Yes,it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

I could not wait to grow up and be off on my own.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

One can see businessmen and women running down the escalators, most likely late for work, couples holding hands, others seemingly asleep as they wait to get off, listening to the music that blares from the loudspeakers overhead.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10