[The_Judge]

It always amuses me that gate agents often use the "everyone else" heard the announcement as if they are suggesting that the person was lying. If they heard the announcement

It amuses me too. For example, if the plane holds 200 people and 150 are booked and 145 made it and 1 group of 5 people traveling together miss it, that tells me that 145 people are observant and the group of 5 was probably ordering another round at the bar on the vouchers they were given. Again, passengers need to listen up, use common sense and not be wandering blind and deaf around the airport.