On Friday, Rick and I participated in what was "all the rage" across the nation. Yes, Apple opened stores at 8am on Friday to sell their new iPhone 3G.
I don't really know why we wanted to be at Northpark Mall SO blooming early! But we bought into the pandemonium of being one of the first to get the new iPhone.
The alarm went off at 5am and we headed out the door at 5:30. Getting to the mall (with Taylor as our chauffeur)before 7am put us at about #100 in line. An Apple Genuis passed out bottled water -labeled "smart water" - as well as coffee. Thank goodness!
As we sat on the floor of the mall I wondered WHY we were there. I mean, it's not like we couldn't get the phone on Saturday, or any other day for that matter.
But being part of the craze was also a little fun. Note that I said "a little," not "alot." Due to the fact that EVERYONE else in the Nation was trying to activate their phone Friday morning also, the AT&T network that activates iPhones froze up. That made for the line to move VERY slow, as just the simple transaction of purchasing the phone was as slow as Christmas.
I don't really know why we wanted to be at Northpark Mall SO blooming early! But we bought into the pandemonium of being one of the first to get the new iPhone.
The alarm went off at 5am and we headed out the door at 5:30. Getting to the mall (with Taylor as our chauffeur)before 7am put us at about #100 in line. An Apple Genuis passed out bottled water -labeled "smart water" - as well as coffee. Thank goodness!
As we sat on the floor of the mall I wondered WHY we were there. I mean, it's not like we couldn't get the phone on Saturday, or any other day for that matter.
But being part of the craze was also a little fun. Note that I said "a little," not "alot." Due to the fact that EVERYONE else in the Nation was trying to activate their phone Friday morning also, the AT&T network that activates iPhones froze up. That made for the line to move VERY slow, as just the simple transaction of purchasing the phone was as slow as Christmas.
At 11am, we finally were leaving the Apple store, heading back out into the mall with our little white bags, grinning smugly at the throngs of people STILL waiting in line. We came, we saw, we conquered. Well, almost.
We had the phone, but we had no service.
We had our old phones, but no service on them either.
We were tired, grumpy, and hungry.
Life got better for me when we found a GREEN phone cover for my phone. And life got better for Rick and Taylor when we pigged out on Chinese food.
I feel mildly embarrased that we fell for the craze. We've waited all this time for our Sprint PCS contract to expire, so we could have waited a few more days to get the new phones. But we made a memory in the process, right? And I guess Life is made up days like yesterday.
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