"Nowadays you come to town, you stick your little card in the slot machine next to some blue-haired lady smoking away and try to figure out how many points you need for a buffet, " says Poster.

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And at the stroke of six--when Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) stores were swinging their doors open to hordes of crazed gadget shoppers--a tiny, white-haired old lady wearing a huge pair of sunglasses shuffled up to the counter to ask for directions to the nearby firehouse.

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As a matter of fact, Saniewska says that at first, when she saw her as Lady Gaga, she didn't recognize her, having been accustomed to her as a long-haired brunette waitress.

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