I find it bizarre to be told you have 1 chance and 1 chance only to see a character at a meal. I've never encountered that. At every meal we've ever done, including the ones this April, we were asked before the end of the meal if we got to see all characters. They had charts to mark off to confirm that any given table had met with all characters or if someone was still needed to stop at that table. So y'all are saying people did not do that during your meals? Heck, I admit most of the time we linger long enough that we get more than 1 visit with some characters.
I'm with the PP who said a comment like that would make me slow down and linger. I'd dare them to remove me before I was done.