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"The 24-hour Apple Store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue was closed Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. \u2014 and so was every other Apple Store across the U.S. to remember Steve Jobs.\nThe stores were closed for an employee-only memorial for the Apple co-founder and former CEO. After Jobs passed away on Oct. 5, mourners and dedicated Apple fans created memorials outside Apple stores with letters, candles and apples in memory of the creative genius.\nAs employees of the Fifth Avenue store rushed through the heavy rain to dedicate their time to Steve Jobs's life and innovations, customers stood outside in angst faced by two security guards and a sign that read, \"The Apple Store is temporarily closed. We will reopen at 3 p.m.\" \n\"I don't know why they're closed,\" said Junior Nwofor, who drove from Canarsie, Brooklyn, to the flagship Apple Store to get his iPhone 4 repaired. \"I'm just fed up because the power button doesn't work on my phone and I'm aggravated because I need to get this fixed.\"\nCustomers were frustrated and disappointed after the security guards told them the store was closed without giving an explanation. Also, the glass cube building \u2014 which is covered for construction \u2014  made it impossible for the customers and passersby to see inside the store.\n\n\nSEE ALSO: Mourners Create Impromptu Memorials for Steve Jobs at Apple Stores [PICS]\n\nMildred Benton traveled from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to the store to buy a wireless router, only to find out that it was closed. \n\"I called the store this morning to ask about the router and they didn't say anything about being closed,\" said Benton. \"I figured out that they were closed for Steve Jobs, but they should have told us. People pay to come down here and it is a very simple thing to just let people know that the store will be closed.\"\nAfter hovering under the Apple Store to hide from the pelting rain, Benton decided to leave and search for a Best Buy store to buy her wireless router.\nAlthough Apple stores left customers disappointed Wednesday, Apple fans have spent the past two weeks remembering the Apple innovator. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nRemembering Steve Jobs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store W 14th, NYC\nPhoto by Jehangir Irani\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store W 14th, NYC\nPhoto by Jehangir Irani\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store W 14th, NYC\nPhoto by Jehangir Irani\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store W 14th, NYC\nPhoto by Jehangir Irani\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store Tokyo\nPhoto by Hiroko Tabuchi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store London\nPhoto by Sonali Shah\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store San Francisco, CA\nPhoto by Brian Tong\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store W 14th St., NYC\nPhoto by Brian Stelter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store London\nPhoto by Donna Alsayyari\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store Santa Monica, CA\nPhoto by iJustine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store San Francisco, CA\nPhoto by Ish Harshawat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store SOHO, NYC\nPhoto by Jarrett Fuller\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store Beijing\nPhoto by Melissa Chan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store San Francisco, CA\nPhoto by Patrick B. Gibson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store NYC\nPhoto by Rahul Bhadouria\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store 5th Ave, NYC\nPhoto by Stephanie Haberman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store 5th Ave, NYC\nPhoto by Stephanie Haberman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store 5th Ave, NYC\nPhoto by Stephanie Haberman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store Sydney\nPhoto by Ruben(nerd) Schade\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntrepreneur Walk of Fame, MIT\nPhoto by Robby Grossman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store Washington, D.C.\nPhoto by Adam G.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApple Store SOHO, NYC\nPhoto by Nylon Magazine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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