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[quote=Anonymous]Why not just smile and tell them they are welcome to check. Then wait. I mean, this in the end inconveniences them. If they insist you do it show them a picture of your bag in the sizer and tell them "yes the Samsonite model ABc-567 is 19.8x28x14" (or whatever exact dimensions) "fits well, but if you want to verify, please go ahead." Then wait, with a neutrally polite Kamala Harris debate-style "yes your bs bores me" facial expression while they do if they decide. But usually at that point they've already lost and they know that. I am a woman executive and I find being coldly smiling and hyperexact (kind of my gray rock) to these sorts of officious people helps me not get too out of sorts with these types of slights. I also feel that in the end the gate agent might end up embarrassed but you look totally like you are doing everything right, so they may feel disincentivized from doing it in the future. They get no power trip at all. [/quote]
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