I have a reservation and I will camp out the night before for one. Not over a week. I have to admit, waiting in line is very fun, but over a week must be hell.
Hypocrite much? (And congratulations for living up to your username!)
Several of you have asked why Justin is doing this, or even suggested he is doing it for the attention. Then you haters turn around and condemn it, while at the same time admitting (or making statements that prove) that you haven't read the entire thread and are basing your hateful comments on your ASSumptions.
Justin has told us why he's doing it..... FOR THE FUN OF IT. It's that simple... because it seemed like a fun thing to do. It doesn't matter a hill of beans whether it seems fun to anyone else. Justin felt it would be fun and Justin is the one doing it.
I've read all of Justin's posts and watched all of the video interviews posted so far. I don't see a man that is the slightest bit interested in doing this for publicity or attention. Now, he might be enjoying the attention (or, maybe not). But that's not why he's doing it. I believe him when he's repeatedly said he's doing it because it seemed like a fun experience!
In a message yesterday, Justin mentioned that someone else had told him that she was going to come down there and join him last night. If that happened, now Justin has someone to share the experience with on a very one-to-one basis. Others will surely follow in the coming days. And Justin will be down there meeting people, shaking their hands, swapping stories and maybe playing a few games to pass the time (I'm picturing someone bringing along an iPad to play Scrabble and everyone using their iPhones for the tiles).
Sounds like fun to me!
So, there's Justin, and his newly-made friends, hanging around and enjoying each other's company. A growing group of people that are like-minded. Face-to-face, making real connections with one another. Sharing their common interest and love for gadgets made by Apple. Perhaps forging friendships that might last well beyond their few days in line together.
If you ask me, Justin is the winner from this whole experience. He will be "richer" for it, and I'm betting so will the people that come in contact with Justin.
And the losers? Those would be the closed-minded, self-righteous people that condemn anything they don't agree with or don't understand. The sad, emotionally bankrupt, cup-is-half-empty crowd that only know how to ridicule and hate because that's all that takes away their own pain. Maybe they were neglected or abused as children? Or, maybe they simply think it's "fun" to be rude, cruel and hateful? Pitiful... really really pitiful!
Justin is down there waiting in line for an iPhone 4 for the same damn reasons so many of us participate in this forum. We are excited about Apple's latest gadgets and we enjoy discussing them in the company of like-minded enthusiasts. At least Justin has the balls to go and do it in person, face-to-face with people that will use their
real names, putting himself out there, good or bad, for the FUN OF IT.
Two big thumbs up for Justin! Hang in there man!
Mark
