the collective will drive me to hysteria!
It's so sad. They clearly still want to experience Western things. It would be amazing if McDonald's closing was the straw to break the camel's back and get Russians to decide for themselves that war is a terrible idea that they won't comply with.
Not true. They have the factory, the recipes, and the restraunt. It will not close, it will simply reopen under a new name, but the food will be almost identical. What can Mcdonalds do about it? Sue them? In what court?
I am from Lithuania (ex USSR, now EU) and one of the funniest my childhood memories is related to McDonalds, lol :D First McDonalds opened here in 1996, I was 11 years old. We took a class trip to Vilnius (our capital) with school bus, and the main goal was McDonalds! Nowadays it's unbelievable, but in 90's mindset in post-communist Europe was absolutelly different. Yes, we took about 100 km trip from our hometown, to eat burgers! Of course, we visitet also old town, Gediminas castle, some churches and TV tower, but McDonalds was the main and most important thing of this class journey. We were so proud, because we eat American food, lol!!! :D We even took empty packages and free balloons from restaurant, to show them to our friends and to make them feel jealious :D Oh yeah, interesting times. When English was "exotic language of rich people in the West" and when people SERIOUSLY thougt 2 Unlimited and Masterboy are "American groups" :D No, we weren't hungry, we always had home cooked food. McDonalds actually was something like "WOW, it's food from USA, rich Western people eat it, it's almost from another world!!!!!1!" Nowadays, McDonalds is just a fast food restaurant here, nothing more and nothing less. Actually, nowadays in Lithuania Hesburger is more popular (it's Finnish restaurant chain, I prefer their food) and also, the most popular fast food in Lithuania is kebab. And of course, nobody screams "wow it's American" anymore :D Because now we have a lot of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, it's not interesting anymore. We travel abroad, everybody can have vacation in Turkey or Spain (it was luxury 25 years ago, only for richest), big superstars have concerts here, we have internet in our pockets... Everything changed, absolutely everything.
All the Baltics improved a lot from the EU and I think that's great. Visited all 3 nations in 2020, very beautiful countries I can totally recommend to visit. Glad to have you in the EU.
but thats not what she actually said in russian, she was like "maybe its cuz im hungry, because our stores are practically empty " basicaly everything tastes pretty good when you're starving
@@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc Im going to have to agree, first time I've tried it in 1998 and it tasted amazing, and so did many other burgers, now its actually so hard to find a good tasting burger in NYC
I am from Slovakia and I remember when I was a kid like 15 years ago they opened a first mcdonalds in my country. It was so expensive back then it is ironic now that back in the day it was cheaper to go have a whole lunch in a restaurant than to order a couple of burgers in mcdonalds so my parents took me there only for special ocasions like end of the school year when I passed with the good grades lol.
It’s funny because the whole point of fast foods is that it’s supposed to be cheaper than restaurants. Hamburgers I swear are like $2 in McDonald’s here
This is how I remember it as well when McDs first came to my city in Ukraine ~20 yrs ago. It was a huge deal for us kids and we'd beg our parents to take us there on our birthdays
no matter what you think about Mc Donald's now you gotta admit when we all were kids this was the greatest thing ever especially when your mom buys you a happy meal
I was born in the Soviet Union and remember visiting with my parents that first Soviet McDonalds right after it was opened. The line was huge probably more than an hour just to enter the restaurant. But that wasnt because people were hungry. Most were standing just to get "the taste of American life" so it was kind of like a small Disneyland and not just a place to eat.
@@Lucas-dm1ix Much better than most people in the West thought. Until everything went downhill in the last couple of years the life was pretty care free and relaxed. State services were covering almost everything so people really needed money only for food, clothes, some home appliances and entertainment. Without that money obsession like in the modern world human relationships were much more warm and friendly. The cons were problems to achieve something above average for those who had a talent to do so and a really small choice of consumer goods and services.
This footage is way more interesting than we realize. This is a live culture absorption by another culture. Rarely got on camera. I loved the part where one employee is telling how people were confused because they were smiling according to the protocols so they can come across as nice and serving and the people thought they were laughing at them.
Yea in Russia people are a lot more stoic. Its even weird to ask someone “hows it going” passively because they will think you are actually asking them how there life is going
Well you gotta wonder why she even ate there then. Does she go to a Chinese restaurant and complain that the food is too Chinese too? Probably, so why not just go to a Russian restaurant instead? I'm not mad I'm just confused.
@@Destin5258 Bro there were no actual restaurant's back in the USSR days, plus I think they don't allow food from other countries back in those days so these foods literally look like they are from a different planet it looks so weird to them.
@@namesurname9105 looks like you don't know the communism look how bad is the argentina situation thanks to the socialism we are almost like Venezuela Cuba and north korea
The Soviet Union Collapsed 30 years ago in 1991 and the United States will Collapse within 30 years due to National Bankruptcy/Sovereign Default and Civil War due to Partisan(ship) Radicalization and Polarization
@@BloodInTheStrawberries unfortunately that’s how a lot of kids were raised in Soviet Union. If you spill something or accidentally break smth you get yelled at and punished. But you can also understand why parents did that. Things were hard to get.
@@Kuralai95 unfortunately, it wasn't only the parents who did that. Waiters or workers at food stores had tremendous power in communist countries because they were the gatekeepers of food and they loved to flex that power. One bad move and you were out. They were extremely mean and impolite.
This is why knowing more than 1 language is crucial, and flow of information is crucial. If this Russian who knows English didn't tell me this, I would have never known and would have fallen victim to propaganda.
When I was younger my russian parents would only get me McDonalds 3 times a year; birthdays, last day of school, and a pitstop whenever we would go to the beach Even though they called it junk food it felt more like "rare occasion/holiday" food
@Robo bold of you to assume I was born and raised in russia And yes Russia does have beaches my mom grew up in Gelendzhik (google it if you dont belive me) which was right by the Black Sea and she would walk to the nearby beaches daily
actually, I hate when people smile with no meaning. Also have a bad feeling about ppl who make selfies smiling at their frontal camera being all alone in their rooms. Have always leftswiped profiles at Badoo/Tinder with such photos. Some soulwreck I see in their eyes.
@@crazydrummer181 i dont believe it people dont normally smile when they dont find something funny idk about america but here ppl dont pretend anything
@@Lnninpz that's dumb, the fry oil is so hot it will kill any germs transferred to from that guys hand well before it's cooked. I went to culinary school and this is totally safe.
I'm not a Fast Food kinda guy anymore but I can Deff appreciate the value of people being able to eat or try new things. It was great to see the nostalgia that Mickie D's brings to a community
Literally! In russia you dont just smile at people out of politeness or whatever like how you do in the west. That was one of the first sights of westernization in russia.
Because they advertised this as a "restaurant" in 1991. In restaurants in Soviet Union was certain rules and a dress code. This is why was his reaction. In reality it was not.a restaurant.
@@stanleywhiteman6450 Ah, that makes sense. I felt something must have been lost in translation or something. Why would they kick you out for accidentally spilling a drink that you already paid for? I'd understand handing you a mop and frowning at you or something. But kicking you out? Seems harsh.
So the man says: ”Well, _I_ didn't like it. But maybe...” (Ну, _мне_ не понравилось. А может быть...) And then they cut it off. Translation: ”I don't like it at all, it's not Russian.” Woman goes: "There was such a stampede here.” (Такая давка была) Translation: "We need more of these places. There's nothing in our restaurants.” The challenges of translations I guess 😁
@@magistro999 yeah, she talked about stores before that and said ”you could say, we are all hungry”. That's why I posted specific Russian phrases after which translations stop matching original phrases. She said nothing about restaurants and needing more of them. And things they did translate like that one they have loud and clear. And then when they make it up it's very quiet but you can still hear in this cases. And when guy supposedly said that he was worried they will throw him out it's muted to completely inaudible. While you can hear what he said before and after. So I am curious if he said that too :)
The soviet union is so bad McDonalds Milkshake taste like heavens milk 😏😏😏 This is why you shouldnt vote in communist like the Dems !!!! Now the USA is doomed to follow communism 🤢🤮🤮
Persecution for expressing an unpopular opinion, taboo topics, banned words and canceling people's careers just by denouncing them. Oh, wait, that's not Russia. It's the United States today. Anyway, were we talking about the USSR?
I grew up in the south of Russia and my city did not have a mcdonalds. It was 1998 and my mom had to fly to Moscow for business. She bought me a happy meal and did not tough a single fry till she got home from the airport. Good times
Probably not in that order but theres some white folks that eat Roast and wash it down with milk. I thought it was so weird when I was a teen and just started dating my wife but she was eating dinner and had milk with her main and I thought it was gross cuz well I'm mexican. We dont do that but yeah... idk kinda went off on a tangent
EXCHANGE RATES: Probably gonna get buried but for those curious, I did some research and it turns out 1 dollar in 1990 was equivalent to about 0.59 Rubles. That makes an 8 ruble Russian McMeal equivalent to about 13.50 in 1990 USD. Adjusted for inflation, that comes out to about $27 in 2021 USD. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25, with take home pay after Medicare and social security being more like $6.70 an hour. Multiply that by 4, and you have half a day's wages coming out to $26.80.
@@mullajohn2803 The late USSR wages were paradoxically high, however, even better than in modern Russia. Too high. There weren't enough goods for all that money, especially when enterprises started hiding and storing stuff to sell it later at better "market" prices.
That's insane. In the 90's we payed less than $2 AUD for a big mac, and when it came to my country in the 70's a big mac was about half a dollar. A whole meal in the 90's was just a few dollars.
"I don't like it at all, it's not Russian." *Continues to sip cola aggressively* Edit: So apparently the old man didn't say "it's not russian" it was added by the translator, sorry about that
@@hasselnttper3730 Exactly! I'm sure Norwegian food is lovely, but I love to try all different sorts of cuisines. I really wonder what this guy expected.
I remember this, My Grandma took me, I was but 6 years old, we stood in line for nearly 7 hours. I think the ketchup packs and strawberry milkshake was my fav items, and my very tired grandma sitting across from me.
lol I remember when 25 years ago first mcDonalds opened in Ukraine my parents believed it was very high quality food, because what else could you expect from american company? and when we were kids we used to trick mcDonalds workers to give us free food, we left one hamburger and cola at a table and went to toilet, seeing half eaten food on the table workers threw it away, then we came back and demanded to give us food they threw away, and when they asked what exactly we had we said it was 3 big macs, 3 milkshakes,3 pies and so on, and they used to give us all that for free. Friend taught me this trick 😁
Don't worry they just rebranded They coming back for payback with China, I mean they got China Joe in office . I suggest we better start learning Chinese and or Russian.
@@ThoughtCrimeCriminal Russian is a funner language than Chinese and way more badass. Also, I believe Russia isn't really communist, at least not as bad as China. Seriously though, who voted for Biden!? And now they are regretting it ahahahha
Smiling all the time is a very western thing. It is not a indicator of a countries citizens overall happiness, rather it is a social norm here in the West. I find the fact we smile all the time despite our feelings pretty creepy tbh lol.
Guys....This was not very long ago. Can you imagine being in a place where the average person thinks you're laughing at them simply because you're smiling? What a gem of history this video is.
Not only a former Soviet thing but in Central Europe as well. Think I read that one of the reasons Walmart failed in Germany is that consumers felt uncomfortable from the forced-smiles made by employees, saying it felt flirtatious. People often prefer genuine facial-reactions when interacting with someone in these regions.
This woman doesn’t know what she just ate but she said it was “unusual and delicious” 32 years later and we still don’t know what’s in McDonald’s food🤷🏻♀️
I genuinely love everything about this video. From the guys saying he doesn't like it because it's not Russian to the guy thinking he was going to get thrown out for spilling his milkshake but instead got another one.
@@tubeva1977 The person above me is right, all the leaders who came after Stalin were very anti-stalin, they hated his policies and they wanted more diplomatic relationships with the west.
Especially in pre-internet era, when you couldn't learn the language by watching YT and chatting with other folks in discord and the like, and had to rely on what you learned from books and practice with foreigners if you were lucky enough to meet any. He's well dressed for that time, and speaks a foreign language well, he's probably a son of someone big or a student of international relations institute.
My wife is Russian she said she and her mom waited all day in the 90’s in a line that went on forever to eat at the first McDonald’s in Moscow. And she hates McDonald’s.
Jeez dude, you have no idea probably. The thing is, an average citizen in USSR actually had money. Probably, a middle-age middle-sized family on average had savings enough to buy a brand new car. But the problem here is - by the end of USSR you could not buy anything worth buying. So they may complain about the price, but still buy, since it's probably the only thing you could actually buy freely, anytime you want, always in stock and ready to be bought. For soviet people is was shockingly great. And Moscow is a huge city with a lot of people with high salaries
@@voevodineu no even since the beginning the Soviet’s weren’t doing very well and it wen’t even worse after 1945, if you read Khrushchev s biography you would know in his childhood he was always starving and in his town somebody tried to seek human meat, the truth is even when the soviets were found Ut was going downhill
@@christopherjohansson3073 It's not funny it's actually sad how many have starved to death thanks to communism Let people still keep falling for their tricks and think these dictators are their friends People in Venezuela are still eating pets. Rats and out of bind Soviet Union and China are other examples
"I don't know what I just ate, but it was delicious."
Yup, thats McDonalds
Hahah. Thought the same
Thing. That’s McDOnald’s perfectly described
I say the same thing every year when McRib is back
McDonald's sucks
@@edwardfights4900 booooo
edit: 1st time i have these amount of likes
🤣🤣🤣
So we're going to ignore the fact the McDonald's successfully invaded Russia in winter?
Edit: my comment has lore because of y'all. Thank you all for having my back ❤️
Invaded? How? It's not like they had monopoly over Russian's food market nor anywhere close to that. Most ppl in Russia aren't fast food crazed and those insane lines only lasted for few days ,maybe weeks ,until the hype settled down. Invaded would be if Russians wouldn't have anything else to eat but McD, which ,despite the carefully selected narrative in this article was not the case. Most Russians didn't go through the transitional era bcs of McD who "saved them" Especially not with meals that cost half of avg, daily salary.
@@knkjkjn it is a joke.
*Adolf Hitler wants to know your location*
@dr4kz0r it was a joke
@dr4kz0r it wasn’t like he was making some big historical statement LMAO it was just a joke
If McDonald’s can dissolve the Soviet Union, imagine what it can do your body.
omg
@IBan_Bad_Girls
How about no
facts, people dont even know what they're eating lmao
@American Born you can pass the 100 mark with healthy eating and exercise.
@American Born That's a century
"I spelled my milkshake and thought they would throw me out!"
Damn, Soviet restaurant etiquette was BRUTAL...
In Soviet Union, milkshake spill you!
Comrade that spilled milkshake could feed 5 people
I thought he said "call me out" like you trying to get a refill lmao. Dang tough times.
Bawl me out*
He was lucky they didnt kill him, he thought
"It's very very beautiful but I expected more"
Me too kid.
Lol!😂
@IBan_Bad_Girls none
@@luiseduardofontes33 lmao
Kid? He's probably 69 years old today
@@sheeeeesh4792 you mean he is 39 in the video
In Russia if you smile people thinks you’re laughing at them
Same in other slavic countries.
@@MarcinKralka not in mine
@@Jasmian hmm where do you live?
@@danibenitez3392 Slovenia
Socialism and Communism don't make you happy. There is no laughing.
30 years later and we still don't know what we're eating.
true, but one things for sure it taste good.
@@leomessenger2893 ahh yes, because I know exactly what ingredients they are when they say colors, emulsifiers, and preservatives.
@@thatdawg2021 oh for sure. I do enjoy some McDonald's.
@@Xcieg They probably use 4-5% plastic and aluminum in many of the ingredients. This saves them billions a year imagine what the other 95% is? Profits mean everything.
This type of comment was nice and edgy back in 2000, but McDonalds are very clear now as to what is in their products. There are numerous videos on RUclips showing how nuggets and burger patties are made. I can 100% eat McDonalds knowing what is in it now. They're very transparent.
And now McDonald's closes in Moscow. We've come full circle.
"Свято место" пусто не бывает..
soon it will turn into nuclear shelter if Adolf Putin continues to threaten Ukraine & NATO countries
@@stanleywhiteman6450 What he said.
@@ilovemuslimfood666 He said: Your mother is fat.
@Холст Масло enjoy being the north korea of Europe !
“Shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and Mcdonald!”
No doubt, if your name end with "in", time to get out!
Tore down that wall like the kool aid man oh yeah
@@Josher-fx1tc you two need yoga (da) you need a shower (da) and you all need to learn how to handle real power
Did somebody say... real power??
daaaaaaaaa you want to mess with me? I spit hot borscht when I'm crushing these beats.
"I spilled my milkshake and they gave me another one"
Now that, folks, is what changes everything
They would never give you another milk shake in the USA only in Russia
*Communism intensifies*
@@Enderboy4030 *sighs in Russian*
@Daily Dose Of Stupitity ahahahahahahahahahhahahaha dude
The real shocker is that the milkshake machine was working in the first place.
I remember McDonalds first opened in Cyprus in 1994, I was eleven back then... The restaurant was a bit far from my house, about 25 minutes walk, but I went with a friend on foot to try! I remember the employees weren't speaking Greek at all and we didn't know what to order! 🙂 When she asked me what I wanted to order, I told her that we would like to have two McDonalds! 🙂 She smiled and finally, she gave us two Big Macs!
Lol it’s funny 😆
Aww that so cute
LOL!😂🤣
I'm surprised they weren't insulted if they really wanted the true McDonald's sandwich: a "Royale with Cheese". I would have said Quarter Pounder but I remembered it's the metric system.
Why they didnt fire local people as employees?
1990: i'm lovin' it
2022: i'm leavin' it
I mean, McDonald's is leaving Russia, not the other way around
💀
Turning back into a communist Soviet Russia. :(
до свидания
Fades into the underworld
McDonald's will remain in Russia, only the business will be transferred to a Russian businessman, and the company itself will change its name and logo
снова вернулся)
"I don't like it at all, it's not russian"
Probably one of the most russian thing a Russian can said
That's not what he said
@@unterhau1102 what did he say?
@@unterhau1102 Was it some bogus translation then?
@@danielmaster8776 most likely. He didn't really get to finish the sentence because it was cut off
@@unterhau1102 He said something along the lines of:
"А мне не понравилось **narrator starts speaking** Оно же ведь не..."
"But I didn't enjoy it. **narrator starts speaking** It's after all not even..."
Still have no idea what that must mean, but still. The other translations are pretty straightforward and mostly correct.
You could change the title to, _"USA launches chemical attack on Moscow 1990"_ .
I'd classify this as more of a biological attack, but 10/10 comment anyways
Capitalist heart disease attack moment
seriously.
Don’t eat. Who’s asking you to?
I’ve never seen people so enthusiastic about getting attacked.
America: I'm lovin' it
Ussr: *We're lovin' it.*
No, I'm Lenin' it
More like I’m Putin it.
OurDonald’s
i'm stalin it
America: Ugh, damn it, we've explained it to you a hundred times! No "we", "together", "common", "comrade", "united", "union", "us", even "friendship" you are now forbidden and contraindicated by doctors, now you are free from each other! Oh, these Russians with their natural desire for the collective will drive me to hysteria!
And to think, today people are lining up like this for their last taste before McDonald's pulls out of Russia.
Every begining had an end
It's so sad. They clearly still want to experience Western things. It would be amazing if McDonald's closing was the straw to break the camel's back and get Russians to decide for themselves that war is a terrible idea that they won't comply with.
@@alexandrualex1085 that shouldn't happened
It signalled Russia opening to the world and now it's signalling the opposite.
Not true. They have the factory, the recipes, and the restraunt. It will not close, it will simply reopen under a new name, but the food will be almost identical. What can Mcdonalds do about it? Sue them? In what court?
This is actually an important historic archive
I thought the same exact thing. Long Live Russia.
@@thewiseguy3529 what's going on
@@thewiseguy3529 No, You are insane.
@@thewiseguy3529 I don’t know what America you live in but definitely not mine
@@parkerpro3583 buckle up buddy! You'll find out soon enough. Hopefully you have a bunker 25 feet underground filled with food and housing amenities.
Russian man: I got the big mac
Reporter: What did it cost?
Russian man: *Everything*
At line lol 😂
And am iron man
They said half day wage tho
Ok, that's may be his everything
Was it worth it?
This is way funny than it should be
The most Russian man in the restaurant:
"I Don't like it, it's not Russian"
simply amazing 😂
@Stabswache he probably wanted to try by curiosity
It's a wrong translation. He said "I didn't like it, and maybe ..." (а мне не понравилось, а может быть э).
Lmao
@@radziwill7193 bruh lol seeing so many arguments about this and it actually is just a wrong translation
Well it definitely isn't great or anything, if he explained that poor people in America eat it then it might of made more sense to him.
I am from Lithuania (ex USSR, now EU) and one of the funniest my childhood memories is related to McDonalds, lol :D First McDonalds opened here in 1996, I was 11 years old. We took a class trip to Vilnius (our capital) with school bus, and the main goal was McDonalds! Nowadays it's unbelievable, but in 90's mindset in post-communist Europe was absolutelly different. Yes, we took about 100 km trip from our hometown, to eat burgers! Of course, we visitet also old town, Gediminas castle, some churches and TV tower, but McDonalds was the main and most important thing of this class journey. We were so proud, because we eat American food, lol!!! :D We even took empty packages and free balloons from restaurant, to show them to our friends and to make them feel jealious :D Oh yeah, interesting times. When English was "exotic language of rich people in the West" and when people SERIOUSLY thougt 2 Unlimited and Masterboy are "American groups" :D No, we weren't hungry, we always had home cooked food. McDonalds actually was something like "WOW, it's food from USA, rich Western people eat it, it's almost from another world!!!!!1!" Nowadays, McDonalds is just a fast food restaurant here, nothing more and nothing less. Actually, nowadays in Lithuania Hesburger is more popular (it's Finnish restaurant chain, I prefer their food) and also, the most popular fast food in Lithuania is kebab. And of course, nobody screams "wow it's American" anymore :D Because now we have a lot of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, it's not interesting anymore. We travel abroad, everybody can have vacation in Turkey or Spain (it was luxury 25 years ago, only for richest), big superstars have concerts here, we have internet in our pockets... Everything changed, absolutely everything.
so sad your country had to be part of the soviet union
All the Baltics improved a lot from the EU and I think that's great. Visited all 3 nations in 2020, very beautiful countries I can totally recommend to visit. Glad to have you in the EU.
I moved to Russia from England and have a better quality of life which I try to show in my videos.
@@englishmaninrussiaI am considering moving to st petersburg for the same reason, I am australian ❤
Or c occupation was the worst thing for Europe
“This women doesn’t know what she just ate, but she said it was unusual and delicious” 😂😂😂
but thats not what she actually said in russian, she was like "maybe its cuz im hungry, because our stores are practically empty " basicaly everything tastes pretty good when you're starving
@@ThornsOfOurTime I don’t know if it’s because when I was a child my buds weren’t developed, but McDonald’s used to taste so good. I’m 37 now.
@@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc Im going to have to agree, first time I've tried it in 1998 and it tasted amazing, and so did many other burgers, now its actually so hard to find a good tasting burger in NYC
@@ThornsOfOurTime yup I confirm beans and cheese is like caviar when you're poor and starving
Me when I go to taco bell.
Awesome pfp BTW :)
Meat, bread, potatoes and milk of the highest quality. None of these things have ever been inside a McDonald's.
😂
I mean if horse meat counts but I think that’s the only meat there
none of this things did pushkin ever said...
@@NarutoOnlineGermany Huh?
Still the best fries you can get
I am from Slovakia and I remember when I was a kid like 15 years ago they opened a first mcdonalds in my country. It was so expensive back then it is ironic now that back in the day it was cheaper to go have a whole lunch in a restaurant than to order a couple of burgers in mcdonalds so my parents took me there only for special ocasions like end of the school year when I passed with the good grades lol.
It’s funny because the whole point of fast foods is that it’s supposed to be cheaper than restaurants. Hamburgers I swear are like $2 in McDonald’s here
@@new-lviv As an American, we definitely understand that McDonalds is a 2 star place. And 2 stars is 2 stars too many for most of us.
On Brazil you can lunch twice with the price of one Big Mac.
This is how I remember it as well when McDs first came to my city in Ukraine ~20 yrs ago. It was a huge deal for us kids and we'd beg our parents to take us there on our birthdays
First restaurant in slovakia was opened in 1995 :)
no matter what you think about Mc Donald's now you gotta admit when we all were kids this was the greatest thing ever especially when your mom buys you a happy meal
My family was too poor to buy a happy meal but small cheese burger and nuggets with a shared drink and the playground was all we needed
Parents never bought us happy meals, just cheese burgers and fries. We never cared about the toys, so it worked out in the end.
Well you get so used to something that you don't remember what it was like the first time. This was exotic food for these people.
My parents were helathy food freaks so I ate at McD's at 25 for the first time 🤷♂
Absolutely! It was a big treat when I was a kid in the 70's. Loved it!
"This woman doesn't know what she just ate"
Seems like a regular McDonald's experience to me.
you don't even know half the things you eat
It's the soviet union, that's why! 😠
@@munk3064 is that how it is in america? damn
We know the name
Not the indgredient
@@PatrickReuploaded No, it's the United States of A
I was born in the Soviet Union and remember visiting with my parents that first Soviet McDonalds right after it was opened. The line was huge probably more than an hour just to enter the restaurant. But that wasnt because people were hungry. Most were standing just to get "the taste of American life" so it was kind of like a small Disneyland and not just a place to eat.
Вы правы. Был всего лишь интерес. Помню бегали посмотреть, что это такое. А поесть я тогда и дома нормально мог.
@@alekaban89 ахах я помню как в моем городе появился первый эскалатор в ТЦ, как мы пиздюками бегали после школы на нём покататься))
How was living in Ussr?
@@Lucas-dm1ix Much better than most people in the West thought. Until everything went downhill in the last couple of years the life was pretty care free and relaxed. State services were covering almost everything so people really needed money only for food, clothes, some home appliances and entertainment. Without that money obsession like in the modern world human relationships were much more warm and friendly. The cons were problems to achieve something above average for those who had a talent to do so and a really small choice of consumer goods and services.
hahaha thanks for sharing made me smile and happy that they were all eager to try. the things we take for granted out here in america.
This footage is way more interesting than we realize. This is a live culture absorption by another culture. Rarely got on camera. I loved the part where one employee is telling how people were confused because they were smiling according to the protocols so they can come across as nice and serving and the people thought they were laughing at them.
When we going to Mars bro?
Yea in Russia people are a lot more stoic. Its even weird to ask someone “hows it going” passively because they will think you are actually asking them how there life is going
Just like when u visit Mars
Just like chiraq cracking and hacking car pieces to be hit by reticent parts dealers sitting on surplus with your own produce struckbud 😁
Tesla to the Moon!
A rare video from 2055 shows McDonald's reopening its first restaurant in Moscov after a special economic action from the west in 2022.
McDonald's will remain in Russia, only the business will be transferred to a Russian businessman, and the company itself will change its name and logo
@@a_r_t1217 Good luck
🤣🤣
This is going to happen, but it will be a different Moscow.
2155 maybe
Props to the russian kid making an effort to speak in english.
I like how he used the word "beautiful."
Not in the soviet🤣
They learn English so you don’t have to learn another language. +1 to all other language speakers.
@Dababy Jesus My Russian friends always tell me this. Apparently it’s much easier to learn English than Russian.
@Dababy Jesus How sad
"I don't like it at all, it's not Russian" is the most Russian thing that I ever heard in my life.
EDIT: I'm a cute doge and thank you🐶
This was ussr mentality
Well at least they get to eat something. I can hardly imagine waiting in line for groceries that are always low on supply.
Well you gotta wonder why she even ate there then. Does she go to a Chinese restaurant and complain that the food is too Chinese too? Probably, so why not just go to a Russian restaurant instead? I'm not mad I'm just confused.
@@Destin5258 Bro there were no actual restaurant's back in the USSR days, plus I think they don't allow food from other countries back in those days so these foods literally look like they are from a different planet it looks so weird to them.
@@diligentone-six2688 welcome covid
This was the last day when Russia had 0% obesity rate
McDonald's in Russia and McDonald's in USA are very different in their quality of products :)
And the last day they were starving
@@rolloxra670 Russia was starving because USA ate all the food
@@dhananjayvasudeva7628 У нас наши же коммунисты отбирали еду. Людям приходилось людоедствовать.
@@dhananjayvasudeva7628 Didn’t know Americans went to the USSR to eat all their food lol
Rest in peace mcdonald In Russia 1990 to 2022
blame it on Putin and his ring of cronies
A proud nation reduced to nothing
mcdonalds is still running. just not under the name "mcdonalds". not to please russia, but the west's "sanctions"
Good ridance. F*ck McDonalds
@@columnedfox5508 not only puten but the nation itself
"Finally we get those Big Mc"
"What does it cost"
"Everything"
*Soviet flag goes down
*a big slanted yellow M takes its place*
One Golden sigil on a red Field, exchanged for another
how do you like it? this does not taste like misery and tears. yuck
Yo that's crazy because actually the Soviet Union did turn into the Russian independent state after this.
@@HelloThere..... blyat. Imagine a Russian saw you joke.
Employees: Smiles at customers.
Russians: What the hell are they doing with their mouths.
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Fake American smiles.
@@Nik-jq4tx Fake but good, as all related to Mc Donalds is
1:38 lets all thanks the potato measure guy that always leaves one lovely extremely large frie that we leave it for last.
Lol 😆
Estás vivo!!!
Porque no subes videos ?
I eat the biggest first
Imagine how boring it must be to measure those fries respect to that man
Half a day's wages for one meal? Some things never change
Nothing says “The Cold War is over” than McDonalds in Moscow. American Capitalism at its finest.
I don't necessarily think that capitalism is good, both communism and capitalism are flawed.
@@namesurname9105 True capitalism is hell. True communism is hell. You always need to go in between.
It was Canadian diplomacy
@@namesurname9105 looks like you don't know the communism look how bad is the argentina situation thanks to the socialism we are almost like Venezuela Cuba and north korea
The Soviet Union Collapsed 30 years ago in 1991 and the United States will Collapse within 30 years due to National Bankruptcy/Sovereign Default and Civil War due to Partisan(ship) Radicalization and Polarization
"Highest quality meat, buns and potatoes"
Sure m8, ofc.
Ok
Highest quality because it's the only food available there.
Shut up
It's Soviet Russia, the bar is not that high to be honest.
I mean to be fair Mc Donalds used to taste and was made differently in the 80s and 90s compared to today.
“I thought they were gonna throw me out after I spilled my milkshake, but they just gave me another one”
Me:🥺
I bet the kid remembered that for a long time. He had it hard
@@BloodInTheStrawberries unfortunately that’s how a lot of kids were raised in Soviet Union. If you spill something or accidentally break smth you get yelled at and punished. But you can also understand why parents did that. Things were hard to get.
@@Kuralai95 yep, cause communism makes everyone equally poor
@@Kuralai95 unfortunately, it wasn't only the parents who did that. Waiters or workers at food stores had tremendous power in communist countries because they were the gatekeepers of food and they loved to flex that power. One bad move and you were out. They were extremely mean and impolite.
@@daenerysmax6267 I didn’t know that part, it’s really sad. That’s why it’s crazy to me when there are people who miss those times
I caught the arrival and departure of McDonald's in my country. truly milestone event
Must be the most exciting part of your life
Old man say: I dont like.
Translater: I dont like, this not russian
You’re future as a trans later 👋.
How to make anti commie propaganda.mp4
Макдак
@@boempow1124 huh
This is why knowing more than 1 language is crucial, and flow of information is crucial. If this Russian who knows English didn't tell me this, I would have never known and would have fallen victim to propaganda.
When I was younger my russian parents would only get me McDonalds 3 times a year; birthdays, last day of school, and a pitstop whenever we would go to the beach
Even though they called it junk food it felt more like "rare occasion/holiday" food
@Robo that doesn't stop it from having a beach, or summers
@Robo bold of you to assume I was born and raised in russia
And yes Russia does have beaches my mom grew up in Gelendzhik (google it if you dont belive me) which was right by the Black Sea and she would walk to the nearby beaches daily
@Robo 🤦
@@afdhalulakbar5382 i feel like hes the type of person that thinks Europe is a country
@@EvieStevie-Ahgase my grandma and I would swim in the Black Sea and I remember the water was literally black
"I've been taught to smile at everyone, but they think I'm laughing at them."
Truly Russian, they don't smile unless they mean it
actually, I hate when people smile with no meaning. Also have a bad feeling about ppl who make selfies smiling at their frontal camera being all alone in their rooms. Have always leftswiped profiles at Badoo/Tinder with such photos. Some soulwreck I see in their eyes.
that was a wierd feeling literally read this in the exact second she said it
@@jat5am may be hard to believe but some people in this world are actually happy and smile naturally.
@@crazydrummer181 i dont believe it
people dont normally smile when they dont find something funny
idk about america but here ppl dont pretend anything
@@diobrando5746 do you think people only smile when they find something funny? Sorry, you’re kinda hard to understand.
That's crazy, 34 years later it costs half-a-day's wages in America for lunch.
*Smiles in Russian*
“What? What is wrong?”
Well, what _is_ wrong?
Why are you smiling?
@@Tycini1 being nice and polite
Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙 🤙
"What is this "smile" you are talking about?"
Imagine spending your half days wage, and be hungry again 40 minutes later.
I have eaten Chinese food
🤣
@@BurloBrandoVonBando haha
The day the Russians learned the true meaning of capitalism.
@@b.elzebub9252 😂😂, sad but true, mama loe.
“This woman doesn't know what she just ate, but it was unusual and delicious.”😂
That perfectly describe McDonald
I love how he narrates like they're watching animals in National Geographic lmao
@@xXxJokerManxXx 😂😂😂😂😂😂
because there was a deficit in food lots of stuff wasnt in stores
That was the last time anyone saw her after she said there was nowt in shops.
Annnnnnnnnnnd…it’s gone
Russians: what?!
Mc:yes, it's gone, poof.
Mcdonalds is still there it just got bought by a rich Russian dude.
1:35 Salute to the guy who were measuring every single peeled potato.
and without gloves
@@Lnninpz who cares? It gets fried
@@haroldkumar5900 I do
@@Lnninpz that's dumb, the fry oil is so hot it will kill any germs transferred to from that guys hand well before it's cooked. I went to culinary school and this is totally safe.
@@haroldkumar5900 yeah everyone should know that germs have a surviving temperature as well
The guy who dropped his shake thought someone was going to grab him and tell him “ come with me”
Yes
He is scared lol but now he said…
Lol
To the gulag!
Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙
USSR : "you can't defeat me"
USA : "I know, but he can"
Lollll
Thor Ragnarok reference 😂👌🏻
* puts a mirror *
russia can now be defeated by America look it up
Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙
I'm not a Fast Food kinda guy anymore but I can Deff appreciate the value of people being able to eat or try new things. It was great to see the nostalgia that Mickie D's brings to a community
"When I smile , they think I laughing at them"
Russia, folks.
When I have a different opinion, they think I hate them.
USA, folks.
Literally! In russia you dont just smile at people out of politeness or whatever like how you do in the west. That was one of the first sights of westernization in russia.
all of eastern europe is like that
@@Мирич-з4е Liberals*
@@Мирич-з4е when was this the USA? U don’t know what ur talking bout.
dude that spilled his shake thought they were gonna send him to the gulag
Now that’s what I would like to see
Lmao
Because they advertised this as a "restaurant" in 1991. In restaurants in Soviet Union was certain rules and a dress code. This is why was his reaction. In reality it was not.a restaurant.
@@stanleywhiteman6450 Ah, that makes sense. I felt something must have been lost in translation or something. Why would they kick you out for accidentally spilling a drink that you already paid for? I'd understand handing you a mop and frowning at you or something. But kicking you out? Seems harsh.
No, he didn’t think that. The GULAGs were a thing of the past by that time already. And Russia was getting more and more open to the west.
Training Russian workers to smile all the time - that must've been a feat of management and psychology!
Russians always smile tho
@@ClearsightAltAccountBy smile do you mean smile upside down?
@@hostileenvironment6107 nope
I mean, nor americans or russians know something called the NEUTRAL face, russians always frown and americans always smile.
Not for the young. They were already pretty Westernized by 1990.
It costs half a days wage here in the UK in 2024
in russia nowadays 1 hour of work barely grants you a bigmac, if we talk about Moscow. in other regions it's usually half less
"they are ripping us off"
Yep, that's typical for McDonald's
And yet cheaper than pretty much all other restaurants 🤔
Cap
They cheap af it’s not a rip off
This comment is made by Fanboys outside Mcdonals gang.
If you think McDonald's are expensive, then boy do I have some burger joints for you!
So the man says: ”Well, _I_ didn't like it. But maybe...” (Ну, _мне_ не понравилось. А может быть...) And then they cut it off.
Translation: ”I don't like it at all, it's not Russian.”
Woman goes: "There was such a stampede here.” (Такая давка была)
Translation: "We need more of these places. There's nothing in our restaurants.”
The challenges of translations I guess 😁
Are you serious? Damn
Woman says: "We're all hungry, there is nothing in our stores" as well. But yes, they did cut off phrases, and translations are a little strange.
@@magistro999 yeah, she talked about stores before that and said ”you could say, we are all hungry”. That's why I posted specific Russian phrases after which translations stop matching original phrases. She said nothing about restaurants and needing more of them. And things they did translate like that one they have loud and clear. And then when they make it up it's very quiet but you can still hear in this cases. And when guy supposedly said that he was worried they will throw him out it's muted to completely inaudible. While you can hear what he said before and after. So I am curious if he said that too :)
О русский, привет
Sometimes they do it on purpose lol
“Meat, bread, potatoes and milk of the highest quality” lol, that’s not usually how I would describe McDonalds.
Milk? Tf
Oooooh, the shake ...? 🤔
@@rich925cal1 c h e e s e
Unless you are the CEO, that is
McDonalds probably was in higher quality back in 1990 then it is today.
The soviet union is so bad McDonalds Milkshake taste like heavens milk 😏😏😏 This is why you shouldnt vote in communist like the Dems !!!! Now the USA is doomed to follow communism 🤢🤮🤮
absolutely surreal to see this and seeing a glimpse of today's russia, they really reverted back to pre-mcdonald's soviet union.
loool
Its from 1990.
McDonald's will remain in Russia, only the business will be transferred to a Russian businessman, and the company itself will change its name and logo
They are no longer your puppet.
Persecution for expressing an unpopular opinion, taboo topics, banned words and canceling people's careers just by denouncing them.
Oh, wait, that's not Russia. It's the United States today.
Anyway, were we talking about the USSR?
I grew up in the south of Russia and my city did not have a mcdonalds. It was 1998 and my mom had to fly to Moscow for business. She bought me a happy meal and did not tough a single fry till she got home from the airport. Good times
What did you think of the happy meal
@@spazerabanekozeroshki I have a hunch it made him "Happy"
Wasn't it cold lol?
@@thomash7294 the good old communest microwave heated it
Wow! Aren't mom's wonderful? Loose fries in the bag are fair game in my book.
"Meat, Bread, Potatoes, and Milk" of the highest quality does not make me picture a hamburger
Love ur videos about griefing pay to win servers dude!
Ah yes so we have high quality milk melted on top of meat put in between bread with a side of potatoes
Probably not in that order but theres some white folks that eat Roast and wash it down with milk. I thought it was so weird when I was a teen and just started dating my wife but she was eating dinner and had milk with her main and I thought it was gross cuz well I'm mexican. We dont do that but yeah... idk kinda went off on a tangent
Well its the 90's so it wasn't a big deal.
@praise the omnissiah! It is the lowest quality
"It's very beautiful, but I kinda expected more" pretty much summs up my McDonalds experience.
Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙 🤙 🤙 🤙 🤙
69th like
minus the "beautiful" part.
You mean "very blyatiful" comrad fix it
It’s 2022 and Russia is one step closer to soviet times after McDonald's announced to close all their stores. 🤔
For me this was the true ending of the cold war
It ended?
@@firsfnamelastname8490 You know, that's almost exactly the thought that entered my head upon reading his comment..
@@firsfnamelastname8490 so true its still on lool
The Cold War never ended lmao
100%
EXCHANGE RATES: Probably gonna get buried but for those curious, I did some research and it turns out 1 dollar in 1990 was equivalent to about 0.59 Rubles. That makes an 8 ruble Russian McMeal equivalent to about 13.50 in 1990 USD. Adjusted for inflation, that comes out to about $27 in 2021 USD. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25, with take home pay after Medicare and social security being more like $6.70 an hour. Multiply that by 4, and you have half a day's wages coming out to $26.80.
Damn thats alot
@@mullajohn2803 The late USSR wages were paradoxically high, however, even better than in modern Russia. Too high. There weren't enough goods for all that money, especially when enterprises started hiding and storing stuff to sell it later at better "market" prices.
@@MalleusRegum well that sounds rather corporate and capitalist for a communist country/enterprise :D
let that be a lesson for all :D
That's insane. In the 90's we payed less than $2 AUD for a big mac, and when it came to my country in the 70's a big mac was about half a dollar. A whole meal in the 90's was just a few dollars.
That's pretty impossible that 1 dolar = 0.59 Rubles. Russia in 1990 entered massive inflation. In 1986, 800 rubles was worth 11$ XD
"I don't like it at all, it's not Russian."
*Continues to sip cola aggressively*
Edit: So apparently the old man didn't say "it's not russian" it was added by the translator, sorry about that
_"I don't like McDonald's"_
(While Holding an Empty Big Mac Wraper, and a half cup of coke left)
Its called being in denial, because he knew what he was eating was the product of America.
But russians already knew what is cola,they had pepsi since 60s
But... He didnt take a sip...
This is so clearly from a different time and place
RIP Russian McDonalds 1990-2022
@JohnSmith-jv8ze Upgraded to Submarine
@@alexwu358 And Twin towers are upgraded to a hole 🤭
"I don't like it at all, it's not Russian" said the most stereotypically dressed Russian in the 80s
I love non-Norwegian food *because* it isn't Norwegian. Who wants salty fish or salty meat every day? No one under the age of 90.
@@hasselnttper3730 salty meat sounds interesting
@@hasselnttper3730 Exactly! I'm sure Norwegian food is lovely, but I love to try all different sorts of cuisines.
I really wonder what this guy expected.
yeah, I was thinking, dude, McDonald's is American food, why you go to American resturant when you want Russian food.
He didnt actually say that dk why they translated it that way
1:38 lmao can you imagine a bureacrat coming and saying to you "dmitri, you will measure potatos for imperialist restaurant chain"
Damn how you know my name?
@@chill_pilll we all know you... we always observe you... better change your shampoo, isn't good for your skin.
@@chill_pilll we also watch u at night so we know ur safe
@@chill_pilll Don’t worry serial number 42069, you’re not on our list yet
@@chill_pilll go back to sleep, we will keep you safe from truth and choice
I remember this, My Grandma took me, I was but 6 years old, we stood in line for nearly 7 hours. I think the ketchup packs and strawberry milkshake was my fav items, and my very tired grandma sitting across from me.
7 Hours for mcdonald ?DAMN
@@tommy.vercetti2003 That's late Soviet Union for you
@@covalschieugen8682
Cummunist Soviet Onion 😂
7 hour wait =/= fast food
@@tommy.vercetti2003 Just another day in soviet moscow
1990: I'm lovin' it!
2024: I can't afford it!
lol I remember when 25 years ago first mcDonalds opened in Ukraine my parents believed it was very high quality food, because what else could you expect from american company? and when we were kids we used to trick mcDonalds workers to give us free food, we left one hamburger and cola at a table and went to toilet, seeing half eaten food on the table workers threw it away, then we came back and demanded to give us food they threw away, and when they asked what exactly we had we said it was 3 big macs, 3 milkshakes,3 pies and so on, and they used to give us all that for free.
Friend taught me this trick 😁
Yooo that is genius and evil
@@eren7350 and tasty
WTF 😂
Now that’s a big brain moment right there
@@sovietfederation9738 use this knowledge comrad
"One woman, speaking in Russian, confessed to not knowing what it was she ate."
LMAOOOO
Lol
"And here we can see more than 6 people in one store standing close to each other without a mask, In moscow, 1990"
Same thing in the United States, still trying to figure out what it is.
@@lucid4271 just so strange to me lmao. I started working at McDonald’s over the summer while the pandemic was in full swing
@Jason B It's not because she's brainwashed, how would anyone know what a burger is if you were trying it for the first time?
Girls: smiles
Soviet Union: What is wrong?!
Spelled wrong loser
Smiling is rude
@@cookingwithkimbap4432 I bet you scour the comment sections eager to find grammar mistakes just so you can act like a wanker.
@@cookingwithkimbap4432 lol you're sad
lmaooooooooo
We've gone full circle
1990: McDonald’s invaded Russia
1991: USSR collapses
🤔
Behold the power of the hamburger and sickle
Ronald McDonald, fighter of communism
Don't worry they just rebranded
They coming back for payback with China, I mean they got China Joe in office . I suggest we better start learning Chinese and or Russian.
@@ThoughtCrimeCriminal Russian is a funner language than Chinese and way more badass. Also, I believe Russia isn't really communist, at least not as bad as China. Seriously though, who voted for Biden!? And now they are regretting it ahahahha
@@JS-wp4gs I think you mean pickle
I always knew when Putin smiles, he is laughing at us.
At US*
?
Putin smiles?
@@stevenyoung9738 Even psychopats can have fun
@@Sharp931 oh, good for you then
The staff smiling had the guests wondering if they were laughing at them. Incredible
Apparently smiling is only polite in western culture .
I think it was more that they had to smile constantly. That’s weird.
Smiling all the time is a very western thing. It is not a indicator of a countries citizens overall happiness, rather it is a social norm here in the West. I find the fact we smile all the time despite our feelings pretty creepy tbh lol.
@@corey725 well people smile so others wouldnt feel like they are annoying to them always
@@rvrmdude because russians dont use fake smiles like western people
The first guy wasnt used to have a full stomach 😂
Meanwhile in ‘Murica...
“I SAID I wanted a number 1 with a DIET COKE! Where’s your manager?”
Sounds like a woman from L.A
@@taiwanisanindependentcountry ot sounds like my old hometown
Sounds like a karen in murica
@@xxmansoorxx2000 murica
@@weirdboi3512 ik that murica is karen home
wow how times have changed
times do be changing
They sure have changed
Russia has changed dramatically. Moscow is like any Western city today. It happened so fast.
For the better id say.. no one would let this guy 2:40 walk around looking like that
Thanks to Putin 🐐
Are we all just going to ignore that big Mac hammer & sickle?
Ever wonder why Ronald wears Red and Yellow? Commie McDonald.
Ay lmaoooo
Lol
@@cultofthevoid5677 hyperborean?
@@yellowawesomeness3857 Based?
Press f to pay respect to both Ronalds👇
F
Thought the thumbnail was Conan O Brien
Found you again
Lol
Bed
Conan Becomes Russian.
I see you're a man of culture
They eased off on the "fake smile" policy outside US. Maybe they realized in some countries it's not good practice.
Who smiles in McDonald’s in Us? Hahaha it’s a lackluster place
Yeah lmao I certainly don’t. Granted, I’m a grill worker/assembler, but presenters aren’t rly all smiles either
i wish they would smile at my mcdonald
they don’t smile in the US 😭
Bruh the employees in every mcdonalds I've gone in my life looked depressed af and didn't want to be there, whaddya mean?
Guys....This was not very long ago. Can you imagine being in a place where the average person thinks you're laughing at them simply because you're smiling? What a gem of history this video is.
Russians don’t respect false emotions. It is common in the US but not here)
Not only a former Soviet thing but in Central Europe as well. Think I read that one of the reasons Walmart failed in Germany is that consumers felt uncomfortable from the forced-smiles made by employees, saying it felt flirtatious. People often prefer genuine facial-reactions when interacting with someone in these regions.
@Robo It's got nothing to do with the USSR it's about the region and culture.. Are you serious
This woman doesn’t know what she just ate but she said it was “unusual and delicious” 32 years later and we still don’t know what’s in McDonald’s food🤷🏻♀️
The cashier: 😃
Customer: why are you laughing at me?”
LMAO 😆
Customer: what, you wanna fight?!
Cashier: no no I just-
Manager: hey! I told you to keep smiling
Lol what a silly situation 😅
@@RonaldRegan314 smile when reason to smile. Easy unspoken rule in russia
In Russia, people only smile towards friends and family, not with strangers. For this reason, the person was suspicious.
loool
I genuinely love everything about this video. From the guys saying he doesn't like it because it's not Russian to the guy thinking he was going to get thrown out for spilling his milkshake but instead got another one.
America: "I'm loving it."
USSR: "We're loving it."
this isn't comedy
@@heyhey8626 but you are a clown 🤡
@@heyhey8626 comedy is subjective, Murray
@@Panzer_Runner I don't get the reference.
@@heyhey8626 "You wouldn't get it."
Today, March 8, 2022. McDonald's closed all locations in Russia.
🇷🇺😓😢😭😭да здравствует россия🇷🇺🇸🇮🇸🇰
all locations were closed on dec 1 2022
0:55 This guy doesn't have to speak English yet he still chosen to speak it, salute.
Specially in era where evrything on english was prohibited... he is educated and proud
@@tubeva1977 it's not that prohibited, especially not during gorbachev
@@tubeva1977 The person above me is right, all the leaders who came after Stalin were very anti-stalin, they hated his policies and they wanted more diplomatic relationships with the west.
Especially in pre-internet era, when you couldn't learn the language by watching YT and chatting with other folks in discord and the like, and had to rely on what you learned from books and practice with foreigners if you were lucky enough to meet any. He's well dressed for that time, and speaks a foreign language well, he's probably a son of someone big or a student of international relations institute.
He looks like he hasn’t slept in ages, well past his prime at this point in time( 28/08/2021), if still alive.
*spills milkshake
“you are go to gulag now”
it joke
Is it yes
Yes
@@vash8712 It is yes
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My wife is Russian she said she and her mom waited all day in the 90’s in a line that went on forever to eat at the first McDonald’s in Moscow. And she hates McDonald’s.
😂😂That made me laugh!
Dad
What else would you do in Russia
Sounds like a serious case of the FOMO's
Maybe she hates mcdonalds because of that lol
"Costs half-a-day's wage" So not much different then over here.
This is a historical film showing the beginning of the fall of the Soviet Union performed by a Coup by Pizzahut and McDonald's.
Not even the USSR can outPizza the Hut
Russian: “they’re ripping us off!
**Buys six more burgers 🍔 🤣**
Jeez dude, you have no idea probably. The thing is, an average citizen in USSR actually had money. Probably, a middle-age middle-sized family on average had savings enough to buy a brand new car. But the problem here is - by the end of USSR you could not buy anything worth buying. So they may complain about the price, but still buy, since it's probably the only thing you could actually buy freely, anytime you want, always in stock and ready to be bought. For soviet people is was shockingly great. And Moscow is a huge city with a lot of people with high salaries
@@voevodineu no even since the beginning the Soviet’s weren’t doing very well and it wen’t even worse after 1945, if you read Khrushchev s biography you would know in his childhood he was always starving and in his town somebody tried to seek human meat, the truth is even when the soviets were found Ut was going downhill
@@possesedcake5422 ofc it wasn't good at the beginning, things only became better after the 40s and 50s
@@sooryan_1018 that’s not what the other comment said so which is it
@IBan_Bad_Girls +1
I love how they replaced the Soviet Union with a McDonald’s
McDonald's actually feeds people unlike the Soviet Union..
The flag has same colors. Red and yellow go well together!
@@Xighor that was a good one
@@Xighor Haha communism no food funni
@@christopherjohansson3073 It's not funny it's actually sad how many have starved to death thanks to communism
Let people still keep falling for their tricks and think these dictators are their friends
People in Venezuela are still eating pets. Rats and out of bind
Soviet Union and China are other examples
Who’s here after McDonalds is leaving Russia?
all of us lol