Apple Store Opens in Sydney and is that Matt Stone in the queue?

Who doesn’t like a queue? The chance to stand in a group waiting for something totally awesome to open. The anticipation, the chance to talk to fellow devotee’s. Yet like so many human concepts, there are queues that make total sense and everyone wants to be in it and others that make little sense at all.

How the Jinx Crew fondly remembers the queue to see the new Star Wars films. The geeks in their Darth Vader outfits, the light sabers duels in the cinema isles, the blue slave girls in their barely there outfits. Oh good times, that queue made total sense. Other movie goers had fun with the crowd and everyone went home wishing Phantom Menace was a better film and hoped against hope George Lucas won’t screw things up farther by continuing to use Jar Jar Binks.

Yet a queue for a computer store? Man, this queue is making allot of geeks look bad. It’s a store. It offers the same product as the team around the corner at Next Byte. The Jinx Crew as they rounded the corner of King Street to walk down George Street came to a dead stop in their tracks and snorted their laughter. We had all read about it in the Sunday papers but didn’t want to believe it. As reported there are geeks and nerds who roam the wilderness waiting for the call, waiting for another Apple Stores to open and then fly in, sit on their asses for days on end in little blue deck chairs, waiting to receive a free t-shirt. Then return once more they return to the natural beauty of the wilderness. 

We counted fifteen proud souls sitting in their deck chairs waiting for the Apple Store to open. Some sat heads down staring at the soft light from their computer screens. We were all sure they were eagerly blogging about their experiences of sitting on a major road in Winter. Riveting stuff I’m sure. The Jinx crew noted how pedestrians scooted out to the end of the pavement as they walked by to stare firstly at the queue then the store, this caused of frowns from the pedestrians. The Jinx Crew wondered if the pedestrians thought the queue would start singing hymns to Steve Jobs or trying to convert them to the Apple way of life. That would be better than sitting on your ass all day, surely?

Later after the Jinx Crew had finished their boxing classes we walked back down to George Street, the queue had gotten longer and had started to snake back down King Street, the security guards were watching the queue very closely. It appeared a major shindig was going on inside. Groups of people wandered the store with glasses of champagne in hand. The queue outside looked a little dejected. No Champagne the true Apple fan.

If the Jinx Crew has advice for Apple Store Opener Devotee’s it this. 

 

• Get a cool name for your group. Anything that has geek or nerd should not ever be considered. Appleheads, Evil Empire Fighters, you get the idea.
• Matching outfits may offer you better understanding from the passing parade of bewildered pedestrians. Beige pants and backpacks should not be considered.
• If reality TV shows have taught us anything singing and dancing will give you street cred. Seriously think about dancing maybe Spike Jonze style to Praise You.
• Elect a President or create a hierarchy that TV crews can talk to, that way you control how the world see you, instead of weird sitted devotee’s with nothing else to do.
• Get someone famous in the queue.

 

As the Jinx Crew left we were convinced that Matt Stone of South Park fame was sitting in the queue. True or not we’re not sure. But if Matt Stone was there, dammit we should have joined the queue as well. Finally please note the Jinx Crew loves Apple produces and we use them every day. Long live Apple!