However, one enterprising Delta gate agent has devised an unorthodox way to discourage gate-crashers — by threatening to ...

“Gate lice” has become a widely used term to describe passengers who cut in line when boarding a plane, and one gate agent has come up with a method to control it.

Kudos to that gate agent,” one user commented on the airport worker’s solution to prevent plane passengers from trying to board before their zone is called.