Nary a cocktail hour goes by without someone asking, “Can I steal you for a second?” and producers are the ones encouraging contestants to interrupt.

“The logistics of trying to get 30 people to have 30, sometimes 40, conversations—because some [are] going twice—so it is the logistics of just trying to make sure everybody gets a little bit of face time before Peter has to make that conversation,” Chris told ET during Peter Weber’s season. “Sometimes, the women will do it themselves. Sometimes, a producer will say, ‘Hey, you haven’t had your time. You need to get in there when you see an opportunity.’”