Airport gate attendant praised for ‘threat’ to people cutting the line
Share:
‘This is the best thing I’ve heard in a while,’ one Reddit user wrote of the gate agent’s boarding method. “This is the best thing I’ve heard in a while,” they prefaced the method. “Gate agent stated if he caught anyone trying to board before their zone was called, he was automatically confiscating and gate checking their carry-on bags.”.
Anyone who tried to bring on more than one carry-on item would also be subject to the same punishment, they said. Most airlines only allow one carry-on item and one personal item per person for the passengers seated in Economy. “Anyone with more than one large carry-on could also be subject to confiscation,” the Reddit post read.
After posting, many people turned to the comments section praising the agent for coming up with the rule. “It reminds me of a parent threatening to turn the car around when you know they’re not going to because they need to get to wherever they’re driving lol,” one person wrote.
Another commenter agreed, writing, “Delta finally hired field marshals for gate agents! Brilliant!”. “Sorry, but they simply can no longer be Mr. Nice Guy when it comes to airport operations. Entitled people take advantage all the damn time and it impacts travel for the rest of us who do follow the rules. So enough already.”.
Other less sympathetic commenters also came up with extra punishments for gate lice. “Kudos to that gate agent. What they also need to do is mark their boarding pass and make them board after zone 8. Gate lice are getting out of control,” one person suggested in the comments as the original poster pointed out that the gate agent would also make any line-cutters go to the back of the line.
