Common sense would tell you it is
Originally Posted by mrredcat43
True but then again, common sense would also tell you that a multi-hour session should also have MSOG. Yet the OP told us that he's had multi-hour sessions with providers where MSOG was not allowed.
There are many awesome ECCIE providers. However there are a few who are not so great. Providers who think that just spending 5-10 minutes in their glorious presence demands a payment of many hundreds of roses. Providers who think "These fat ugly old men should be grateful they got to spend BCD time with me, how dare they want MSOG too? The nerve!" Severe GPS is a nasty condition.
Fortunately there are many providers who enjoy what they do and are happy to provide MSOG. We should just meet them and avoid the rest.