1974: What happens when we all act like robots? 2023: The majority of the food preparation and drink dispensing is automated.

those chrome registers have been embedded in my brain for 50 years from 79-80 i used to get lunch at the McDonalds every saturday that i lived 7 blocks away from i used to get 2 plain hamburgers a cheeseburger a large fry and a chocolate shake for like 3 dollars and 20 cents

Ah, the good ol' days when people were polite and helpful and there were no cell phones.

if only mcdonald’s still had this level of service.

The irony that now mcdonalds is streamlining being fully automated.

I remember this from my McDonald's days 30 years ago... I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought, in a panicked voice, "courtesy cup? Courtesy cup!!" Love them all, now to find one called "credibility gap..."

Each customer should be treated like a person…well said.

never knew Mc Donalds used to be that stylish inside!

McDonalds now = Lopsided burger and more fries in bag than in fry container.

They should train their employes like this today and i think they should bring back the hot dispenser where they have the sandwiches ready in advance so the service is faster.

$3.59 for a whole meal seeks cheap but in 1974 it is a lot of money 💰 taking inflation into account

I was born in '81 and remember what a treat it was going Mc Donald's back in the 80s and early 90s. I worked at a Mc Donald's in the summer of 1998. I no long eat Mc Donald's, and was inside of one about a year ago, and it really broke my heart. It felt lifeless.

My dad was only a one year old when this was recorded lol He was born in '73

70’s teeth are righteous.

I think the guy who played the role of the McDonald's manager (at 6:42) was Arthur Howard, one of the many ensemble players, on the PBS show Square One Television.

It’s like the Brady bunch opened a McDonald’s.

I'm eating a Maccies breakfast now while watching this now 50 years after this video was made.

No mention of "When you place the burger on the bun TRY to put in in the CENTER not off to the side !" 🍟🍔

I wished people would act like robots when working at mcdonalds

keep at it Debbie!

You are not a machine but in the future you will be replaced by one

"What would happen if we all acted like robots?" In the future (ie today) McDonald's is steadily replacing all staff with robots.

McDonalds was full of service back in the day.. Now its.."what ya want and get out"

That lisp goes with the glad to work at McDonald's attitude.

Please add the past SuperValu training video archives!

They did “the robot” moves since that was about the time that the Jackson Five was the hottest thing since those apple pies.

I was about five when this film was made. It seems like the food tasted better back then.

It's good to be a pro

I miss their old packaging, except for the waxy kind of "paper" cups 😂

Kids today will never know how awesome it was to get hot food out of a styrofoam box.

It's sad that no McDonald's looks like this today. McDonald's is always set on modernizing the stores that they looks their sense of style. I wish that McDonald's would think about modernizing stores while retaining the store's character. Nowadays, like the store I work at, my store feels dead inside because of the bland decor that was installed last year.

I was a store manager in 1982 remember all this. Store mangers had to do 6 weeks as a worker. I mis the quality and cleanliness. Todays stores are half what they used to be. Seriously.. if you opened up an old style store and techniques it would be packed. I long for a hot quater pounder not a luke warm peice of rubber.

her hand touched the fries - cut it off

when fast food wasn't considered a McJob.

all these kids working in video are in their 70s now or close to it🤣

The reason this would never work today is because sadly these types of attitudes begin in the home. Most of today’s parents today couldn’t even begin to train their kids to behave like this. Instead most are raising their kids to only care about themselves and no one else. Very sad, but I believe that in most part it is true.

I remember the wooden lathework in McDonalds.

We’re all “happy” to help. She was not just looking at her look. Well at least she believe it

Debbie should be about 70 now

Step 4, Present food to customer. Step 5 , Take the money. 3:58 I remember those days. Today it's Step 1, Take the money. Step 2, Ignore the customer. Step 3, toss cold food towards customer and don't make eye contact. 😂

Try and find a McDonalds today that has a working milk shake machine 🙄

do people really think staged traning videos are real life?

Anyone know where all the actors are now? imagine business CEOs.

when disney workers get fired they work here they are forced to smile no matter what

My god, people WERE so beautiful….

This Whammy burger doesn't look like the picture!

Are these off uMatic?

Can’t wait till they “all look like robots”, then my order won’t be messed up.

0:40 Cameo by Eugene Levy

I feel depressed

They all look like robots when they stare

McDonalds use to actually taste good in 1974 BTW Betty here 0:05 and 11:12 was OG sexy Af.

And now... A COMPUTAH... TOOK YO PLACE, DADDY!!!!!! THAT'S HARD TIMES!!!!!

Sure Jan

These 1974 employees need to train 2024 employees The 1 minute technique happens today, if your lucky, today, they take their sweet time, your lucky to get your order in less than five minutes, the customer service reps are sometimes on their phone screaming or whatever, totally not focusing on the customer, then to top it all off they give you an attitude. And heaven help you if your having a bad day and get upset with the manager because they didnt get your order right, they will deny you service.

*1974:* Don't be like a robot. We want people for employees. *2023:* Replace people with robots.

Debbie was fine af

I wonder where these people are now and one of them has my name ( DRBBY ) 😉

So much care for such unhealthy, trashy, mass-produced food - what a juxtaposition!

I wonder whatever became of that blonde

The days when good looking English proficient people worked at McDonalds

And now..... McDonalds is replacing them all with ROBOTS!

I don't even know what I'm doing. A gook could be standing three feet in front of me, and I wouldn't know it. I'm so tired. It's scary 'cause nobody tells me how to do anything 'cause I'm new, and nobody cares about the new guys. They don't even wanna know your name. The unwritten rule is a new guy's life isn't worth as much 'cause he hasn't put his time in, yet. And they say, if you're gonna get killed in the Nam, it's better to get it in the first few weeks. The logic being: you don't suffer that much.