Meet one Greg Packer. He's first in line at the store on Fifth Avenue in New York and believes that, because of this, he will be first to buy an iPhone. Not so fast, loser. As I've pointed out before, we're setting standards this time about who can buy iPhones, based on status, personal appearance, income, and general level of coolness. How far down the list are you? Put it this way. You will not be getting an iPhone until everyone else in the world who wants one has one. Like, Osama Bin Laden will be using Google maps to find a seafood restaurant in Kandahar before you see yours.
In case you think I'm making this guy up, see his pathetic blog, which includes his email address and phone number which are:
Email: grego11743@hotmail.com
Mobile phone: 631.291.2603.
Now I'm not saying you should call this guy and harass him for hurting our image and tell him he's a moron; I'm not saying you should call him so often that his cell phone battery dies; I'm not saying you should prank call him and tell him your friend is in line and doesn't have a phone and you need to get an urgent message to him right away and could he give a shout down the line to Mike Hunt; and then call back and ask for Dick Hertz and Hugh Jerection and Al Kaholic. I'm not saying you should do this. I'm really not. Bokay? I mean just because he's enough of a frigtard to put his phone number up on the Web doesn't mean it's cool to mess with him. But if you do cal him, make sure you record it and send me a copy.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Call this frigtard and tell him the bad news
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
23 comments:
You know whats really funny? I actually knew someone in high school named Mike Hunt.
Why isn't he dressed up? Seriously these kind of people drag the rest of us down...
Wait_tards, is that what they are?
who cares about this guy on a diet.
who's that behind him and where can i buy a pair of those sneakers? can i take pictures with the iphone upload them to offerme.com and get a decent quote of anything i come across these days?
Folks going into an Apple Store on Friday should consider donning gas masks as these frigtards will surely emit a toxic cloud around them after 3-4 days in line.
What a friggin frigtard.
He invented waiting in line - ever heard of it??
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For the DJ, see Greg Packer (DJ).
Greg Packer (born December 18, 1963), an American highway maintenance worker from Huntington, New York, has been quoted in more than 100 articles and television broadcasts as a member of the public (that is, a person on the street rather than a newsmaker or expert).
Packer’s status as a frequent interviewee came about due to his hobby of attending public appearances of celebrities and other media events and being first in line on such occasions. He has consequently had the opportunity to meet people ranging from Mariah Carey to Garth Brooks to Dennis Rodman to Ringo Starr, and at least three presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. [1], [2]
His run in the press seems to have started with a quotation in The Tampa Tribune of October 6, 1995:
“The Jewish people are fans of Pope John Paul II,” said Greg Packer of Huntington, N.J. “He doesn’t limit his message to one faith; he reaches out to everybody.”
Although the Tribune quote identifies Packer’s home state as New Jersey rather than New York, this is Packer’s first newspaper appearance to have been identified so far.
According to a 2002 article about Packer, “He was first in the line to see ground zero when the viewing platform opened at the World Trade Center site December 30 [2001]. He was the first in line in 1997 to sign the condolence book at the British consulate when Princess Diana died. He slept outside in the snow in Washington in January 2001 to be the first in line to greet President George W. Bush after his inauguration.” [3]
Due to Packer’s appearances at these media events, he came to be quoted by reporters attending the events. Unlike many attendees, Packer was willing to be quoted: as he explained in 2004, “I always come up with an answer for everything, number one. And … I always give everybody … the respect and the time that they need.” His quotes ranged from the expression of common sentiments, such as “It’s a day for happiness and to be together,” regarding a St. Patrick’s Day parade [4], to colorful statements such as his opinion of a New York Yankees game played on Yom Kippur: “There’s no way the Yankees will lose, but if they do, they’ll certainly have something to atone for.” [5]
In June 2003, columnist Ann Coulter and blogger Mickey Kaus, commenting on media coverage of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s memoir Living History, noted that Packer was “the centerpiece of The New York Times’ ‘man on the street’ interview about Hillary-mania.” Packer had been quoted in the Times as stating, “I’m a big fan of Hillary and Bill’s. I want to change her mind about running for president. I want to be part of her campaign.” Coulter pointed out:
It was easy for the Times to spell Packer’s name right because he is apparently the entire media’s designated “man on the street” for all articles ever written. He has appeared in news stories more than 100 times as a random member of the public. Packer was quoted on his reaction to military strikes against Iraq; he was quoted at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Veterans Day Parade. He was quoted at not one — but two — New Year’s Eve celebrations at Times Square. He was quoted at the opening of a new “Star Wars” movie, at the opening of an H&M clothing store on Fifth Avenue and at the opening of the viewing stand at Ground Zero. He has been quoted at Yankees games, Mets games, Jets games — even getting tickets for the Brooklyn Cyclones. He was quoted at a Clinton fund-raiser at Alec Baldwin’s house in the Hamptons and the pope’s visit to Giants stadium. [6]
The “more than 100″ Packer appearances included quotes in the New York Post, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Times, as well as appearances on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. [7]
As a result of Coulter’s column, Packer was profiled in his own right by the New York Times. [8] The Associated Press sent out a memo to its news editors and correspondents, stating in part: “The world is full of all kinds of interesting people. One of them is Greg Packer of Huntington, N.Y., who apparently lives to get his name on the AP wire and in other media. It works: A Nexis search turned up 100 mentions in various publications. … Mr. Packer is clearly eager to be quoted. Let’s be eager, too — to find other people to quote.” [9]
After the ubiquity of Packer’s quotes became public, he was still quoted and referred to occasionally, but sometimes with more disclosure of his identity provided. When Bill Clinton began his book tour for his memoir My Life, Packer was first in line for Clinton’s first signing; a 2004 New York Times article on Clinton’s appearance referred to Packer as “Greg Packer, 40, wearing a New York Yankees shirt, who has been cultivating the press for several years now and manages to attend at least two news events a week.” [10]
Nevertheless, not all journalists include such disclaimers; an EpochTimes.com article in 2005 on the release of the novel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince simply stated: “The book buyers, mostly adults, were largely local fans, like Greg Packer of Long Island, 41, who admitted he had not yet read all the previous editions.” [11] Similarly, when Packer attended the Super Bowl victory rally for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review identified him only as “Greg Packer, 42, a lifelong Steelers fan from Huntington, N.Y.” [12]
I knew a guy named Jack Knopf, and no, I am not kidding.
Cruel that.
I wonder if his buds call him "Fudge"?
Did you notice the below comment on that page? Very interesting...what a hobby, eh? To each his own, I guess.
-----------------
Should be renamed ‘mePhone’ after this jerkoff.
He’s a serial self-publicist, btw…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Packer
Went straight to voicemail.
You know, Steve-o, those iPhone-tards are starting to look like Star-Wars-tards... not good for apple, dude, not cool.
You should consider setting some standards for people to be allowed to wait in line too. Otherwise hip people like me won't feel like apple is cool enough.
love
- fake elitist apple fanboi
hotmail account...nuff said...
<blockquote>As I've pointed out before, we're setting standards this time about who can buy iPhones, based on ... general level of coolness.</blockquote>
Is that the Hipness Threshold?
shakes head* poor guy and he's proberely been waiting forever too.
wanktard in yer haus, eatin yer kettles, peein in yer panz to keep place in line
Oh no, the first buyer of an iPhone in NY would be (as everybody can see and hear in the video on gizmodo) a fat bum with no style, no job (= no money?!), no girlfriend but white socks and a stupid mustache. He looks like a bastard brother of the friggin guy with the Zune tatoo. You can't let this happen Steve, put Conan, Jon Stewart or some hip entertainer or athlete who is worthy of an iPhone up in front. If this retired cough retarded cough dude gets handed around from station to station as the prototypical iPhone user your competitors will laugh their asses off.
@banker those shoes look like Asics retros. Used to be called Onitsuka-Tiger. Sadly, they are red, white, and blue which does not show up well in the photo. Any hipster shoe shop should have them... Or just go down to the 5th ave Apple store and offer to trade one of the hiptards for a fake cardboard iPhoney.
Hey, my friend Heywood is on the line. I guess I'll call this guy and ask him to look for him. His last name is Jablome.
the best part is he's gonna get even better looking after not showering and sleeping out doors for four days!
Andy,you are right on, and after eating about seven bags of those honey-mustard potato chips, I feel sorry for everyone in line behind him ... we're talking skid mark city here...
I think you can donate 2 cents to him through paypal, and it will end up costing him money -- worked on Cythia McKenney's campaign back a few years ago. Not saying you should. But hey, this is anonymous, right? So yeah, you should.
Yo FSJ,
Surely this guy won't be the first to buy right?
You must have a VVIP list. So on the morning of the 29th, limos will roll up and Bono, Jagger, Paris (now that she is out), and other coolies will jump out and get in the store and walkout with iPhones before these freaks are even let in. RIGHT?
Of course you will give each of these VVIPs a MacBook as a free gift for being the "first" to buy the iPhone.
Wow, it's amazing how many people think that the guy in the photo is the one being made fun of. Even Fake Steve Jobs seems to have RDF!
He was on BBC news in the UK jumping up and down like he won the lottery, Gives Americans a bad name right?
Post a Comment