Reading your story Justin here in Ireland. You do whatever makes you happy and don't listen to the knockers. Your'e having your moment of fame and you deserve it
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Let me get this straight. If it was Apples property this man was camping on, they WOULD have the authority to ask him to leave. Right? So in the scenario where they DONT have the authority to do this, it would be because the person is staying in a public area like a street or a sidewalk. Yet you would have the authority over the police to have them remove the man from a public area?
I guess thats nice for corporations if they have so much power, but to me that sounds scary as hell. Its scary if Apple even tried.
Anybody else think Justin sounds exactly like
He can't have a white one! Sorry, but black only.
Actually that's wrong. Justin's chances are about 70% because there might be bunch of things that could prevent him. He could suffer heat stroke, have bad seizure, some crazy can shoot him, get robbed and numerous other things.
That is insane, but I'm not one to be talking. A few years ago when I was 14, I wanted an iPod Touch SO BAD!!! I had all but $7.73 (Yes, my memory scares me sometimes, too). I thought of everything: Theft, Counterfeit, sale of my brand new $1100 laptop, etc. My dad decided my devotion was unhealthy (I got friends to help me in the "Billionth app download gets an ipod touch, macbook, time capsule, and $10000 itunes giftcard" contest apple held awhile back). So he bought it for me. A year later, and my ipod I considered committing a felony for is next to me, and I'm typing this on my 2004 windows XP with a 20GB HD, 512MB Ram, and USB 1.0 ports. Crazy world, huh?
Well said and god bless your heart!
Justin, i've been following this thread the past few days and checking out your updates both on here and your website. You are an awesome guy and I wish I lived in Texas so I could come hang out with you. Don't let the haters bring you down and keep on truckin! I am a fan of yours!
-Emil
P.S.-Are you into bears? hehe
P.S.S-Are you on facebook by any chance?
A thought about those haters
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You know you people make me sick. Someone does something that most of you wouldn't do, and you go ape sh$t. You people that are full of hate just amaze me. You think you are so holy then thou attitude, that he is so beeneth you. It's just a guy that is having fun meeting new people, which is a good experience
. It allows networking meeting new friends with the same interests that are the same of his.
This is what I think is happening here is that you want to join him in his camping trip but can't because of work or other real life issues. Those are excuses, why you just couldn't do it. If you really wanted to do it you could do it You would be right up there with Justin playing games chatting the night away. One person in another message board told Justin that he would camp out with him if he didn't have a kid to take care off. He said he could take the time off work and he would still get paid for it.
For those that would be bothered by being call a 'LOSER' or 'NERD' or 'GEEK'. Let them, they are not the ones that do not understand how fun this outing is becoming. They most likely will not do any thing out of the ordinary. How boring that is that, no fun no spice not living life to the fullest.
Just so you know hey runs his own business he is using his savings to pay for the phone. As for him to be safe, Apple 2 security to watch over him during the night hours. I don't think Apple has them both out each night. As for the day time heat Apple has been letting sit in front of store window inside waving at people going buy. Seem really fun. At least it does to me. For those that call you 'LOSER' that, they are the real 'LOSER' for not doing any thing out of the ordinary.
Hugh
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You know you people make me sick. Someone does something that most of you wouldn't do, and you go ape sh$t. You people that are full of hate just amaze me. You think you are so holy then thou attitude, that he is so beeneth you. It's just a guy that is having fun meeting new people, which is a good experience
. It allows networking meeting new friends with the same interests that are the same of his.
This is what I think is happening here is that you want to join him in his camping trip but can't because of work or other real life issues. Those are excuses, why you just couldn't do it. If you really wanted to do it you could do it You would be right up there with Justin playing games chatting the night away. One person in another message board told Justin that he would camp out with him if he didn't have a kid to take care off. He said he could take the time off work and he would still get paid for it.
For those that would be bothered by being call a 'LOSER' or 'NERD' or 'GEEK'. Let them, they are not the ones that do not understand how fun this outing is becoming. They most likely will not do any thing out of the ordinary. How boring that is that, no fun no spice not living life to the fullest.
Just so you know hey runs his own business he is using his savings to pay for the phone. As for him to be safe, Apple 2 security to watch over him during the night hours. I don't think Apple has them both out each night. As for the day time heat Apple has been letting sit in front of store window inside waving at people going buy. Seem really fun. At least it does to me. For those that call you 'LOSER' that, they are the real 'LOSER' for not doing any thing out of the ordinary.
Hugh
As i said, im not getting one right away and i never preorder. No reason to. Is'nt like there is a short supply. Anyways thanks for the clarification.
Just finished reading through the thread..
Have fun Justin, don't worry about all the negative comments.. misery loves company and there are a lot of miserable people in this world!
Wish I could camp out with you, haven't done that since college when I camped out for FB tickets. And lastly.. if I was in the position to offer you a job, it's obvious you're devoted to Apple products.. seems like someone with the ability SHOULD be listening..
Jake
Lubbock, TX
Have fun Justin, don't worry about all the negative comments.. misery loves company and there are a lot of miserable people in this world!
Wish I could camp out with you, haven't done that since college when I camped out for FB tickets. And lastly.. if I was in the position to offer you a job, it's obvious you're devoted to Apple products.. seems like someone with the ability SHOULD be listening..
Jake
Lubbock, TX
Keep doing what you doing man! Keep yo head up! It's your life, do what you wanna do! Go get that iPhone! Then when u get it, show these young haters that post the negative sh*t about you, how it's done.
Hi all
I am new here, been reading this thread and wanted to jump in and give my 2 cents. I turned into an apple convert about 3 years ago. I bought a Imac and fell in love. I have a macbook Pro, Ipad and Iphone, and ready for the iphone 4.
I dont get these people that want to talk sh-t about Jwagoner.. It is his life and if he wants to stand in line for a week then who cares! I actually camped out for the iPad from 2am to when it went on sale. I really did not care if the iPad was going to sale out or not just wanted to be one of the first to own.
I am guessing the people that are talking sh-t are just jealous because thier lives are soo freakin miserable. It does not matter what jwagoner does for a living and it is also none of our business.
I actually went up to Apple on Knox here in Dallas today and talked with him. He seems like a very good person. Just becauses his idea of fun is sitting in line for a week does not make him an idiot. From talking with him I know for a fact he is NOT there to get his "15 minutes" of fame. His intentions are very pure; to be the first! We are actually going to be joing him either tomorrow or tuesday night. We were not able to reserve one because of all of the problems on Apple and AT&T sites. Its soo sad people are hate thier own lives so much that they want to talk badly about jwagoner!
Obviously we all know there were 600k Preorders, and we know 1 million 3gs were shipped. So we can assume 1 million, if not more, iPhone 4's will be shipped. Doing the math, assuming with the 228 apple stores there are 2500 At&t stores u get about 3000 stores and if you divide that by the 400k phones left each store should have at least 100 extra phones.. I want to have the phone the day the phone comes out and I am willing to wait in line for 2 or 3 days. If you arent then good for you but dont judge people!
I am new here, been reading this thread and wanted to jump in and give my 2 cents. I turned into an apple convert about 3 years ago. I bought a Imac and fell in love. I have a macbook Pro, Ipad and Iphone, and ready for the iphone 4.
I dont get these people that want to talk sh-t about Jwagoner.. It is his life and if he wants to stand in line for a week then who cares! I actually camped out for the iPad from 2am to when it went on sale. I really did not care if the iPad was going to sale out or not just wanted to be one of the first to own.
I am guessing the people that are talking sh-t are just jealous because thier lives are soo freakin miserable. It does not matter what jwagoner does for a living and it is also none of our business.
I actually went up to Apple on Knox here in Dallas today and talked with him. He seems like a very good person. Just becauses his idea of fun is sitting in line for a week does not make him an idiot. From talking with him I know for a fact he is NOT there to get his "15 minutes" of fame. His intentions are very pure; to be the first! We are actually going to be joing him either tomorrow or tuesday night. We were not able to reserve one because of all of the problems on Apple and AT&T sites. Its soo sad people are hate thier own lives so much that they want to talk badly about jwagoner!
Obviously we all know there were 600k Preorders, and we know 1 million 3gs were shipped. So we can assume 1 million, if not more, iPhone 4's will be shipped. Doing the math, assuming with the 228 apple stores there are 2500 At&t stores u get about 3000 stores and if you divide that by the 400k phones left each store should have at least 100 extra phones.. I want to have the phone the day the phone comes out and I am willing to wait in line for 2 or 3 days. If you arent then good for you but dont judge people!
Camping out 8 days before release really isn't necessary. 4 days away and still nobody lined up behind him.
You could have been with friends and family all this time. Speaking of which, where are they? Do they not visit you?
You could have been with friends and family all this time. Speaking of which, where are they? Do they not visit you?
right ON! Damn, some people might think a Vacation to Idaho is fun but I would not spend a week in Idaho. We all have our own opinion of what is fun. I still think people are JEALOUS!
Camping out 8 days before release really isn't necessary. 4 days away and still nobody lined up behind him.
You could have been with friends and family all this time. Speaking of which, where are they? Do they not visit you?
I agree with you on that but going to an extreme guarenteed him the number one spot in line. We area actually going to be joining him tomorrow or tuesday night. I love my TV/ Bed and electricity to much to be there for a week!
Camping out 8 days before release really isn't necessary. 4 days away and still nobody lined up behind him.
You could have been with friends and family all this time. Speaking of which, where are they? Do they not visit you?
Nobody had any way of determining when the lines would start. After talking to Justin he made his decision after reading the news stories about the pre-order fiasco. He felt that the lines were going to start much earlier and get much longer this year. Perhaps he jumped the gun a few days, but he made a decision and stuck with it. No big deal. No reason for us to worry about it.
He's had tons of people, both friends and strangers coming to visit him.
Some people actually enjoy accounting and do it for a living!
I think they're crazy! Hahaha...but they think I'm crazy for working in IT. They just don't understand it.Everyone has different definitions of what they enjoy or hate doing in life. It doesn't make our answer the only right answer just because we can't comprehend somoene else thinking differently. It makes it an opinion. And you know what they say about opinions.
lol, me too... If I was still back in college and on summer break all my friends and I would be out there camping like it was for a rock concert having a blast!
I feel bad for the guy since he's alone most of the time, not counting the idiots who ask him what a 4G iPhone is all day.
Hey Justin,
Just checking in to see if you made a daily report... Just re-read what you wrote this morning because Komrad808 quoted it above. This is my favorite quote of yours. I was wondering if I should add it to my signature but thought it might be too much...
You should get a t-shirt made up of that quote... First bit on the front - last bit on the back. You could even use a pair of boxer shorts for the back of the last bit
I totally agree man, the illness he says he has shouldn't be bad enough to stop him from working entirely, I mean, a Mickey D's cashier or SOMETHING dude.... But as far as special treatment goes, just having this post here that gets a post every few seconds during the day, and having it stickied, and having the press stop by for a few visits, being able to use the apple store's electricity, and being able to use the staff bathroom, is already special treatment up the wazoo lol so I think it's a bit late for him to not get any special treatment. But, now that that's all said, if this is what he choses to do with his life, then let him do it, my biggest problem is he's probably living off of taxpayers to get the job done.
Apparently you didn't read. It keeps him from driving. And public transit in Dallas sucks. You're nowhere w/o a car in Dallas.
Oh, and once again an assumption. For all you know he lives off of a trust fund. Who cares, it's none of your business. If you are against SSI, tell your congressman and vote against it.
Stop judging until you are standing in the mans shoes.