I see your point. It sort of has that doormat feeling. Maybe it should be longer.
Agreed - even NorthWorst's red mat looks half decent (and that's saying something).
I flew ORD-IAD last night and there were so many Seating 1's that shuffling us into the Economy line seemed pointless and slow. I'm not against the new dividers, I just think they have their problems also.
As another poster indicated, the GA's speed at boarding has been very fast of late such that while I was trying to shuffle into to the area to board, Seating 2 was called and the gate lice started attacking from the sides.