Why not everybody stay seated where they are in the gate area.
Then when announcement is made to start boarding everybody just make a mad dash to the gate in a frenzy. Have a wild-eyed look, look disheveled, leap over baggage, and the B and C people, some to a skidding halt and shout "Halleulah" Or "Wright is Wrong."
C'mon folks let's live up to the cattle call moniker.