She initially planned for her line stander to start at 4 a.m.

Another line stander hung out nearby in a foldable chair.

And that's why line standers began materializing on the south sidewalk of the court Friday.

A line stander is a person who stands in a line instead of another person.

For the most part, the line standers police themselves, generally sticking to a friendly code that allows for bathroom breaks and food runs.

In 2015, a line stander from Venezuela, Krisbell Villarroel, a 22-year-old single mother of two small children, made the news around the globe.

At 17, veteran Apple line stander Jacob Wellinghoff has already been through three of these first-day releases.

Line stander (stacz kolejkowy)

Line stander, queue stander or queue professional is an informal occupation which came to an existence out of the necessity to stand long times in queues.

In 2015, one of the winners of the Business Intelligence Hackathon API (BIHAPI) contest in Poland was a mobile app with a recognizable name "Stacz Kolejkowy" ("line stander").

At public hearings in Congress, the gray-suited K Street corporate lobbyists pay poor people (known in the business as "line standers") to hold their spots in line so they can breeze into the hearings at the last minute, making it almost impossible for the public to get in.

What of the paid queue standers?

Line stander, queue stander or queue professional is an informal occupation which came to an existence out of the necessity to stand long times in queues.