More proof PHL gate agents don’t care
Departing from PHL on a connection, flight delayed an hour or two due to weather, whatever. GA gets on the mic and tells us boarding will commence at 8:00. Ok, fair enough.
At about 7:50, GA walks out and says, “ok, we’re going to board now, group 1?” People start to grab their bags and stand up. GA, before the first person reaches the desk: “Group 2... group 3...” [less than 5 second pause], “Group 4, 5, 6...” [giggles to partner GA and immediately blurts], “ok, group 7, 8, 9”. At this point there is a mad swarm of gate lice that takes forever to clear.
And that’s the story of how I had to gate check my carryon despite being seated in F and waiting at the gate for an hour.