Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, first in line at Apple Store for iPhone 4S

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited October 2011 in The Clubhouse
As a current Apple employee ("employee #1"), can't he pull some strings? :cheesygrin:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/14/BABL1LHOV7.DTL&tsp=1
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited October 2011
    Maybe I'm not thinking straight but I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit outside a store all night for a phone.
    Locals did it here. Be sure and be the first on your block to get one. What a bunch of morons, IMHO.
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited October 2011
    You would have though they were free the way people stand in line.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2011
    rebuy wrote: »
    Maybe I'm not thinking straight but I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit outside a store all night for a phone.
    Locals did it here. Be sure and be the first on your block to get one. What a bunch of morons, IMHO.
    What a dumb narrow minded post...IMHO

    Youre welcome to not want to stand in line, but calling people morons because they do is very narrow minded.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2011
    Here's another viewpoint on the waiting in line thing

    http://www.macworld.com/article/163059/2011/10/why_wait_in_line_for_an_iphone.html
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2011
    Then consider me narrow minded too.

    I guess some people like the sitting in line experience, but if your sole intent of waiting in line is to be the first of your friends to have a new iphone, jokes on you buddy. I'd rather wait a few days and get mine in the mail off of pre-order.

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    What a dumb narrow minded post...IMHO

    Youre welcome to not want to stand in line, but calling people morons because they do is very narrow minded.
    You waited in line? :lol:
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited October 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    What a dumb narrow minded post...IMHO

    Youre welcome to not want to stand in line, but calling people morons because they do is very narrow minded.

    No it's not. I'm not narrow minded, they are morons, plain and simple.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2011
    Yes, I wanted in line for about an hour to get mine.

    From what I could gather based on my interaction with people, it wasn't about being the first one to get one, it was more about being excited about a product. From what I witnessed and what I've read, this is more of an 'event' than just a bunch of people standing in line quietly waiting to be the first cool guy with iPhone. It's a bunch of people excited about a product and that really is all. Calling someone a moron for being excited about a product is pathetic.

    Would I have waited all night to get one? Absolutely not, but I'm not going to call someone else a moron because they're different than me, that just seems dumb to me.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2011
    rebuy wrote: »
    No it's not. I'm not narrow minded, they are morons, plain and simple.
    Nice well thought out argument
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2011
    Interesting discussion. Other than waiting overnight in line for food if I were starving to death, I could not see myself doing that. I hate waiting in line just to buy groceries! To each their own, but waiting overnight for a phone does seem to be a bit on the stupid side of the line.
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited October 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Nice well thought out argument

    I'm not here to present argument for people doing stupid things.
    Do people do stupid for smart phones?
    I think the users actions speak louder than words.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited October 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Yes, I wanted in line for about an hour to get mine.

    I've waited longer for a 10 minute roller coaster ride...its the people staying over night I'm referring to.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited October 2011
    rebuy wrote: »
    No it's not. I'm not narrow minded, they are morons, plain and simple.

    I once waited in line for 2.5 days to get a PS3; I guess I'm King of the Morons!:twisted:
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  • pdxfj
    pdxfj Posts: 376
    edited October 2011
    Would have been better if it were Bill Gates waiting in line for one.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2011
    pdxfj wrote: »
    Would have been better if it were Bill Gates waiting in line for one.

    Haha, there would be quite a sight. On the other hand, his wife did say that Bill prohibits anyone from entering his house with anything Apple.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited October 2011
    Face wrote: »
    You waited in line? :lol:

    You beat me to it! lol
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2011
    ^^^ Wow, and only by 2 whole days!!!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited October 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    ^^^ Wow, and only by 2 whole days!!!

    Awwww, got your fellin's hurt? :cry: Change your panties and move on.....
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  • evhudsons
    evhudsons Posts: 1,175
    edited October 2011
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,773
    edited October 2011
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Haha, there would be quite a sight. On the other hand, his wife did say that Bill prohibits anyone from entering his house with anything Apple.

    That may be one of the silliest articles I've ever read. I'll bet the CEO of Intel doesn't use any AMD processors in his home either. Not sure why that would surprise anyone, or be news worthy.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2011
    If I was I wouldn't admit it anyway...
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited October 2011
    Hello,
    This seems like a good opportunity to remind everyone who participates in Club Polk what the general rules are. You are not permitted to call another member a derogatory name, nor are you permitted to attack another member in any way in a posting. Nor is any form of profanity permitted, especially directed at another member. If you wish to use profanity in a nonthreatening way as part of general language, use substitute letters. Better yet, pick a different word.
    If anyone accumulates five infractions or severely violates the member treatment rule they will be banned. If you have a doubt as to how a posting will be received (your idea of what's funny may not be everyone's) it is best to not post it.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2011
    There seems to be a line drawn between 'insulting' someone or calling a group of people in general a derogatory name and and actually directly calling a member a derogatory name (or in my case accusing them of acting like one). I wasn't aware of that line and crossed it, sorry about that guys.
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