Ancient Observer:
(By the way, I thought of your management opinions and smiled earlier today. They would have been quite appropriate).
I'm going to have to go back over posts...I may have missed your observations.
As a regular First customer I'm will admit to being a tad amazed to be learning through this dispute that the reason I may be waiting for service is due to a few Cabin Crew's friends, relatives, whatever...being invited to join the party.
Somehow that takes away a bit of the "special" experience.