It would behoove more passengers and members to recall the conditions to which they chose to agree upon booking, such as this and the non-guaranteed nature of the secondary bag's accommodation on board.

What does seem tiresome is the seeming selection basis for passengers to have their items gate-checked, insofar as that basis seems to be skewed towards those perceived as unlikely to make a fuss rather than those being the most egregious. And yet, I have every sympathy for gate agents for whom getting through their working day without suffering verbal abuse from overentitled passengers should not be a nice to have.