iPhone 3G Madness...

So its been a little over 2 weeks since the launch of Apple's new iPhone 3G, yet the long lines and madness over the phone continues as Apple has been unable to supply enough phones to meet the initial world-wide demand.

After seeing on the website Friday night that all the Apple stores in the area had gotten new shipments in for the weekend, I made it an early morning by heading down to the Apple store at 6:30am. When I got to the store there were about 15 or so people in line already. In the next hour, at least a 100 more people showed up, and by the time the store opened at 8am, there were over 150 people in line! The store manager said that this line was crazier than the lines they had during the launch weekend!

Anyways, I will just say, the iPhone is bad ass and if you don't have one, pony up and get one cause it will change your life to coolness! It lives up to all the hype and is worth every penny plus the hour and a half I waited in line for it!

Top 10 things I saw/heard while standing in line:

10. The first 5 guys in line continuously grumbling about how tired they were, and how it was BS they needed to get up so early for this (These dudes probably showed up at 4 or 5am). Come on guys, no one ripped you out of bed and dragged you down to the store for this, quit your complaining!

9. The lady who sucked down 2 donuts, 2 Starbucks beverages, and part of her man's breakfast sandwich in the span of less than an hour. IMPRESSIVE!

8. The guy who replied, "It's fine, money is not an issue and I don't care how much it costs!" when told by an Apple store employee that he would not be able to purchase the new iPhone for the discounted price because he already had the old iPhone. "Money is not an issue?" What a tool.

7. The guy who I heard say, "I don't even think the iPhone is that cool." Then why the hell are you standing in line at 7:30am for one? What an idiot!

6. All the girls who made sure they had make-up and high-heels on just to line up for an iPhone. The only girls that have make-up on for something like this before 8am are the ones that NEED makeup!

5. The programmer homies in front of me getting all jazzed in a conversation that included the words, "Binary Code," "Source Code," "C Code," and "Legacy Code." It was NERD-FEST! Although I am probably considered somewhat of a nerd myself, I mean I did line up for an iPhone! :)

4. The guy who came peeling into the parking lot around 7:30am, parked with a screech, and proceeded to sprint from his car towards the store only to discover 10 steps later that he was going to be 100 or so back in line. Dude, did you really think you were going to be the first person in line a half hour from opening?

3. All the people who showed up early, stood in line, and then walked away pissed off with no iPhone because they discovered they could not upgrade to the iPhone 3G for one of the many reasons AT&T and Apple made. (I was part of this group a couple weeks ago as they told me that since I had a company discount attached to my account I could not get an iPhone until I got the discount taken off, BUNK!)

2. The guy who was standing 2 people in front of me who first said, "I can't wait for the iPhone, I've been waiting months for the 3G!" Then later on said, "Yea, the iPhone is really cool, mine got stolen last week and I'm just here for a new one." Then went on to say as the doors opened, "Yes! Finally I will have an iPhone!" Dude, which one is it? Have you had an iPhone or not? One minute you've already had one, the next your life is changing because you are finally getting one? I was confused with this dude.

1. The guy who for some reason became livid and started yelling at the Apple store employees while standing in line. I think he was upset about an issue preventing him from getting the discounted price. He was a full on Lou Piniella act, throwing his arms, hair flailing, and stomping around like a 10 year old. Shoot, all that was missing was the dirt for him to kick and the base for him to pick up and throw! One of the things he screamed was, "I've been an Apple customer since '85 and I've never been as disappointed in the company as I am with the iPhone!" It was pure comedy, somebody needed to tell him, 1) that it's just a phone, and 2) to talk to the guy in the front of the line who didn't care how much the iPhone cost (see #8)