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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 6:55 am
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Originally Posted by billinaz
Ohhh yea. I watched them do it at a couple of gates. They set up the little table they had and pulled an unfortunate victim. When it came time for us to board, just before we started boarding (I was in line for #1) I saw them heading our way and thought OH $*!T they are gonna get me for sure. I guess they saw my 3 small kids and did not get me, but the poor guy right behind me got it... and he was fuming mad when he finally got onboard.
I've seen it (still) being done at various airports. It's like watching the proverbial head nun walk down the hall with a ruler in her hand - people cower in fear.

The worst is when they do it on a WN flight and pick one of the folks that paid extra for early boarding.
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