Originally Posted by SWAInflt
When I fly "A"...I'm the one arming the forward entry door when it closes...so I tend to take note of when that happens. I've stood in many jetways looking at my watch wondering why were are still at the gate only to have the Ops agent say..."We still have two minutes to push." ...
Well

I am the gate agent

And pretty much every day, every flight, I know not to get the Operations agent upset by clearing any passengers after the 5 minute mark in the mornings, and the 2 minute mark the rest of the day. Everyone of my planes pushed off today at departure time.