One of my annoyances with the ORD flight was the timing of the meals. I only flew it once in Feb 2019 from ORD to AKL so my memory is a little distant now but I recall breakfast service started around 4 or 4 1/2 hours out rather than the usual 2 1/2 hours out on SFO/LAX/IAH flights. One of the reasons for this was to allow the last crew rest after service and before landing.
I could have happily slept (or even just kept laying in my seat) for another hour quite happily. Instead you go through the experience of waking up, having all the lights turned on, having the seat flipped over and bedding all put away, eating breakfast.. And then finding yourself with another 3 or so hours to go still you arrive in Auckland. Putting the seat down again is a pain so most people just ended up sitting there.