I was travelling as airline staff from Miami to London just after Christmas one year. The flight was almost full and I was given a first class boarding pass. I was sitting enjoying my pre-take off drink when the gate agent came on, knelt next to me and said that a last minute revenue passenger had turned up so I needed to move back. There were no J seats available so I ended up in Y.
The entire F cabin watched as I handed my champagne glass back to the FA, collected my bags from the overhead and moved down the aircraft.
I could tell from some of the looks that people thought I shouldn't have been there.
