I think "no life" needs to be added to that list.
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Someone Already Camped at Sydney Apple Store
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Because anyone who camps out simply has no life? That's not just an over-generalization at all.
I have seen for many years people camping out a week in advance at my local BestBuy, for the black Friday sales.
I don't think they're mutually exclusive.
I honestly don't see the reason to camp out this year. I've done it before, but this "s" version upgrade doesn't seem to warrant such fanaticism. lol
What right does your employer have to tell you what to do with your allocated holiday? I've already been told that my half day holiday to get the new phone is ridiculous but we all just laughed along and nobody is getting upset about it. For the record, my holiday was granted, because it's mine to do with as I please.
Agreed. It may not be everybody's cup of tea but many people do it because they enjoy it and there's generally a good vibe about everybody getting together for the same thing. Almost like a party, but in a line.
I remember going to the midnight release for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and that's the most fun I've ever had buying a game, or anything for that matter. I only live in a small town but the feeling of having about 100 people all scattered around the town centre getting hyped about it was great. Great atmosphere.
I hope he is doing to get his 15 minutes of fame because otherwise he needs to get his head checked.
That's why I said you have to have a generous vacation policy. It also depends on your profession. I'm a teacher so it would be kind of selfish of me to leave my class for a week so I can get the latest iPhone. I am allocated 5 paid casual days. But if I want to take them altogether at once I would have to put in an application. Why spend my vacation days on something so minimal. That time could be spent on spending time with family. Or even taking a vacation somewhere.
I just think grown people with careers shouldn't be doing this. Especially with online pre orders, who needs to wait outside a store for the latest product anymore. It's just to have bragging rights that you were one of the first to get something.
I understand were your coming from, but as you said its down to your career! I have 31 days I can take exc bank holidays.
What would it matter if I take 1 day off work to stand in a que? Does this then make me selfish for not spending that day with my family, or doing something more productive? Yes pre-orders is what I do and I prefer it, but I think its harder for teachers to have an argument like this when your time off is already allocated for the terms in the year. So the day's you have left 5 is harder to justify then for example me with my 31.
Doesn't make us any different or what we choose to do with our holiday or our career, its just circumstances are.
It's Australia. We get 4 weeks paid holidays. Employers don't give two hoots about what you do when you're on holidays.
I get 6 weeks but I wouldn't spend more than about 15 minutes lining up for a gadget. Holidays are for lying on beaches, travelling the world, not for staying on a street to get a mass produced consumer good that anyone can buy, a couple of minutes before anyone else.
That's your opinion, there are people they que up for things like this or maybe anything else like tickets? and because its not a beach or travelling that makes it wrong?
I think we all know who is wrong....
My opinion indeed. I think tickets are different though, they are strictly limited. iPhones are plentiful.
Its all relevant, merely a point that because you think the holiday is being wasted to someone else it isn't.
In front of an Apple Store just before a keynote? Hello this bloke is not "camping" . Sydney is a major city.....
Evryone can certainly have their own opinion of things, but that doesn't make what they think the actual reality. Plenty of ways to live out there that don't require the approval or even understanding of someone else for them to still mean something to someone.