Originally Posted by
Mr H
What function do you think the line attendant serves then? Decoration? Or do you expect him or her to be psychic? Out of interest, how would you react if the line attendant didn't stop people and the queue filled up with people who were not entitled to use it?
I think showing your boarding pass is sufficient. Or are you one of the people who stands at the door of the plane and feigns surprise that you have to show it as you pat all your pockets holding everyone up?
A smirk implies smugness - suggesting you felt somehow superior.
As meester69 said, there is an important difference between politely asking for my boarding pass and immediately assuming that I don't belong there and directing me to a long queue at the kiosks.
If my natural reaction of smiling to being singled out makes me appear smug, so be it. If she had asked me for my boarding pass I would have politely complied. Despite what you seem to assume, I prefer pleasant exchanges to confrontation.