THE BUMRUSH

Jason Bateman – of Arrested Development fame – failed to make some new friends in LA last week after cutting approximately 2,000 people in line waiting for the new iPhone 4. Bateman at first joined the regular line to wait with the rest of the peons, but was then led into the store in front of everyone else by a group of employees. The nerd-rage quickly followed:

“Everyone literally started booing and hissing...” And Bateman’s reaction? “He put his head down,”

From another account of the situation:

“I heard commotion in the back. I thought someone was fighting,” Mayhew said. “Then he strolls right on by with the Genius Bar guys and suddenly people in my area started to yell, 'What the hell is going on?'" Mayhew said the murmurs escalated with “passive-aggressive anger.”

Nothing says nerd rage like passive-aggressive anger... Bateman had a different account of the event via his twitter account, but then later apologized for his actions, because you know, he knew exactly what he was doing. Of course, he could care less about offending your feelings, because he’s rich, famous and now has a new iPhone. And your still waiting in line.

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