14th December 2007 :: Short changed

As I was boarding the plane, I was the first one to hand out my boarding pass to the Kingfisher personnel who was also talking on the radio. He tore it and gave me this stub keeping the bigger stub himself. I paused and looked at him and he sort of looked at me with the same surprised expression as I had so I asked him if the part of the boarding pass he had was meant for me. “No sir, it is for us.” He replied. Differentiating yourself from the competition is good but I am wondering if you need to do something like this or is there a practical purpose behind giving the passengers the shorter stub.