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Liberal_in_LA

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 03:31 AM Oct 2015

New York men make $1,000 a week by waiting in lines [View all]




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New York men make $1,000 a week by waiting in lines



Same Ole Line Dudes Robert Samuel and Adonis Porch wait in line outside a New York Apple store. Salon/YouTube video screenshot
NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A New York entrepreneur said he makes up to $1,000 a week by offering a simple service -- waiting in long lines.

Robert Samuel, founder of business Same Ole Line Dudes, said he makes up to $1,000 a week by holding places in lines for product releases, sample sales, Broadway shows, Saturday Night Live tickets and other events.

Samuel said he and his team of professional "waiters" charge $25 for the first hour per line-sitter and they each charge $10 for each additional half hour. He told Salon he recently made $1,000 by waiting 48 hours outside the Apple store in the Meatpacking District for a customer seeking an iPhone 6s.

"I've sat outside in rain, sleet, snow, hot weather, very freezing cold weather..." Same Ole Line Dudes employee Adonis Porch said.

Samuel, who described his business as "like Uber for line waiting," said he has a formula for choosing a line when there are multiple options.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/10/01/New-York-men-make-1000-a-week-by-waiting-in-lines/4751443720308/?spt=rrs&or=4
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Good Sherman A1 Oct 2015 #1
I could get SO much knitting done! vanlassie Oct 2015 #2
That is brilliant malthaussen Oct 2015 #3
"Sitting doing nothing" is not easy for many JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2015 #5
It's not as easy as it looks... magical thyme Oct 2015 #11
Was it Stephen Wright NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #4
He didn't pay $1000 for a $500 phone. It's worse. jmowreader Oct 2015 #6
Ehh, it's only money. Chan790 Oct 2015 #7
"A legend and an out-of-work bum look a lot alike to me." jmowreader Oct 2015 #8
My hat's off to these guys. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #9
Hey, you think this is ingenious? NJCher Oct 2015 #10
He is amazing Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #13
On His Blindness - John Milton Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #12
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