There is almost a profession for anything. Now, there are Professional Line Waiters, and they are utilized for just that.
Remember the iPhone craze? Well, it is now going on in the UK as the lines begin to fill up for the release of the iPhone in the UK. You pay these guys to stand in line for you and buy the item you want.
How much do they make? Reports say they make about $250 per day.
Yes, it is a hard job:
So how much can that turn into for a year? Let's say you work 300 of the 365 days per year, all of it, waiting in line. That is $75,000 per year for waiting in line.
Comments
That's got to be a really boring job, and I doubt you could ever manage to work a steady schedule. It seems like the sort of job a slacker who avoids "real work" at any cost, and only works when he needs money to buy weed or something.
Posted by: Adam Snider | November 8, 2007 12:53 PM
he is probably busy like these days for the holidays but usually not
GET A REAL JOB
or ask ur wife to do it when she is not working
Posted by: line man | November 8, 2007 1:26 PM
Where do I sign up!
Posted by: Judah | November 8, 2007 4:07 PM
I have done this many times. You cannot really call it a job its more of a hobby. It is also not the type of thing that you can do every day or even 360 days out of the year. There really is only demand on certain release dates (not every new release makes a line for 2 days) You can travel to many locations based on their opening times ect. and also pay a few people a few dollars to wait in line with you.
Posted by: Kat | May 6, 2008 12:25 PM