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6:52 PM
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Elan stops at the Circuit City in Mountain View to learn that they received 16 PS2s and will hand vouchers on a first come first serve basis before the store opens Thursday morning at 10 AM. Elan leaves to dinner.
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| 9:20
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On the way back from dinner, Elan drives by the Best Buy
in Milpitas and sees about 50 people (earlier research found that this store
received 106 PS2s) lined up with tents, sleeping bags and lawn furniture. The
first group in line was five mothers. Elan fears the Circuit City will be
packed already.
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| 10:03
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Elan arrives at Circuit City; no one is around.
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| 11:30
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Elan finally falls asleep in the back seat of his car with his alarm set to 4:30 AM.
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| 1:36 AM
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Elan is woken up by the sound of a car door being slammed closed. Two young guys make their way to the store and sit down outside the door. Elan takes a sleeping bag (his roommate’s actually), a pad, earplugs, and his bag (packed with food, drinks, first aid, books, etc.) and introduces himself to Chris and Shannon. The three of them chat away for hours sharing stories about work, games and getting caught by the police and their girlfriend’s parents.
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| 3:30ish
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Elan puts in his earplugs and tries to fall asleep. As he
is dozing off, Elan is awakened by the sound of person #4 making his way to
the line. Shortly thereafter, Elan falls back asleep.
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| 5:00ish
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Elan is woken by the sound of a chattering mom (right
through the earplugs). Persons 5, 6, 7 and 8 have arrived. Hyper mom (#8)
came from Fry’s where the police were outside doing crowd control. Elan tries
to fall back asleep.
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| 7:00ish
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Elan wakes up and counts the people. There are now 15
people on line.
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| 7:13
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The first employee of Circuit City comes to the front door
and says good morning. There are about 19 people on line. No one feels like
informing the last few that there are only 16 PS2s. After he enters, first
employee locks the door behind him as Chris and Shannon threaten to pummel
their way inside.
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| 7:23
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First employee comes outside and hands out vouchers
one-by-one, counting aloud. A few people go home disappointed. First employee
informs everyone they can go get some food or go home and come back when the
store opens. Elan receives voucher #3.
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| 7:28
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Chris, Shannon and Elan take a picture together.
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| 7:30
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Elan goes home to share pictures, events, eat breakfast
and make himself presentable for work.
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| 9:30ish
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Elan will drive back to the store to pick up his PS2 and head to work. Elan will attempt to 1) stay awake and 2) not sneak in to the conference room to try his PS2.
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