I just prefer to stay in the lounge (Qantas Club lounge at home) and have another "complementary beverage" (i.e. beer ) rather than queue and then just sit staring at the back of the seat in front of me while other passengers queue down the aisle. Much more civilised in my mind.

By the way, I boarded an AA 777-200 this morning in Miami. The flight was full so the gate agent said they would commence boarding 40 mins before scheduled departure in order to get everyone on board on time. Earlier in the week I boarded a CX 777-300 in KUL. Again a completely full flight and that only took 20 mins to board the entire aircraft. Something tells me the overall boarding process is somewhat less efficient in the USA.