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Me and my friends waited what seemed like forever to get into “The Empire Strikes Back” with a huge line and we didn’t even get in that day! Of course, this was when movies were shown twice a day (plus matinee on weekends) on one screen. Kids today don’t even know…we were so sad…sigh
My husband and I camped out in a van overnight to book our wedding reception site a year and a half in advance because we had a specific date we wanted. It sure was worth it, because the dude who showed up 2 hours after us wanted the same date and had to choose a different one, and the weather on our wedding day, unlike the weekends before and after, was perfect. I know, it seems crazy, but the memory of a perfect wedding day lasts a lot longer than an iphone! (not that I mean that I will be forgoing an iphone once theyre more readily available- I still have my 1st generation ipod that I got not long after they first came out, and it still works! Dont worry, I have since gotten a video one too)
I’ll never have the patience to wait in line for more than 30 minutes. There are times when I have a basket full of grocerries and I left without buying it after waited in line for more than 20 minutes.
In 2004, I waited 30 hours (!!) outside of a Barnes and Noble in San Jose, CA to meet Bill Clinton and have my copy of “My Life” signed. The experience was a bit surreal, and totally unforgettable.
It’s amazing what people will endure to shake the limp hand of a former US President.
The longest I ever waited in line (excluding movie and concert tickets) was for the autographs of those who provided the voices of “Animaniacs” & “Pinky and the Brain”.
It was a cool experience, and I still have the autographed VHS tapes they signed. Wow do I feel old…..
I sat in line from 4 am until 7:30 AM one day in 1993 to get tickets for Lollapalooza 3. For Lollapalooza 2 my friend’s uncle (a member of the band MINISTRY) got us 8th row tickets for free.
Shocking as it may sound, I was disappointed to discover that waiting in line for 3 hours couldn’t get me the same quality of seats as “knowing someone in the band”. Those crappy $45 tickets represent the last time I ever paid to see a show as a regular plebian at some overhyped ampitheater.
After that, it’s always been small clubs or hook ups with the band.
I slept on a New York City sidewalk in August 2001 for Shakespeare in the Park tickets. They’re free and distributed at 1 p.m. on show day. I arrived at 10 p.m. the night before … and 54 people were ahead of me. So my total longest wait for something: 15 hours.
The play was “The Tempest.” It starred Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, John Goodman, and Marcia Gay Harden. Did I mention it was free?
Anyway, it DEFINITELY merited the extremes I took.
For entertainment purposes, two separate occasions when I got albums signed by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira (for J. Lo, it was during a Senior Cut Day at my high school). Waited about 5 hours for each autograph.
Otherwise, waiting on a line at the post office is horrendous – takes at least 1 hour to get to the counter (even more time on Tax Day!)
We camped out overnight for a front row seat at the Rose Bowl parade. It was worth it!