Yesterday we all went to the movie to see Get Smart, which turned out to be a very funny and delightful movie. I’d like to see it again, actually. We had a bit of time to kill before the movie, so Nina and I went over to the Apple Store, which was in the same mall as the movie theater. The sign at the entrance to the store said that they were sold out of iPhones for the day, but I could check the Apple website after 9 p.m. to find out whether or not the store would have any iPhones the next day. I checked late last night and the store was scheduled to receive a new shipment and would have a limited supply of iPhones available on Friday morning.

We arrived at the store about 8:15 a.m. and found a very long line. We started at number 56 and by 9:15 a.m. when they started letting people into the store, we had gotten up to number 49. Fortunately, we had some lawn chairs in the trunk of the car, so I was able to get one and have a place to sit as the wait was going to be very long.

About 9:15 a.m. they started letting people into the store. A store employee came out and gave a long speech to the folks at the front of the line which we couldn’t hear. Then he came around the side of the building where we were waiting in line and gave us the instructions. For current AT&T customers, the process was going to be fairly complicated, particularly if they had any kind of a discounted plan through their employer or some other organization. That didn’t include us. Then came the bombshell … they could not do number transfers for out-of-state customers. We could buy a phone if we wanted, but we would get a new Utah area code 801 phone number.

We both want to keep our current cell phone numbers. I folded up the chair and we came back to Heather’s house sans new phones. We’ll have to do the “pay and wait” in Pocatello, where the current wait is more than three weeks. No joy in Mudville today!