Right after 9/11 I was on a Southwest flight from SNA to Oakland with a business associate. There were two other people on the flight, one of whom I used to work with at another company.
It was probably the last flight I had on Southwest that used the set of faceing seats. The four of us settled into one of those sets of seats and played cards. Southwest opened the bar for us (how much can four people drink on an hour flight?) and one of the FAs took a seat across the asile from us and joined the conversation.