Last Thurs, BOS-DFW, pilot comes on the PA after take-off to give his usual spiel, but this time we are informed that we are to refrain from congregating in the aisles & gallies because it 'interferes with the customer service provided by the FAs'-wouldn't that mean they'd have to come out of their hidey holes first for us to interfere w/them??

On a related note, is it just me or has the amount of time the pilots spend congregating in the galley & by the cockpit, allegedly because they had to use the little pilot's room inflight, now approaching the 20 minute mark (at least on my flight yesterday it did). Never mind the 'customer service' inconvenience of blocking the F lav from those who it is there for, but isn't this a 'safety & security' issue to have the pilot(s) gabbing w/the FAs (who come crawling out the woodwork) for so long?