Maybe they just want to have a go at terra while she's in naked esper form. But when she left, the old guy at the counter being the zozonarian that he is said, "she's still here" and being the mindless sex adict drones those in the line are they didnt stop to think of the zozonian translation.

Which creates a different question, when the guy at the counter says "get in line" is he telling us to cut ahead or continue on? I think this is an intricate part of the mystery