Emerging from the 14th street station, after sitting in the heat filled "E" train, I thought would have been a miracle, but no, it was far worse then I could have imagined. The weather was as glum as the faces surrounding the Apple Store on 9th Ave and 14th ST. It was while heading to an interview at some hotel/restaurant/bar that I was able to watch this zoo-like creatures surround this Mecca of a store as if it were the last remaining ration of food after a 12 hour starvation period in some wretched jungle. These people stood around with looks of angst, hate, anger and beyond all these misery. Who knows exactly what the days take was on the IPHONE 4? but i assure you, whatever it was, was a steal for the corporation, I’m sure they could have asked double what they were asking, I mean, after all, these animals were standing on the hottest day of the year waiting for this phone that has now, unlike the 3gs, going to somehow make their lives better.
Upon walking I stood by the entrance and listened to a fellow New Yorker yell at his peer of the city: "I am a person with a learning disability, I shouldn't have to wait on line". No other thought could have struck me as the one I had, which was: it is sadly ironic, if not a paradox how a "learning disabled" person was going to be able to not only buy an IPHONE 4, but also be able to operate it. Shit, I am a tech savvy person and even I have an issue with these contraptions once in a while, at times I must call my IT guru of a cousin and barrage him with questions.
It seemed like a group of junkies waiting for their fix. I am almost positive that somewhere in this great city of maniacs and phone fiends there is a man or perhaps a woman who peeked in an orgasmic way once opening this box and plugging it into his/her Itunes. It almost sounds like a sin...maybe it is? Where are the Catholic’s when this kind of degradation occurs?
