Today marks the peak of Apple iPhone hysteria, and this story kind of puts it all in perspective.
Donning a white baseball hat and warmup suit — complete with an iPod strapped to his arm — a casual Philadelphia Mayor John Street patiently sat on a lawn chair on a South Philadelphia sidewalk, hoping to get his hands on the new Apple iPhone Friday morning.
Street said he was No. 3 in a line of about six people, but said he was sure things would pick up later in the day.
“I’m out here with the rest of the gang, and we’re all waiting for the iPhone,” said Street, a self-proclaimed technology advocate. “This is the latest and I’m going to have it.”
Congratulations, Steve Jobs! We have the mayor of a major American city camped out on the sidewalk (with his iPod) waiting for an iPhone.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Mike Lyon // Jun 29, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Time to go ransack his house while he is out in line!
2 Todd // Jun 29, 2007 at 12:48 pm
ha ha…now he’s left the line after being asked about murders!
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/8248497.html
3 Bob // Jun 29, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Only in America! The irony of the whole situation is that the murder rate could possibly increase because of the Iphone. It’s not un-realistic with demand far out weighing supply of the Iphone that there could be a lot of robbery, but hey the Mayor has one baby!!!
4 Todd // Jun 29, 2007 at 2:06 pm
@Bob: is demand exceeding supply? I thought Apple had 3 million of these babies ready to rock tonight. I bet you can stroll into an Apple store on Monday with no line and pick-up an iPhone, no? If you wanna drop $500 + a 2 year contract with AT&T that is.
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