This happened on a transcontinental domestic flight last month. The gate agent had already announced that the flight was full and asked for volunteers to gate-check their bags to their final destination free of charge. I didn't volunteer. I was standing in the jetbridge waiting to board, when a flight attendant announced that the bins were full and all remaining bags would have to be checked. She then proceeded to grab my bag's handle and rolled it away to check it in. My bag was several feet away before I realized what was happening.

I understand that the bins were full, but shouldn't she have asked first? I had some things in my bag, like my camera, that I would have removed and kept in my pocket if she had given me the opportunity to do so. In this case everything made it through unharmed, but what if it hadn't? I doubt they would accept responsibility. Any thoughts?