I share the rage. The store must be paying off the cops to allow that every single day, or they figure the price of obstruction ticketing is worth it? I swear to god, at Christmastime it's a straight-up safety hazard. And when I see the people standing in that line, I think, "You are in New York City, and this is how…

I've always assumed those lines/crowds were self-created by the store, like the way nightclubs will hold people outside to seem exclusive, then you get in and there's ten sad people milling about. I've no business in an A&F store so I haven't ever checked this out myself, but equally popular stores in the area (Juicy,…