Queue Jumping in EES queue in France

Yesterday I was in Marseille waiting to get my EES done. I made my flight but it was cutting it tight.

I saw something I've never seen before. Lots of queue jumping. I'm not talking about little queue jumping like trying to slyly get in front of the person but going under the queue barriers and skipping in front 50+ people.

I live in UK and have never seen anything like that before. Has anyone else seen this? Is that normal in France?