Dealer says the Ace Plays (No real content)

[KenProspero]

Ok, it's a $5-$10 game on a Royal Carribean Cruise (you want to play this game), I shouldn't expect perfecion, but --

I've long folded the hand.

Board has 8,10,J,Q.

Player 1 shows 9-9
Player 2 shows 9-A

Dealer starts pushing the chips to Player 2. Three of us(including player 1) say what are you doing, chop the pot. (Player 2 says nothing and has that deer in the headlights clueless look).

The dealer says the Ace plays -- he has a Queen high straight with an Ace kicker. An argument ensues, with the dealer insisting that Player 1 deserves the pot. This goes around a few times until someone asks for the floor to come over (at which point, the dealer bows to the pressure of the table and says nothing.)

Anyone seen a worse attempted call?