That's not a bad idea. I'd considered taking the day off of work to either wait in line at the Apple store or wait at home for it to arrive. I may just have it shipped to work instead and perhaps take a half day when it arrives.
Do yourself a favor and do it. When the 3G was released I waited in line for hours (bright and early at ATT store) only to not get the phone I wanted (32GB black), so then I had to go to the Apple store after work, wait for an hour, deal with a bunch of nonsense because of my FAN discount, then finally like 3 hours later I had an Iphone around 8PM.
For the 3GS, I logged into Apple.com, pre-ordered the phone with no issues, no need to set my alarm or anything, then release day I had my phone delivered straight to my desk by 11 a.m and was activating it in minutes.
There is no way in hell I'm stepping foot in any retail location for this phone after my experience last year, it was the perfect scenario.