American Airlines is testing a new system to humiliate 'gate lice,' the people who try to board planes before their seating group is called

People wait on line at an airport gate to board the plane (Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group—Getty Images)

For decades, scientists have tried to decipher why exactly humans cut lines. Is it a false sense of urgency? An innate desire to be first? 

Whatever the reason, American Airlines wants you to cut it out. The airline is testing new technology to alert passengers and gate agents when someone tries to board before their seating group is called. The system will produce an “audible signal” when a passenger tries to board the plane before their seating group is announced, according to the airline. At that point, an alerted gate agent would send the passenger back to their appropriate group.