You deviate around this woman, who has crossed the rope line, on the next time back, he will have three people over the rope line. The next time back, there will be 10.
Everybody in that crowd will take cues from what the guard does, which will indicate what is and what is not acceptable. What is acceptable is to keep to your side of the rope line. As soon as the guard indicates it is acceptable to be over the line by deviating from his patrol pattern, he invites additional crossers.
A better solution, IMHO, would be to move everybody out of the plaza, and move the rope line 60 feet farther away from the building.
You deviate around this woman, who has crossed the rope line, on the next time back, he will have three people over the rope line. The next time back, there will be 10.>>>>
So what. A simple command of “ Make Way!” takes care of the problem, with a direct line of march along the rope . I get a kick out of those who accept bullying on behalf of another but would not accept it if it happened to them personally.