Well, here he is, the so-far-nameless Apple iPhone (and Yankee) fan, who heads the Apple Store Fifth Avenue iPhone line:

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "John" for the photos.]

MacDailyNews Take: The whole begging for food and MetroCard donations angle isn’t at all copacetic with the Apple aesthetic, but, hey, the guy has to eat (and take the train), right? wink (Go, Sox!)

Apple’s first iPhone marketing blunder: not priming the lines with real fans. Golden tickets, Steve, golden tickets — or brushed aluminum, whatever floats your boat… Oh, well, too late now.

Who wants to bet that he sells his spot before he buys an Apple iPhone? And does anybody else think conspiratorially enough to wonder if one of Apple’s competitors planted this guy and his sign?

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