Man waits nearly a day to be Apple store’s first visitor

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 16, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

A loyal fan waited about 20 hours to be the first person to enter Taiwan’s second official Apple store, which had

Three visitors hold up opening-day souvenirs with the Apple logo stylized as the “tai” character in “Taipei” at the firm’s new store in the city’s Xinyi District yesterday.
Photo: CNA

its grand opening in Taipei’s Xinyi Di6strict (信義) at 10am yesterday.

“I came here between 2pm and 3pm yesterday [Friday], because I wanted to become the first visitor to the new Apple store,” 33-year-old Lu Shao-hua (呂紹華) excitedly told reporters.

In July 2017, when Apple opened its first official store inside the nearby Taipei 101 Mall, the first visitor was a 28-year-old foreigner who lined up for 68 hours.

“This time, I, a Taiwanese, was the first visitor to the new Apple store, instead of a foreigner,” Lu said.    [FULL  STORY]

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