I can't say I have much sympathy for this numskull...being the last pax to board and expecting the FA's to pull off a miracle by finding space further fwd.
Clearly there must have been other words exchanged because I've been flying JQ quite often of late (I can no longer be bothered driving the 1-1.5 hrs to BNE to fly QF so fly JQ ex OOL) and am always in Row 1 and find the FA's extremely accommodating and they usually have the first couple of bins closed so there's space.
Sounds like he kept pushing and pushing and the FA blew a fuse (which I would have done also).
Perhaps it'll teach him to board more promptly next time.
TG
Like TG, I have mostly given up on the (AirTrain) comute to BNE and fly JQ from OOL. It is a constant struggle to find a place to put my carry on as I almost always get 1D to MEL or 1F to SYD. The MEL FA's are great; SYD not so, IME. I have never had a problem if there is no room. An FA takes it away and I always get it back before the doors open on landing.
I raise this issue in every post flight survey. No response from JQ. In general I find their no call centre customer service excellent and accommodating.