Why do 'gate lice' line up early for a flight? Psychologists explain

Re:Why do 'gate lice' line up early for a flight? Psychologi... by belter on Thursday October 24, 2024 @11:29AM (#41936513)

Are these the same ones that stand up on arrival, before the airplane doors are open? :-)

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Re:Why do 'gate lice' line up early for a flight? Psychologi... by siamese_puff on Thursday October 24, 2024 @12:22PM (#41937001)

I’ve always wondered this logic myself. I feel like a small book could be published around human psychology and air travel things.

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Re:Why do 'gate lice' line up early for a flight? Psychologi... by jerlam on Thursday October 24, 2024 @12:32PM (#41937112)

If I've been confined in an uncomfortable chair for several hours and discouraged from moving around, you bet that I'll take the first opportunity to stand up and get some blood moving. I know the doors aren't going to open any faster.

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Re:Why do 'gate lice' line up early for a flight? Psychologi... by jenniferCrawdad on Thursday October 24, 2024 @01:26PM (#41937578)

I do this, but it's to block people from further-back rows from charging forward and skipping the line to deplane. Which is a problem I feel like has gotten much worse in the last 5 years or so.

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