Provider populates Polish iPhone lines with players

Either there are a lot of out of work actors in Poland, or people certainly aren’t that excited round the iPhone. Mobile provider Orange revealed that it had hired actors to stand in line for the iPhone lance in the country as element of a PR campaign.

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“It was a part of our marketing strategy, the concept was conception up at Orange Poland,” the company told The Associated Press in an e-mail. “The aim was to ‘warm up’ the atmosphere around the launch of the iPhone.”

I method, I know getting a paying gig can be tough, still how hard is it to act like you’re standing in line?

“Alright, you’ll be playing the charge of ‘Stanislaw’, a mid-level executive who’s uncomfortable that he’s sunk into a life of mediocrity and complacency who seeks refuge by the agency of spending all his money on shiny gadgets and booze…annnd go.”

One wonders if they even got paid sufficiency to afford an iPhone. I guess they’re counting on that old Communist era-instilled belief that if there’s a place along the side of, there must be something worth waiting for at the end of it.

What’s plane more interesting is that Orange is not the exclusive provider of the iPhone in Poland; it’s also being sold by Era. That makes me wonder how many people saw the long lines at Orange supplies and decided to go to their competition instead. Smooth.