CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; LAX-DEN. GROUP OF INTOXICATED PAX WERE BOARDED. PURSER GOT RELUCTANT CAPT TO REMOVE ONLY 2.

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DURING BOARDING; A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN BOARDED THE ACFT APPEARING INTOXICATED (MADE JOKES ABOUT BEING ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE STRAIGHT). THEY SMELLED HEAVILY OF ALCOHOL. AS FLT ATTENDANT #1 (THE ONE DIRECTLY INVOLVED) WAS IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY BENT DOWN TO STRAIGHTEN UP BEER AND WINE ON BEVERAGE CART; A PAX (THE RPTED PROB PAX) BENT DOWN NEXT TO HER AND SAID SOMETHING. I DID NOT HEAR HIS COMMENT; BUT FLT ATTENDANT #1 DIRECTED HIM IN THE DIRECTION OF MAIN CABIN. I HAD MENTIONED TO HER THAT THE GROUP OF MEN SMELLED OF ALCOHOL. WHEN THE BOARDING PROCESS WAS NEARLY COMPLETE; SHE WENT TO THE BACK TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE SEATED. I WAS STILL AT MAIN CABIN ENTRY DOOR THE MAJORITY OF TIME; SO I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID. I DID GO BACK TO THE MAIN CABIN AFTER SHE SAID THEY WERE NOT STAYING. I HEARD A PAX SAYING 'YOU ARE THE PROB BLONDIE.' THE PAX REFUSED TO LEAVE. FLT ATTENDANT #1 THEN GOT THE CAPT TO REMOVE THEM. HE WAS RELUCTANT TO DO SO. FLT ATTENDANT #1 SAID SHE HEARD CAPT APOLOGIZE TO THE REMOVED (2) PAX FOR THEIR INCONVENIENCE; WHILE HE SPOKE WITH THEM ON JETBRIDGE. THIS WAS MY FIRST FLT; I JUST GRADUATED FROM FLT ATTENDANT TRAINING. I HOPE THE OTHER EXPERIENCES WILL BE BETTER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT SAW AND SMELLED THE GROUP OF MEN BOARDING FROM HER POS IN THE GALLEY. AFTER GOING BACK AND CHKING THEM OUT; SHE DECIDED ONLY 2 OF THEM WERE IN BAD ENOUGH SHAPE AND SHOULD BE REMOVED. SHE SAID THAT ONLY THE PURSER OVERHEARD THE CAPT APOLOGIZING TO THE 2 MEN AND WAS QUITE UPSET ABOUT HIM UNDERMINING HER AUTH AND JUDGEMENT.