They thought about things and looked into the distance.  If magazines were available they thumbed through those.  That's what I remember.

Yes the screen thing would be really interesting. What did people do back then, when waiting in line, etc? Just...talk to someone? Stare into space? Read a book?

I honestly can not really remember.

Signal312

I could watch a Seinfeld episode live. I could go to some early personal computer conferences.

k00b

Besides groceries? Less electronics, more tobacco products.

optimism

AskSN

You wake up and it's 1995. What's the first thing you do?

I'd probably go somewhere busy, like a mall, and watch people without phones and screens. I'd also be curious about supermarkets and what I could buy.