Americans are paying people to wait in line for TikTok-famous food
People desperate to try viral food items are going so far as to pay others to wait in line for them at shops and restaurants.Line sitting, also called line waiting or line standing, has been a common practice in big cities like Los Angeles and New York, where people pay others to wait in line for tickets, the latest iPhone or a table at a popular restaurant, Eater reported.The practice is more popular now than ever because of social media, Robert Samuel, a professional line sitter and founder of the professional line-waiting company Same Ole Line Dudes in New York, told Eater.RESTAURANTS ARE SELLING GOURMET BURGERS SO POPULAR THEY HAVE TO CAP ORDERS"It’s always been a thing, but I think social media makes it bigger than it used to be," Samuel said. "That's why there's more people out there doing it.
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People desperate to try viral food items are going so far as to pay others to wait in line for them at shops and restaurants.Line sitting, also called line waiting or line standing, has been a common practice in big cities like Los Angeles and New York, where people pay others to wait in line for tickets, the latest iPhone or a table at a popular restaurant, Eater reported.The practice is more popular now than ever because of social media, Robert Samuel, a professional line sitter and founder of the professional line-waiting company Same Ole Line Dudes in New York, told Eater.RESTAURANTS ARE SELLING GOURMET BURGERS SO POPULAR THEY HAVE TO CAP ORDERS"It’s always been a thing, but I think social media makes it bigger than it used to be," Samuel said. "That's why there's more people out there doing it. I blame TikTok more than any other platform."One of the earliest viral food crazes to fuel Samuel's business was the cronut – a revolutionary pastry that combines a croissant with a doughnut."We had a client who wanted to impress these businesspeople visiting from Japan," he told Eater. "They wanted to close a deal with something they'd never seen before, and I guess that was cronuts.
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- People desperate to try viral food items are going so far as to pay others to wait in line for them at shops and restaurants.Line sitting, also called line waiting or line standing, has been a common practice in big cities like Los Angeles and New York, where people pay others to wait in line for tickets, the latest iPhone or a table at a popular restaurant, Eater reported.The practice is more popular now than ever because of social media, Robert Samuel, a professional line sitter and founder of the professional line-waiting company Same Ole Line Dudes in New York, told Eater.RESTAURANTS ARE SELLING GOURMET BURGERS SO POPULAR THEY HAVE TO CAP ORDERS"It’s always been a thing, but I think social media makes it bigger than it used to be," Samuel said. "That's why there's more people out there doing it.
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