What are these people in Moscow lined up for? Jobs? Cash? No, about 30,000 people lined up for the opportunity to eat at the first McDonalds to open in the city, in 1990. -via Buzzfeed
Nimrod
I loved the Saturday Night Live sketch they had at the time.
“With Happy Meal you get spool of thread, or soap!!”
Alex
This reminds me of a story someone told me about the opening day of the Moscow McDonald’s.
The workers were told to smile, which is not a natural thing to do in Russia, so there was someone in front with a megaphone yelling into the crowd “We are told to smile to you. They’re not making fun of you. Repeat, they’re not making fun of you.”
Cory
Woah, and I thought the line to get into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter was bad.
Gauldar
@Nimrod
I’m sure after eating McDonalds for the first time allowing their stomachs to adjust to it, they had really wished they got the roll of toilet paper.
stephen
When I was in Moscow a few years ago an American expat living there told me that when the first McDonalds opened up in Moscow the people all lined up behind one register even though multiple were open. Apparently everyone associated the longest line with the best product so they had to be told that they could get the same thing in each line.
Matt
Kind of defeats the purpose of fast food if you have to wait a long time 
Hippy Hop
Who wouldn’t want a taste of the West? If you can’t beat them, eat them. LOL. That at least was in 90s. They now realize the effects of eating at McDonalds after 20 years.
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