Originally Posted by
ffsim
It didn’t sound like OP was checking boarding passes while angering the two dozen people he cut ahead of.
It appears I’m in the minority here, but I’m sorry, it’s the airline’s job to enforce their boarding policies and passengers’ jobs to stand in the right place. One doing a poor job doesn’t excuse the other behaving inappropriately.
So what is "the right place" to stand when you're allowed to board at your leisure after they're past zone 2, when there's only one line of people, and you're zone 1?