That's not an excuse to wait in line for a phone. There isn't a valid excuse for that.
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Camping Out for the iPhone 4: The Line Starts Here
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That's not an excuse to wait in line for a phone. There isn't a valid excuse for that.
If you pay as much in Taxes as you imply, you would have no trouble getting an iPhone 4, all you would do is skip a 3 martini lunches with your golfing buddies and buy the phone if money was that tight, which I doubt.
On the other hand, this is the USA and while people who are on assistance do have a responsibility to meet the obligations the people have set forth for the program they use, it is not up to you or anyone else here to police when and where someone spends their time.
Since you obviously have no personal or firsthand knowledge of this person, who or how etc, I find yours and many others comments very offensive.
I personally think spending a week in the heat of Dallas totally nuts, but that is his choice and as long as he is within the law, it is his choice.
The person/s who are really is in the wrong, include you and many others who personally attack him for making a choice for which you are not affected.
There is one thing to think its crazy and express that you would never spend a week in Texas sun, but the personal attacks and personal insults and accusations are way over the line.
I'm starting to feel like a broken record. He has a pre-order. He's not in line because he's waiting for the phone. Read the article.
They way I see it, this guy is being very efficient. His taxpayer funded (assuming he is getting "government entitlements") publicity stunt isn't costing anywhere near what BalloonBoy or SailngGirl's rescue's cost (Sailing Girl's was $300K -- and bourn by a foreign gov't, not to mention the risk of life to her rescuers).
Point here is we live in OprahWorld. Less than 1/2 of all adult Americans pay any income tax at all, yet still expect and demand government services and personal bailouts for the stupid things we do and want to do. People can call this camper a loser, but he is only a representative of the many.
Go over to the iPhone forum. How many people were "pissed," and "outraged" that they were not able to get an iPhone for launch day -- and even called up Apple for compensation. To me they may not be camping on a street corner but they are no better.
What happened to
going to the Grand Canyon or a park and camping out. Surely that would be more rewarding.
going to the Grand Canyon or a park and camping out. Surely that would be more rewarding.
Ummm "According to his posts he doesn't drink and hasnt had a vacation in 10 years, hardly a drain on society. That and if he is going to school then he would be out for the summer. Hes in his mid 20's!! That means he has been working since his mid teens."
Judgmental much? Whats your solution? If someone becomes disabled and is having trouble finding a job in a flooded job market he must sit in a corner and feel shame?
Obviously he has been working his entire adult life and is going to school. Its OK for him to take a week to do something he wants to do.
Alone in the woods,, maybe for you. Does this mean we all have to do the same thing?
no actually the problem would be if we lived in a world where camping out for a phone is NOT supported, that is what i wouldn't beleive. no matter how silly this may be, he has the freedom to do it if he so pleases. take that freedom away and then we are all in for a sad future.
What is wrong with you people??
Have you never taken a week to do something you wanted to do, is it crazy to spend a week alone in the woods with a tent while killing and gutting deer? Maybe his condition makes it dangerous to be alone in the woods, maybe not, doesnt matter.
According to his posts he doesn't drink and hasnt had a vacation in 10 years, hardly a drain on society. That and if he is going to school then he would be out for the summer. Hes in his mid 20's!! That means he has been working since his mid teens.
This is not about the phone, if it was he would have gone the night before. If he was that obsessed then he would have known about macrumors before yesterday. By "Urban Camping" he is meeting people and having fun doing it.
I think I agree with pretty much everything dtboice just said
Some would call walking around the biggest dusty hole on the planet not very productive either.
What's the point? If he already reserved a phone, isn't he pretty much guaranteed to get it whenever he shows up? Is he camping out because he was not able to reserve one, or is he just weird?
at least with Beatles tickets you can say they may never come back to America again or its a once in a lifetime opportunity to see them.
A phone is clearly different as its not like Apple isn't going to make anymore or it won't be available again for another 5 years. Worst case you have to wait a few months to get it, big deal.. Its not like it is the first cell phone to come out.
It's difficult to walk a mile in his shoes when his shoes will be camped in the next week. Besides, I wouldn't even want to get close to the man. One week camping in the heat to get a bloody phone - very intelligent. This is so pathetic that it's beyond belief.
For him, it's clearly about the experience itself; I'm sure he's met (and will meet) lots of people interested in what he's doing, he'll eventually garner other linemates of similar interests with their own interesting stories to tell, he likes being a part of the launch event of a device that really is groundbreaking in a few ways, and it's something he's passionate about and interested in.
He's not. Which means that after a week, he's going to smell like rotten ass.
Not that I think anyone with so little of a life that they can camp outside for a goddamn phone showers that often anyways.
what?? I don't follow your logic
he's not disabled. if you can't find a job keep looking. try to figure out some value you can provide to someone else. something people will pay for. voila, a job. Jobs aren't magic.
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I think we are expecting too much from this group here on MR.
If someone wanted to spend a week getting drunk, having sex and doing drugs they are celebrated.
Someone wants to spend a week sitting in front of an Apple Store they are insulted.