Yeah I've experienced this, and enjoyed it.
We sat outside as a player landed on the pad and logged out. The station had only one landing pad. A few of us eventually showed up and were waiting.
I was fortunate enough to see the fellow dock so I knew it wasn't a glitch. People started talking to each other, asking if they had trouble docking. So a conversation popped up while waiting about this and the game in general.
People interacted with each other while waiting to dock, finally I got in, I let people know, was quick so they could take their turn.
The part to take away from this is I made a friend while just sitting and idling chatting to someone while waiting for a dock to clear. That brought more immersion and fun to the game for me.