That is nothing new; people never listen. One time I was on the C and and A (a 168 dropout) left Euclid before my C did. Another A passes us at Broadway Junction and another at before Hoyt. When I get to 34 Street, there was congestion on the express track so I passed the 3 As between 34 and 42. I get to 59 Street, there is a D which just left. The D and I keep pace up to 145 and when I get to 168, that 168 A dropout arrives at the same time!
Besides it is better to transfer at 125 than 145.