Afishionados,
My iPhone posse and I arrived at our local AT&T store around midnight last night. This included my brother-in-law, both stepsisters, and my friend Ross. The parents, who also wanted iPhones but did not want to wait in line for them, arrived and cut in line around 7 A.M. We packed a camping table and collapsable chairs, along with some blankets and pillows to make ourselves as comfortable as possible. We also had doughnuts. Yum. Everyone managed to catch a little sleep. Well, everyone but me. I didn’t sleep a wink, though I finally managed to get in a quick nap around 11 A.M. this morning.
Here is a breakdown by numbers of our little outting:
24 How many doughnuts we had with us.
13 Was my place in the line.
8 Was the number of hours we waited in line.
4 The number of 16 GB iPhones we bought.
3 The number of 8 GB iPhones we bought.
400 million How many people were in line behind us. Well, not really, but it was a lot.
We also managed to make all the local news stations. Here’s me curled up in my comfy chair, guarding the precious doughnuts with my brother-in-law.
It’s a good thing we did decide to camp out at midnight, because the store sold out of iPhones wihin the hour. We wouldn’t have gotten them otherwise.
This was the first time I’ve ever camped out for a product. Considering how damn tired I am, I’m not sure that I’d ever do it again, either. Well… At least until the next iPhone comes out.
