This afternoon - ATL-DTW.
I walk up to the gate just as I hear Preboard announcement.
There is NOBODY with 30' of the scanner, everyone is sitting and it's a sold out flight. I walk up to the GA and ask where are all the gate lice? She laughs and says she's never seen anything like this before. She announces FC boarding and people finally start to stand up to board.
It was really weird!