Originally Posted by
LNL76
It's easy to rag on the gate agents. I'll agree some of them are horrendous AND rude. However, did you ever stop to think how they're treated by some JSers?
I was a gate agent for a very short time at EWR. I'll never forget this one TOTD who walked up to me and snarled how he was tired, just got off a long flight from (insert international city here) and had better get a JS on this flight to MCO or he was "going to kill somebody."

Rude/power tripping gate agents are quite common.
Rude jumpseaters are the rarity. Thank you for pointing out someone who was definitely the TOTD and the exception.