there was a lot of bullshit on that line, yes... but there was also a lot of drama over nothing.
if the group of ebay people weren't there, everything would have gone a lot smoother. everyone would've moved up 25-30 spots, it would have been a much more peaceful experience, people could have actually gotten
sleep, which would have made the other issues less of an annoyance.
the things that happened at the front of the line with the notebook, these are things that happened throughout the GA line experience, and were widely accepted by the majority of people who did the GA thing. i spent as little time on the actuall line as i possibly could... all be it i never left the vicinity of union square it's self, venturing no further than a block away... to the mcdonalds, the starbucks, and any other open door i could venture in to, just to try and keep myself from going crazy.
with the GA lines people would leave for 2-3 hours at a time to get lunch, shower, and of course to go to the loading dock to attempt to meet the band... then they'd get back into their spot, and no one would say boo. on that line i saw people who i knew, who'd been there since 2-3 in the afternoon, leave the line at 8:00 to go home, shower, change, grab some sleeping gear and arrive back by 11ish... and were given grief from some at the end of the line, when in every GA experience, hardly a person would have said a word.
again... if the ebayers weren't there, it would have calmed a lot of people's nerves about everything... and we could have all been a little more alert in the morning to yell at that couple with their kid who cut the entire line... now her deal was complete bullshit. the number she said she got at 3am was just 8 or 9 numbers behind my number, which i got at 7:40pm. i do believe she vastly underestimated the psychosis of u2 fans when she attempted to spew her bullshit story.
but hey... she got in anyway. maybe the security guards thought she was rosie o'donnell with that hair cut...