The early arriver at the U2 concert gets to be the “line Nazi”.
For those of you who don’t know what a “line Nazi” is, that is a person (usually a fan, not a part of the venue) who gets in line at a U2 concert or Comic Con hours, days or weeks early and camps out. This person has a clip board, takes names, gives secret numbers out, and makes sure that nobody takes cuts or shows up at the last minute or tries to barge in at the front of the line. This assures everybody who shows up early (to get a good place in line), gets their number from the line Nazi and then they are able to get out of the line to get food, or use the restroom without fear of reprisal.