Inside a Target in the 1980s: Vintage news video

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  • čas přidán 8. 12. 2022
  • Here is raw footage taken inside the Target at Southdale in Edina, Minnesota, in January 1986. Take note of the cash register and people writing checks - and the hair!
    If you recognize anyone in this video, let us know! Email melissa.turtinen [at] fox.com.

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  • @mermaidlu5125
    @mermaidlu5125 Před rokem +475

    imagine being 85 years old in 1985 and seeing how much the world has changed since atleast the 1920s

    • @HenritheHorse
      @HenritheHorse Před rokem +74

      My Great grandma lived to be 100, was born in 1905 and died in 2006, she was really fun and clearheaded until the end.

    • @LC-fx2lo
      @LC-fx2lo Před rokem +14

      That’s what I was thinking too!!

    • @Atl-jv1kw
      @Atl-jv1kw Před rokem +71

      The oldest living person in 1985 was born in 1871.. now they've seen an insane amount of change.

    • @Ambaa436
      @Ambaa436 Před rokem +18

      My great nan lived until 104 years old she was born in 1900 and got to see so many changes in the world

    • @darlenegattus8190
      @darlenegattus8190 Před rokem +8

      I'm 51 and feel like that now.

  • @dennisk207
    @dennisk207 Před rokem +538

    I worked at Target as a cashier / cart attendant from 1987-1989 (not here, in Colorado) and this is exactly how I remember it. No laser scanners at the check-out line until 1988. Lots of people writing checks and having to manually process credit cards...the stone ages 🙂

    • @guerralg63
      @guerralg63 Před rokem +62

      I would gladly trade the technology of today to live in a better time!

    • @dennisk207
      @dennisk207 Před rokem +36

      @Christopher Jacobs I believe $3.75/hr. which was around minimum wage back then. As a teenager, an extra $40 in my pocket per week seemed like a fortune in those days.

    • @reneastle8447
      @reneastle8447 Před rokem +2

      The Retro Decade Revival Project can help with it.

    • @sandmanlopez9920
      @sandmanlopez9920 Před rokem +6

      🤣THE STONE AGES

    • @EfootballC7
      @EfootballC7 Před rokem +4

      What happened if the checks bounced?

  • @SkinniJ
    @SkinniJ Před rokem +326

    5:14 nice to know fucked up baskets have always been a timeless thing lmao

  • @hadassahbenson4020
    @hadassahbenson4020 Před rokem +229

    That’s crazy no music or anything. What struck me first is how quiet things are. No music no target ads playing regularly. Nothing it’s just ambient noise and people talking. Man seems peaceful. I love the old telephone ringing, and the receipts being written up!

    • @momokoblue8032
      @momokoblue8032 Před rokem +26

      His microphone is just not quite good enough to pick up the muzak in the background. If you notice you can barely hear the male stocker speak until he is right near him.

    • @ganymededarling
      @ganymededarling Před rokem +10

      I worked at target in the early 2000s and corporate had a rule that no music should be playing in the store because it created a distracting environment. So I was surprised when they reversed course about five years ago and began playing background music.
      I also wonder if they didn't have walkies yet back when this video was recorded. That would definitely contribute to the quiet!

    • @dennisk207
      @dennisk207 Před rokem +4

      @@ganymededarling Definitely no walkies. Either you called the operator who would page someone over the loudspeaker or some of us had to carry beepers. How the beepers worked is that you would dial the beeper number and say something like "Cart Attendant to the front lanes" which the person with the beeper would hear. Sort of a one-way walkie talkie I guess.

    • @Donna777
      @Donna777 Před rokem +15

      I thought I heard the Eddie Money song "Take Me Home Tonight" playing in the book section lol

    • @geneterrell999
      @geneterrell999 Před rokem +5

      Get you a hearing aid. I hear music in the back.

  • @peytondoss405
    @peytondoss405 Před rokem +1158

    People behaved so well in public back then. That’s what I noticed right away.

    • @philipdefibaugh5683
      @philipdefibaugh5683 Před rokem +78

      Yeah where are the Karens?

    • @diegoaespitia
      @diegoaespitia Před rokem +152

      this is ONE video. how do u come to such a general conclusion after seeing ONE video of 1986?

    • @spaceorbison
      @spaceorbison Před rokem +158

      @@diegoaespitia Because that's how it was....

    • @exil3dlivecom
      @exil3dlivecom Před rokem +90

      We weren't racially divided. Ask yourselves who did it.

    • @spectre3492
      @spectre3492 Před rokem +89

      lol what target are you going to? people behave the same today as well. stop living in the past thinking its that much better than it is today, it isn't

  • @zms8092
    @zms8092 Před rokem +263

    Target looks pretty much the same today - aisle markers, signage, everything. I don’t know why but I could watch footage like this for hours.

    • @ramon78433
      @ramon78433 Před rokem +19

      The only difference is that you couldn’t get groceries from there back in the day

    • @TexasDog3
      @TexasDog3 Před rokem +5

      I noticed that too.

    • @TimoteoDeBaum
      @TimoteoDeBaum Před rokem +9

      @@ramon78433 right reminds me of Kmart in the 90s but they had a
      Concessions stand !

    • @ramon78433
      @ramon78433 Před rokem +7

      Yup and had they not added the grocery piece to their inventory, they would’ve Paris just like Kmart did

    • @josels1292
      @josels1292 Před rokem +4

      Just keep rewatching this video all day.

  • @starr9dust
    @starr9dust Před rokem +147

    The fact they have kept the same font is amazing to me, even for the sale signs etc.

    • @BebaDivested
      @BebaDivested Před rokem +9

      Noticed that too

    • @ilkvomit88
      @ilkvomit88 Před rokem +14

      And the shelving system, it's the same exact one used to this day

    • @richardsequeirateixeira
      @richardsequeirateixeira Před rokem +11

      Yes! Much of the original spirit of Target is very much alive today. Still exciting and love to go to Target.

    • @anthonymeans7439
      @anthonymeans7439 Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@BebaDivestedIKR!

  • @user-uv7ip4qz5r
    @user-uv7ip4qz5r Před rokem +101

    Target was aesthetically way ahead of the times. Very modern for 1985. The white minimalistic color palettes, the ambient lighting and the cleanliness is if this video was taken 10 years ago. Compare that to the dark earth tones, crome and fake wood that was common at the time most other stores had a very cavernous layout but Target was the outlier.

    • @Ellie80681
      @Ellie80681 Před rokem

      Um not really

    • @Kevin-ht1st
      @Kevin-ht1st Před rokem

      Yeah once I saw a video from 1984, still had a 70s vibe, much like how 2004 had a 90s vibe

    • @Kgio-2112
      @Kgio-2112 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I like the older styling. Target stores look overlook hotel men's room

    • @robertriley1569
      @robertriley1569 Před 4 měsíci +1

      In 1985 I wonder if they had the pick your own gender childrens clothes

  • @Robynator......
    @Robynator...... Před rokem +111

    Seeing the old folks is heart warming! They're all gone now, but sure brings back memories of my grandmother and her friends...

    • @thebestchannel5456
      @thebestchannel5456 Před rokem +17

      A few might still be alive

    • @rpierce7004
      @rpierce7004 Před 9 měsíci +3

      They are not gone....now we are them!

    • @Tarkusine
      @Tarkusine Před 7 měsíci

      There's lots of old folks. Statistically there are more than ever both numerically and per capita.

  • @franko6677
    @franko6677 Před rokem +321

    Target still looked like this through the 90s and maybe even into the 2000s. I would have actually guessed this footage later than 1986!

    • @ecoRfan
      @ecoRfan Před rokem +33

      90s/00s Target was neon all over the walls.

    • @yodhin79
      @yodhin79 Před rokem +24

      @@ecoRfan I worked for various Targets from 1999-2003 and some stores still maintained the older look. Others were definitively 'neon'.

    • @Galidorquest
      @Galidorquest Před rokem +12

      My local Target in Illinois looked like this until the Mid 00's.

    • @johnhruby6205
      @johnhruby6205 Před rokem +24

      Target still looks like this

    • @PlayWaves1
      @PlayWaves1 Před rokem +5

      ​ @ecoRfan Yep I remember the neon ribbon lights as a kid. I wish they still had it.

  • @LC-fx2lo
    @LC-fx2lo Před rokem +215

    The people smiling while they were being filmed had no idea the future was staring back at them.

    • @Philitron128
      @Philitron128 Před rokem +22

      That's the case with nearly every single photo and video ever

    • @marissaveloz9724
      @marissaveloz9724 Před rokem +6

      I Love the way you worded that! But there were some people in the video not happy being filmed.

    • @replysoon3216
      @replysoon3216 Před rokem +6

      @@Philitron128 Not anymore. Now days if you take a video camera into a Target or Walmart the loss prevention people escort you out and call the police.

    • @originalkingalpha5116
      @originalkingalpha5116 Před rokem +4

      ​@@marissaveloz9724@6:19😂😂😂

    • @jaykojumbles7409
      @jaykojumbles7409 Před 11 měsíci +1

      im high as ballsrn u blew my mind wow ma,n...

  • @Freepeter-ui2vf
    @Freepeter-ui2vf Před rokem +150

    Great video! While cell phones and technology has its place, I do miss the days when people didn't always have a phone in their face and actually spoke to one another. I also miss the fashions and quality of products in the 80s. I was a teenager in the 80s. Great times!

    • @I_come_out_after_dark
      @I_come_out_after_dark Před rokem +11

      Do you think its was the best decade? I wasn't alive back then but it seemed so fun with the bright colors and neon lights.

    • @-108-
      @-108- Před rokem +12

      @@I_come_out_after_dark It was. Truly the best time to be alive.

    • @I_come_out_after_dark
      @I_come_out_after_dark Před rokem +7

      @@-108- im jealous lol. i wish i could have experienced the 80s.

    • @karenroy9045
      @karenroy9045 Před rokem +7

      The 80s was the best times of my life. Got married to my love and had my 2 kids. I wish I could go back.

    • @carolsanders3979
      @carolsanders3979 Před rokem +2

      I know me too I miss those days I was a teenager back in the 80s and I agree everyone has a cell phone up to their face now I am guilty of it sometimes myself but when I walk up to the register to pay for my items or whatever it is if I'm not going through self-checkout I acknowledge the cashier just the other day I was in WinCo and this lady behind me was on her cell phone the whole entire time when we were in line nothing wrong with it but she had her phone on speaker so I can hear everything the whole conversation that she was having with her friend about her marriage problems I have no issues with someone on the phone that's fine but keep it to yourself the whole damn market doesn't need to hear your conversation anyway she was still talking on the phone you when she got it to the cashier continue talking no respect not even Hi how are you doing or put your phone down and wait till your done paying then get back on but we don't have that kind of respect anymore these days and she wasn't that young she looked to be in her forties.

  • @randykroells8049
    @randykroells8049 Před rokem +96

    I still see old grannies writing checks at the grocery store.

    • @ecoRfan
      @ecoRfan Před rokem +15

      Even at Staples 2017-20 I still saw people paying with checks

    • @spectre3492
      @spectre3492 Před rokem +11

      they're missing out on those credit card rewards

    • @ecoRfan
      @ecoRfan Před rokem

      @@spectre3492 they could still be getting store rewards programs and pay with any method in addition to their coupons

    • @PraveenSrJ01
      @PraveenSrJ01 Před rokem +8

      They were born in the 1910s and were in their 70s in the 1980s

    • @VHSJoeSlaney
      @VHSJoeSlaney Před rokem +3

      wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

  • @samnierman6626
    @samnierman6626 Před rokem +38

    It’s so bizarre! No one is in a hurry. The body language is so different!

    • @PoseurGoth
      @PoseurGoth Před rokem +1

      Since this is news footage, I'm assuming that this may have been a new store, so I assume that more people are going there to browse, rather than trying to get in, get what they need, and get out. And the store looks far less full than most of them today (although I'm more accustomed to Wal-Mart, and don't make it out to Target often, despite finding the place a pleasant shopping experience).
      But, I will concede that even with all of the technology that makes mundane tasks so much faster, more convenient, and easier, it constantly feels like we are somehow forced to rush more and more. Even compared to 20 years ago when I was just entering adulthood, the pace of life feels far more frantic.

    • @jogmas12
      @jogmas12 Před rokem +2

      Probably shot in a small town

    • @everettjenkins9262
      @everettjenkins9262 Před rokem

      No smartphones, longer attention spans, people actually aware and present. We'll never live in times like those again. It's sad that some targets and other stores are closing due to theft.

  • @kaykepop4084
    @kaykepop4084 Před rokem +48

    The sound of the register brought back so many memories. Never would have thought that I would have missed hearing it.

    • @--MAD
      @--MAD Před rokem +5

      I thought the same thing! 😂

  • @starmann30
    @starmann30 Před rokem +180

    More of these vintage videos please!!!

    • @jogmas12
      @jogmas12 Před rokem +1

      Living in the past huh?

    • @VHSJoeSlaney
      @VHSJoeSlaney Před rokem +4

      wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

    • @jakethesnake4971
      @jakethesnake4971 Před rokem +7

      ​@Trophy Tapes everyone dies brother, this was half a lifetime ago

    • @VHSJoeSlaney
      @VHSJoeSlaney Před rokem +1

      @@jakethesnake4971 so should we pop champaine bottle everynight and watch family guy?

    • @tias.6675
      @tias.6675 Před rokem +2

      There's channels with plenty 😊

  • @GeekBoyMN
    @GeekBoyMN Před rokem +184

    Manually typing in SKUs, old credit card imprinters, writing checks, noisy dot matrix printers, so much different back then. When I started at Sears in 1992 we had similar equipment but we already had new PoS (Point of Sale) terminals ready to replace the old NCR cash registers, which we did a couple months later and those had barcode scanners and full keyboards. A few years later the dot matrix printers were replaced with thermal printers that were quiet and printed receipts much faster. No more having to replace print ribbons on a regular basis!! How times have changed!!!

    • @shawnaburns5158
      @shawnaburns5158 Před rokem +1

      Yeah sorry I'm a big huge fan of dot matrix printers ,,,sorry

    • @GeekBoyMN
      @GeekBoyMN Před rokem +1

      @@je862 High school? Not relevant. Stayed there 10 years until 2002.

    • @snotloutisagod2956
      @snotloutisagod2956 Před rokem +3

      Oh yes, I remember when I first started working at Target back in 1996, when the IBM 4683 terminals were in use back then, the handheld barcode scanners, and the separate MICR check readers. All with a simple counter with no conveyor belts. The dot matrix printers were music to my ears, but was sad to see them go once they were replaced with the IBM 4610 SureMark thermal printers.
      I don't think I've been in a Target back in the 1980's with those type of registers, I only remember seeing the earlier IBM 3683 POS terminals back around '86-'87 when I was younger.

    • @ChristiRich
      @ChristiRich Před rokem +7

      I liked the sound of the dot matrix printer cash registers. I found them soothing.

    • @VHSJoeSlaney
      @VHSJoeSlaney Před rokem +5

      wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

  • @cdevidal
    @cdevidal Před rokem +42

    I find it remarkable how little has changed. This was 37 years ago. 37 years before that was 1949. HUGE differences between stores in 1949 and 1986, but only small style differences between then and now. A lack of laser UPC checkout and paper bags and no cell phones are the only major changes I see. The rest is just styles.

    • @cdevidal
      @cdevidal Před rokem +7

      And even the styles really aren’t that radically different. Think about 1949 styles compared to this. It’s like we as a society figured out what we like and stuck to it.

    • @bigpicturethinking5620
      @bigpicturethinking5620 Před 10 měsíci

      All because of the Roswell recovery.

    • @cdevidal
      @cdevidal Před 10 měsíci

      @@bigpicturethinking5620 the what now

    • @bigpicturethinking5620
      @bigpicturethinking5620 Před 10 měsíci

      @@cdevidal Do you think that everything changed in 37 years spontaneously? That humans suddenly had great ideas that they were just waiting to put to purpose? The breakthroughs that changed the modern world from the late 50s forward have non human origins, of course.

    • @lucialuciferion6720
      @lucialuciferion6720 Před 9 měsíci +3

      People just seem more polite back then, more classy and more respectfull. I was 13 when this was filmed. It's bittersweet. I feel immense sadness , I miss those days deeply 😢

  • @pearllee08
    @pearllee08 Před rokem +14

    I really miss the good ole days. These videos make me happy and sad at the same time.... i wish we could go backwards...

  • @LostinMIA
    @LostinMIA Před rokem +40

    It says this was in Edina, Minnesota, it boarders Minneapolis. One thing I noticed was the low amount of stress there. People were focused on each other as well as the time they spent there. No cell phones or technology to distract you. You can feel it in the atmosphere even in the video. I remember it too!

    • @karenroy9045
      @karenroy9045 Před rokem +3

      Such a different world back then.

    • @LostinMIA
      @LostinMIA Před rokem

      @@karenroy9045 Yes it was 😄😘

  • @fuelcapgaming5753
    @fuelcapgaming5753 Před rokem +45

    It feels like Aesthetically, Target hasn't really changed much at all. It's a lot of the same stuff, same styles of signs, and such.
    The main thing that's changed at the Targets I go to over the years is that the food courts are gone and photo departments. That's kind of what jumps out at me first.

    • @straightpipediesel
      @straightpipediesel Před rokem +5

      The food courts just got upscaled into Starbucks.

    • @minipandora22
      @minipandora22 Před 11 měsíci

      Now they’ve hired a Satanic 👿 monster to design children’s clothing….

  • @bunnyyyyyy398
    @bunnyyyyyy398 Před rokem +39

    What a time capsule. Thanks for sharing!

  • @watchinglion7774
    @watchinglion7774 Před rokem +29

    Wow, i enjoy watching these vintage videos. I used to work for Target in the 1980s and it was a fun place to work. My favorite part of the store where we had the clearance end caps in the electronic department. I would work in automotive and the hardware section. I would straighten out the isles making sure it was presentable to our guests. One thing I learned it to never refer the shopper as a customer but refer to them as guests. My other jobs were answering phone calls on the floor when a gust called in about a product. I would also do what we call “go backs” I would get a shopping cart loaded with merchandise from customer service to where I had to put back each item back in its proper department.

    • @strangebrew1231
      @strangebrew1231 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Go backs are still a thing today I worked at a target in electronics from march to December

  • @jillmayer9501
    @jillmayer9501 Před rokem +90

    It's new years eve and all I can think about is how these people are just out here existing. Not connected to any sort of mobile device. I wish life were still this way

    • @exil3dlivecom
      @exil3dlivecom Před rokem +5

      Intro to the ALWAYS connected web changed the world. Carzy how fast aswell.

    • @ThorStoneGaming
      @ThorStoneGaming Před rokem +6

      You type that on a smart phone or PC, so you are part of the problem.

    • @94champs
      @94champs Před rokem +15

      @@ThorStoneGaming There is nothing wrong with using a PC or phone to leave a comment on an old video, so no, she is not "part of the problem". The problem is when these devices start to rule your life and you live on social media. This applies more so to the younger generation. TikTok, Facebook, Twitter etc. are the main culprits. Anything where your actual name is attached and you post 100 selfies a day to get "likes". That's the real issue here. Watching old videos on youtube though is fine.

    • @danacaro-herman3530
      @danacaro-herman3530 Před rokem

      ​@@ThorStoneGamingso true!!😂

    • @VHSJoeSlaney
      @VHSJoeSlaney Před rokem

      wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

  • @spaceballs44
    @spaceballs44 Před rokem +19

    Wow!!! The lady in line in under a minute is writing a check almost nobody does that anymore. When I see the older customers it’s sad to think they probably have passed on.

    • @HeWhoLoMeins138
      @HeWhoLoMeins138 Před rokem +1

      Some people are so stupid and easily irritated/impatient now that they barely understand easily used debit cards and tap to pay on a phone. Lines take way longer than back then.

  • @jenninscho1980
    @jenninscho1980 Před rokem +82

    The young toddlers in these videos are all grown up in their late 30's.

    • @TheKnifed
      @TheKnifed Před rokem +10

      I was born in January 1986, I just turned 37 a few weeks ago. It is certainly something to think about. Although, we had caldors and bradlees where I lived

    • @Sajomo
      @Sajomo Před rokem +8

      And the senior citizens in this video are all dead

    • @DV-zv4ox
      @DV-zv4ox Před rokem +7

      I'm 38 and can remember my local Target and K-Mart looking similar to this. Another thing I remember is the smell of cigarettes! Way more people smoked per capita back then, and you were allowed to smoke virtually anywhere except church. Although there are some conveniences about living in 2023, for the most part, the 80's and 90's were a wonderful time to be a kid.

    • @ThorStoneGaming
      @ThorStoneGaming Před rokem +2

      I know, it's shocking that time passes and people age. Thanks for reminding me.

    • @PraveenSrJ01
      @PraveenSrJ01 Před rokem +2

      I was definitely a toddler when this video came out

  • @CreolePearls_
    @CreolePearls_ Před rokem +13

    It’s hurts that times have changed for pretty much the worst 😢and the 80s, 90s and early 2000s are gone and not returning ☹️

  • @brandyyolidio4213
    @brandyyolidio4213 Před rokem +8

    Target was hands down my favorite store back in the 90's! They had great prices and inventory and you could get everything there! Clothes, food, toys for the kids, pet food, and fresh popped popcorn!! Miss those days 😢

  • @Atarian1979
    @Atarian1979 Před rokem +5

    Love the sound of the receipt printer machine.

  • @jamieakagibby
    @jamieakagibby Před rokem +6

    No self check out, no rude and impatient customers, we need to go back to this!

  • @jamiemorgan3649
    @jamiemorgan3649 Před rokem +5

    So peaceful and everyone is so patient.

  • @goldengalsclazy
    @goldengalsclazy Před rokem +20

    I ♥ the 80's! It's funny that the shopping carts are still the same! They haven't gotten any bigger.

  • @alexanderbanos8125
    @alexanderbanos8125 Před rokem +51

    Target stores back in the 1980's looked a lot different than today. Before Target introduced colorful department signage and funky neon lights, all Target stores in the 80's had red stripes on white walls along with plain department signage. This scene reminds me of the 1991 movie Career Opportunities. Even the bullseye on the Target logo signage outside looked different, as the entire bullseye (outer red ring, middle white ring, and center red dot) would glow at night and stand out perfectly. By the 1990's, most of the Target stores that opened in the 80's or earlier were given the funky neon interior with colorful department signage. Today, Target stores are now heavily remodeled with newer red or gray walls with new red department signage.

    • @sunniertimer598
      @sunniertimer598 Před rokem +5

      No Starbucks and pizza hut inside either.

    • @VHSJoeSlaney
      @VHSJoeSlaney Před rokem +2

      wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

    • @jackietaylor5035
      @jackietaylor5035 Před rokem

      Fedmart was the store before target was around..

    • @jackietaylor5035
      @jackietaylor5035 Před rokem

      Back in 1980

    • @alexanderbanos8125
      @alexanderbanos8125 Před rokem

      @@jackietaylor5035 Absolutely. In Los Angeles and San Diego CA, and Tucson and Phoenix AZ. Target's debut in AZ and CA was in 1983 a year after FedMart closed. Target also opened in some former Woolco and Zody's locations in AZ.

  • @ilkvomit88
    @ilkvomit88 Před rokem +7

    I can't believe Target still has the same shelving today as they did in the '80s

  • @Splitter4416
    @Splitter4416 Před rokem +33

    Wild seeing boxes of cigarettes amongst the merchandise the employees were stocking on the shelves. Different times indeed!

    • @stephaniemartin-ward4578
      @stephaniemartin-ward4578 Před rokem +2

      I worked at Targer from 88 to 90. We had to get cigarettes from the cigarette case for the customers, even though they could have grabbed them themselves. Stocking the cigarettes and candy was our job as cashiers. We wore our own clothes and a name tag, while people in the departments wore smocks over their clothes.

    • @boostedmaniac
      @boostedmaniac Před rokem

      I remember cigarette machines in the lobby at restaurants. Yes different times.

    • @carinarosales6899
      @carinarosales6899 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@stephaniemartin-ward4578i know right I miss those days

  • @MNWILD43
    @MNWILD43 Před rokem +41

    I'm 56, I miss the 80's! lol Only FOX 9 posts the cool, stuff. 💪🏻

    • @stephenstead7270
      @stephenstead7270 Před rokem +7

      Am 63 and i miss the 80s good old days mate

    • @MNWILD43
      @MNWILD43 Před rokem +5

      @@stephenstead7270 Yup, you're my oldest brothers, age! Best to you, buddy!

    • @stephenstead7270
      @stephenstead7270 Před rokem +4

      @@MNWILD43 do you ever wish then days was back even tho there was no money about i do mate

    • @MNWILD43
      @MNWILD43 Před rokem +4

      @@stephenstead7270 All the time, my friend.

    • @VHSJoeSlaney
      @VHSJoeSlaney Před rokem +2

      wow imagine all those elderly people in this video are probably all dead laying in there grave now.

  • @sweetipie1995
    @sweetipie1995 Před rokem +10

    Looks like I had that exact squeaking shopping cart last week😂

  • @Dollsteak69
    @Dollsteak69 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Target is based out of Minneapolis/St.Paul. Edina is one of the wealthiest burbs in the entire metro. I graduated from Bloomington in 86. The stores look kind of the same. But the population has lost its way from 35 years ago. Great vid!

  • @wendelynyoung8609
    @wendelynyoung8609 Před rokem +36

    Writing checks and that cash register. Good times.

    • @jogmas12
      @jogmas12 Před rokem +2

      People still write checks although credit cards been around for 60 years. Never the less writing checks slows the line down

    • @GeemailMailboxx
      @GeemailMailboxx Před rokem +4

      @@jogmas12 What's the hurry? 1 extra minute at most. Slow down a little, you'll live longer. 🌻

    • @jogmas12
      @jogmas12 Před rokem +1

      @@GeemailMailboxx hope you have the concept when standing in a long line at Disney world waiting for a ride or better yet in a traffic jam, will you still have “a stop and smell the roses 🌹 “ mentality

    • @GeemailMailboxx
      @GeemailMailboxx Před rokem +2

      @@jogmas12 I always do. I never sweat the small things. I've learned to enjoy my life, not rush through it. I even make time to be thankful and meditate every day. It's like living in a different world. Especially when I see everyone so stressed out over nothing these days. I find it strange you stress out at Disneyland "Happiest place on earth " of all places 💖.

    • @robroy6374
      @robroy6374 Před rokem

      not "strange" at all, sensitive one.

  • @judiharting5265
    @judiharting5265 Před rokem +17

    I remember hand punching numbers. Before that in the hardware store we hand wrote all the numbers that had to be reordered and then hand punched the numbers into a machine and then we called the supplier on Sunday night and one fit over the receiver and we electronically sent the order. If you didn’t have it sent by 8:00 pm no order that week.

  • @mmille10
    @mmille10 Před rokem +9

    Wow. I remember the look and sound of that cash register at my Target (Boulder, CO), after all these years.

  • @mothx95
    @mothx95 Před rokem +15

    It's kind of weird how much it still looks like a target today. Sure it's different, but somehow immediately identifiable.

  • @AnotherTruth
    @AnotherTruth Před rokem +19

    It’s interesting because of the books on the display in the music and maybe some of the fashion, I could tell it was around 1986, but no later than that. I’m surprised they didn’t have automatic scanners to scan all of that. But I checked on the bull’s-eye view of the target timeline history. The UPC scanning stuff didn’t come into existence until 1988. This is wild. Thank you ever so much for sharing this with us.

    • @taoist32
      @taoist32 Před rokem +1

      I worked at Target in 1989 when I was 15. We all had to learn how to use the new scanners.

    • @AnotherTruth
      @AnotherTruth Před rokem

      @@taoist32 that must’ve been wild’ wow! Thanks for sharing

    • @strangebrew1231
      @strangebrew1231 Před 5 měsíci

      UPC barcodes were invented in the 70s it took until 88 for them to be adopted

  • @AsH0LE_
    @AsH0LE_ Před rokem +5

    It's awesome that everyday life in the past was recorded for future generations to see!

  • @jennosyde709
    @jennosyde709 Před rokem +4

    It is kind of crazy how much quieter it is without music playing.

  • @scottvanhille5688
    @scottvanhille5688 Před rokem +2

    I noticed in the background "Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money was playing lol. Ahhhhh, my childhood years.

  • @user-chariot
    @user-chariot Před 7 měsíci +1

    The sound of the register and check scanning keying things in even the loose change sounds good

  • @god563616
    @god563616 Před rokem +6

    this is incredible!!!!I love everything 80's!!

  • @GunsNFunTV
    @GunsNFunTV Před rokem +30

    It’s crazy how much the inside of a target has not changed that much. Just updated models on posters but layout of the store and shelves all still look the same

  • @rocksiirose4536
    @rocksiirose4536 Před rokem +15

    Wow! My first thought was I know all the old timers are dead by now. No one seems to be rushing. Thanks for posting I love vintage videos. They actually have music playing. Target now days are so dreadfully quiet. Except for the squeaky wheels.

    • @connor_flanigan
      @connor_flanigan Před rokem +1

      that old granny looking at pencils has turned to dust by now

  • @sc0191
    @sc0191 Před rokem +5

    Everyone seemed so much more purposeful and efficient, even with all the manual work. And friendly!

    • @Cargo_Bay
      @Cargo_Bay Před 8 měsíci +2

      You don’t think it’s because there’s a cameraman filming them?

  • @ZefTillDeath8878
    @ZefTillDeath8878 Před rokem +13

    Thanks for the upload. Was hoping to see some b-roll of the electronics department.

  • @allthatjazzspaz95
    @allthatjazzspaz95 Před rokem +14

    The bane of my existence when I was working at Target was having to refold all the towels that people unfolded and tossed wherever they pleased… people sure love to trash a store. some things never change 🙄

  • @bluesky5384
    @bluesky5384 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I was born in 1989 and loved growing up in the 90s. Wish I could've experienced a bit more of the 80s. So interesting to see all of this that existed before I did. Even the babies are now older than me!

    • @METALFAN4EVS
      @METALFAN4EVS Před 8 měsíci

      I was 10-19 during the 80’s, it was incredibly awesome, especially later teen years like 15-19.. Buddies, girls, beer and a little herb and we had a blast! Haha

    • @carinarosales6899
      @carinarosales6899 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@METALFAN4EVS yes true

  • @madelinebell84
    @madelinebell84 Před 11 měsíci +7

    I literally squealed out loud when I saw the kitchen section with the aprons, oven mitts, etc! Do you know how much I have to pay for this vintage stuff on Etsy or eBay now?!? Oh to have a time machine and some really big duffle bags! Wait, who am I kidding? If I had a time machine, I'd go and not come back! It was one of the happiest decades of my life.

    • @BaptistJoshua
      @BaptistJoshua Před 10 měsíci

      Same here. Take me to the 80's and leave me.

  • @svenlundergard1
    @svenlundergard1 Před 7 měsíci +3

    People seem so polite back then. So much more respectful and decently dressed in public. Paper bags instead of plastic. People writing checks...nobody on their cell phones and SO MANY people shopping. When retail outlets still existed. People we have to stop so much online shopping, and we can keep our local people in a job.

    • @JayNoodles
      @JayNoodles Před 2 měsíci

      “Polite” but more racist, sexist, more likely to abuse children, etc.

  • @AwfullWaffle
    @AwfullWaffle Před rokem +12

    6:03 been there. “I don’t need a buggy, I’m just grabbing a couple things” **proceeds to purchase half the store but stoically sticks to the decision to remain sans buggy

  • @1980sbrawl
    @1980sbrawl Před rokem +2

    This is January 1986 and i just heard " Take Me Home Tonight by Eddy Money and that song was released in August 86 lol

  • @livingintheforest3963
    @livingintheforest3963 Před rokem +2

    ❤❤❤
    I was pregnant with my daughter and about 23 years old. Wonderful days.

  • @damin9913
    @damin9913 Před rokem +4

    People dressed so nicely back in my time I miss that the smell of walking in to those store was magical as heck man

  • @RomanMofongo
    @RomanMofongo Před rokem +4

    Sad how the people in this video are probably dead by now , whoever is dead may you rest in peace, at least we have a memory of you from this video!

    • @carmenmonroe7
      @carmenmonroe7 Před 9 měsíci

      I feel they're blessed to not see people fall so far from grace. But may they rest in peace if they have crossed over.

  • @rarceliarys8733
    @rarceliarys8733 Před rokem +1

    love watching these type of videos, such good times everyone was so calm wish it was still the same!

  • @Mitchelled
    @Mitchelled Před 3 měsíci

    thank the people who took these videos.. im very glad they did. its a time machine.

  • @philipdefibaugh5683
    @philipdefibaugh5683 Před rokem +68

    Paper bags in a Target? I never knew Targets used paper over plastic (then again Target didn't come to my area until 1995). kinda quiet, NO Karens and the employees seemed happier, darn I miss the 80's.....

    • @stephaniemartin-ward4578
      @stephaniemartin-ward4578 Před rokem +3

      I worked at a Target 88 to 90. We never had paper bags. Only plastic.

    • @carissaexplainsitall8481
      @carissaexplainsitall8481 Před rokem +2

      The checkbooks lol

    • @oooh19
      @oooh19 Před rokem +2

      Now they have paper but charge customers 5 cents so customers just bring their own bags

    • @candysmith8724
      @candysmith8724 Před rokem +1

      No Karens because everything was civil and normal, unlike today. I don't blame some of the Karens and Kens I see with today's issues.

    • @Philitron128
      @Philitron128 Před rokem

      @@oooh19 good

  • @derricklangford4725
    @derricklangford4725 Před rokem +70

    I use to be a cashier at Target and there's always that 80ish yr old WW, who still pulls out a checkbook to pay for her purchase, "if it was good enough in 1972, it's good enough now" 🤣😆😂

    • @rachelc.5463
      @rachelc.5463 Před rokem +12

      @Derrick Langford...Here in recent years I was with a friend in Old Navy and was wondering what was taking her so long looked in her direction and she was writing a check. I said to her don't you have a debit card use that it's a lot faster through check out.

    • @derricklangford4725
      @derricklangford4725 Před rokem +3

      @rachelc.5463 Actually, while everyone behind them has this facial expression 🙄, it brought back memories of me growing up in the 80's and my aunt paying for groceries like that 😊

    • @mmille10
      @mmille10 Před rokem

      @@rachelc.5463 - My mom would love it if she could write checks at the store. She doesn't trust digital tech. She generally pays cash when she has enough. Otherwise, she depends on me, with my cash/debit card, since she sometimes shops with me. :)
      The last time she had a credit card was in the 1970s. She used to have a gas card she'd use at Exxon stations (essentially a store credit card).

    • @mermaidlu5125
      @mermaidlu5125 Před rokem

      @@derricklangford4725 in the 80s everyone did it to me since I grew up poor it made people look rich and sophisticated and a credit card was rich rich to me lol

    • @dreamcatcherjulie1
      @dreamcatcherjulie1 Před rokem +5

      I still write checks, at 55.

  • @MillerMeteor74
    @MillerMeteor74 Před 11 měsíci +2

    1980s- I never even heard of a Target store till sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s. We have one around here, but I don't think it's terribly old. Anyway, I enjoyed seeing this window into the not-so-distant past.

  • @caspianblue4141
    @caspianblue4141 Před rokem +1

    That was fun to watch. What a blast from the past!

  • @Crankerny58
    @Crankerny58 Před rokem +12

    Just by watching this video it is amazing how far America has fallen since 1986! I could go on but you get the picture!

    • @guerralg63
      @guerralg63 Před rokem +1

      It's hard not to. Go to target today and everything is locked up. Back in 1986 who would have ever believed that laundry detergent needed to be locked up!

  • @phacelesshero
    @phacelesshero Před rokem +3

    This video is a gem. Thanks FOX9.

  • @yugen
    @yugen Před 9 měsíci +1

    We didn't get a Target in our area (Vancouver, WA) until the 90's. It felt so modern. This video from the 80's feels just as modern, it must have been like living in the future going to a Target in the 80's. Especially compared to going to K-Mart.

  • @blugreen123
    @blugreen123 Před rokem +19

    Those diet drugs were basically speed in nicer packaging. 😂

  • @TimoteoDeBaum
    @TimoteoDeBaum Před rokem +4

    Even the older folks moved so quickly and seemed more active and alert. But also maybe ppl looked older back then too? So interesting

  • @ClubAmerica92
    @ClubAmerica92 Před rokem +32

    Sad to think most of these people have passed away.

    • @butterfliesandfate
      @butterfliesandfate Před rokem +2

      It is sad. I was thinking the same. When I saw that most of the elderly in this video would have been around the same age as my grandparents at the time, I almost shed a tear.

    • @SexAndCandyHair92
      @SexAndCandyHair92 Před rokem

      Well most of the elderly people have passed

    • @namelessghoulphantom
      @namelessghoulphantom Před rokem

      Yeah target is mostly a store for old folks like grandparents my grandma loved this store she’s still living tho

  • @davidobrienirl
    @davidobrienirl Před rokem +19

    Brings back memories as a kid shopping there.

  • @HunterLohseRRVideos
    @HunterLohseRRVideos Před 7 měsíci +1

    The cigarette behind the ear while stocking the merch on the clock and no one batting an eye, wow that dates it a lot!

  • @JayDillDrums
    @JayDillDrums Před rokem +6

    Amazing how different n quiet n well behaved ppl were lol

  • @MadPlasmatist
    @MadPlasmatist Před rokem +6

    Wow, this is the only video from the 80's I've seen that almost looks like it was filmed yesterday, neat.

    • @robroy6374
      @robroy6374 Před rokem +1

      its the type of camera they used, obviously

  • @nathanheide81
    @nathanheide81 Před 7 měsíci +3

    This cashier knew how to do her job and did it very well! Look at her pound those keys!

  • @SpookyDollhouse
    @SpookyDollhouse Před 9 měsíci +1

    Greatly miss how Target used to be a mini department store. The whole atmosphere of it and everything! Unmatched! Stuff packed shelves floor to ceiling and there was always something going on. Fresh popcorn wafting 'round the store! Great stuff.

  • @maltikhurana9252
    @maltikhurana9252 Před 3 měsíci

    What a trip down memory lane! The good ol' days! Love hearing the printing sound of the receipts. Good times! 😊

  • @nukesean
    @nukesean Před rokem +9

    I worked at Target 1999-2000, and plenty of people were still writing checks. The only things that really aged this video were the fashion and the registers. Otherwise, this could have been any Target through probably the early 2000’s.

    • @EfootballC7
      @EfootballC7 Před rokem

      What if the check bounced? What would y’all do?

    • @Julieroo28
      @Julieroo28 Před rokem

      This pretty much looks like my Target NOW except for the registers, book displays, fashion and diet pills.

    • @HorrorFreak68
      @HorrorFreak68 Před 7 měsíci

      You’re forgetting the scanners at the cash registers. There are none in this video. They had to type in a six digit sku and the price for every item.

    • @carinarosales6899
      @carinarosales6899 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@HorrorFreak68oh yeah that's true

  • @josels1292
    @josels1292 Před rokem +3

    40 years later and they still have the 30% off sale.

  • @HorrorFreak68
    @HorrorFreak68 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I used to have to ask how they were going to pay prior to ringing them up. If they were paying by credit card, I’d have to insert one of those green slips in the register prior to ringing up the first item.

  • @jonathancisneros7150
    @jonathancisneros7150 Před rokem +24

    It seems like life was a lot better back in the 80s. People seem to dress more modest in these department stores. Women seem to be in modest clothes, no tattoos in faces or no one sagging there pants.

    • @radog1028
      @radog1028 Před rokem +3

      It was great compared to 2023

    • @8luvbug
      @8luvbug Před rokem +6

      Rose colored glasses

    • @jogmas12
      @jogmas12 Před rokem

      Looks like December people gonna dress up to stay warm

    • @tias.6675
      @tias.6675 Před rokem +1

      I'm pretty sure you're right ! Things were even better before the 2010s..and these aren't rose colored glasses.

    • @robroy6374
      @robroy6374 Před rokem +4

      Rose colored glasses, indeed. but i would still rather live in an past decade (like the 2000s for example) rather than 2023!

  • @gemstone108
    @gemstone108 Před rokem +3

    I always forget that these stores existed in the 80s. Sears and Kmarts and stuff I can picture because they were so synonymous with that time period but Targets just came into the world fully formed

  • @user-xv7eb5ct9f
    @user-xv7eb5ct9f Před rokem +1

    Thanks to whoever made this 📹
    I'm guessing this was in 1987

  • @jeannierobletto1798
    @jeannierobletto1798 Před rokem +1

    Love this! I was born in 79. Kmart was the place to be in the 80s 😂❤ but Target is my go to now!

  • @EDHBlvd
    @EDHBlvd Před rokem +2

    I miss the old days. :(

  • @RadianceRush
    @RadianceRush Před rokem +3

    The frilly geese, teddy bear, and heart aprons scream 80's kitchen decor! lol

  • @kristineholcroft9163
    @kristineholcroft9163 Před 7 měsíci +2

    People were kind and fun back then

  • @wtchfrmpnw
    @wtchfrmpnw Před rokem +2

    Wow! Look at all the open checkouts!

  • @LC-fx2lo
    @LC-fx2lo Před rokem +4

    The zooming in to the $1.99 bath towels at 4:26 made my 2023 wallet feel personally attacked.

  • @kurtdewittphoto
    @kurtdewittphoto Před rokem +3

    4:35 Man, Those towels would be at least $15-$20 now...

  • @vanessastreit41202
    @vanessastreit41202 Před rokem +2

    My Target (in central PA) was built in 2008 but it still looks exactly like this

  • @esthert9146
    @esthert9146 Před rokem +1

    I love the employees uniforms and the people look normal.

  • @dizzle639
    @dizzle639 Před rokem +3

    One thing I’ve noticed right away is the age of the customers. More elderly people. Nowadays it’s a bunch of moms like me with their Starbucks in hand 😂

  • @Mulva_
    @Mulva_ Před rokem +3

    Hand writing checks brings back memories of a better time.

  • @majorlifts
    @majorlifts Před 10 měsíci +1

    Awesome, so many memories

  • @chrisdrake7689
    @chrisdrake7689 Před rokem +2

    I need a Delorean Time Machine I miss the 80s so much!💯 Kid in the 80s and a teenager in the 90s 😆😂

  • @casualtyarmy87
    @casualtyarmy87 Před rokem +8

    5:14 there’s always that one cart 😂😂