Weirdo Wednesday: Ace Is A Line Stander

Episode Transcript

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If says let's rock another ready togo? Always a little, I proceed
with caution and hey, what's up? This is a ace? What's going
on? What makes you weird?Buddy? Well, I shouldn't call you
buddy yet. I don't know what. Yeah, you don't know what he's
into? So what makes me weird? It's my job? Got to be

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my job? Okay, what doyou do? I'm a professional line standard
a lot of What what does thatmean? I'm a lot. I'm a
line stander. So I basically Iget paid to wait in line for people
who don't have time, or patientsto wait in line themselves. Wow.
Line, Yeah, I've heard ofthat before. You make good money,

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yeah, pretty good money. Yeah, and I just waiter ound, how
did you get into this? So? I used to be a freelance writer,
but I realized that I actually lovepeople watching and I love making new
friends talking to people in line.So I started offering my services as a
line stander, and it took up. You know, I mean there's been
plenty of times I'm like, I'mnot doing that. Trying to get ice

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cream down the shore in the summertime. Yeah, hell, not even
down the shore. You stop atRita's on a nice day. It's around.
So what's the weirdest thing you've everlike stood in line for? Ace
Probably would be the time that Iwaited twenty four hours for a limited edition
Unicorn proppuccino at Starbucks. Wow.That was actually a real challenge, but

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I got it done twenty four hours. Wow. Oh, like that's crazy.
Twenty that's a whole day. Yeah, that's like what are you doing
while you're standing there? Are youlistening to something? Yeah? You get
like meals delivered? Yeah, Imean I'll listen to podcasts, I'll get
some food, I'll talk to peoplearound me, you know whatever. You
know, there's I mean, wehave our phones and devices. They're they're

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time stuck, so pretty easy.What what else have you stood in line
for? Then? I'm curious?Yeah, I mean I waited in line.
This one was for about twelve hoursto get into a secret speakeasy bar.
That was interesting. I waited eighthours for the new iPhone release.
Oh my goodness. I guess peoplejust had money to blow. Like,

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I mean, time is money though, right, Like wow, and like
how much are you making? Areyou making good money? You already?
But I want to know, giveme the details. Yeah, I mean
I'll usually charge like thirty or fortybucks an hour, depending on what's going
on. Like you need to upthat, buddy. I feel like,
yeah, time is a commodity,and rich people will absolutely pay for convenience.

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Rich people are paying for this,So I'd be like two hundred dollars
for my service per hour, youknow there if they want that frappuccino,
that bad. Maybe not two hundredthat's pretty aggressive, but like, you
know whatever somewhere, I bet youyou do all right on dates too,
because this is an interesting gig,right, it's kind of fascinating. Yeah,
it's I mean, it's hard toreally describe it. I guess not

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it's it's not really it's all right, it kind of I guess. It's
not really a traditional career. SoI could see how it could be weird
to some ladies. But for themost part, like, you know,
I'm making money, I can,I'm paying for dates, so yeah,
yeah money, bab Are you likebringing a like a fold up chair a
ten Like, are you doing allthat too? Yeah? How do you

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what's your comfort level? Like,yeah, I mean I'll do all that
stuff. I'll bring like blankets.If it's freezing, I'll bring chairs.
Yeah, whatever whatever makes it comfortable. I mean usually a little fold out
chairs. Easy, they got themon the backpacks. Now do you make
friends with the people around you too? Have you like maybe that's where you
can meet a girl, you know, because then it's like they're on a
date for twenty four hours. Yeah, but if it's not going well,

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it's like that there. Yeah,I've definitely met some cool people. I've
not met a date. It's usuallynot they're not it's not really the people
I are am attracted to that alsowait in lines for you know, twelve
hours to get into a speak easy. But yeah, I mean I've got
some cool people, and I'm Idon't mind talking to people. I love

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talking to people. I love,you know, I'm very interested in humans.
So it's always you sound like aninteresting human yourself there. You definitely
uh, you know, your jobdefinitely puts you on weirdo here, which
is cool. We should probably figureout a way to send you some coffee
and some comfortable shoes. Yeah,that good thing is like between uber eats
and yeah, go puffy Golden.You just have it all delivered right to

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you speaking of go puff, Ibet you got to be pretty all pretty
blown out to make it twenty fourhours go click. All right, Hey
listen, Ace, I love thatyou shared this with us. Is a
pretty unique gig. I'm all inon this, and I would never do
it a you know, well forthe right dollar. I don't even like

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waiting ten minutes to pay in line, like I just get so annoyed.
Well, maybe you're one of thebougie people that would hire a no,
because I'm too cheap for that too. Well, I am curious if there's
anybody listening, Like, you know, what is the longest you've waited in
line for some good Friday? That'salways a big one. Yeah, Like,
you know, are we talking hoursFriday? I think it's black Friday.

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Yeah, good Friday for Jesus,yea blackfrid Black. Hey, we're
gonna open up the phone lines heretwo one five two six three one o
two one. You could text usat seven one oh two one, or
hit us in the dms like astedat Bex and Buster. If you've stood
in line for hours or days ata time, We'd love to know for
what. Yeah, Ace, thanksfor jumping on with us. Dude,

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and was it worth it? Yeah, thank you for having me. I
appreciate it. I'm just waiting inline doing nothing. I love this guy.