and the Captain giving out chocolates when we got off.
Ah, so that's where OUR chocolates went to!
Many years ago the ATC unit I worked for often co-ordinated a handy little short-cut for them. As a gesture of appreciation the airline often sent us boxes of chocolate. The short-cut became known as the "chocolate route" and they were cleared as such!
Those were the days. Big
no no these days I suspect.