GA: If you are standingby, you have to check your "rollerboard."
Was the GA taking the bags? If not, how was she enforcing this.
I've gotten some grief for GA's who want me to check my rollerboard on RJs. Problem is that it not full-sized, fits in the overhead on RJs and was bought specifically for when I fly RJs (it's an
eBags EXO 2.0 Hardside Spinner Int'l Carry-on Mobile Office 18x14x9).
Bottom line, I take a tag and tell them I will check it if it doesn't fit. It always does.