*Source: FiringSquad (
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/..._experience/)*
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My plan was simple. I’d go straight from work to the Apple Store and hope that they’d have enough iPhones left. As the workday went on, I heard reports of hundreds of people waiting in line and my hopes of getting an iPhone seemed to dwindle. Without any solid numbers on how many iPhones were available, I began to look at Plan B: the AT&T Company Stores. These were few and far in between, two were at local malls, but there was a lone AT&T standalone store, in the middle of an industrial zone that was likely to be missed by the casual consumer. I was ready to make my trip to the AT&T store, but as I made my way to the parking lot, my boss asked me for a ride home. I glanced at my watch: 5:40PM. I had to make a quick decision: iPhone or boss? It was an easy decision: Drive the boss home first.
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