This Gen Xer charges $38 an hour to wait in line—including for the Diddy trial and sample sales. Now he’s made a business empire out of standing around all day

fortune.com/2025/05/18/gen-x-entrepreneur-line-sitting-business-nyc-diddy-trial-sample-sale

People are being paid as much as $40 an hour to wait in line for others—and Robert Samuel, owner of Same Ole Line Dudes in NYC, has a staff of 45 taking on the gigs. Waiting in line for anything from the Sean “Diddy” Combs case to high-fashion sample sales, Samuel typically rakes in…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-18 09:03:00.
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