Originally Posted by
thepaxman
I'll try. But usually the flight attendant is standing in the doorway so a quick "thanks" is all I can get out. Plus, with so little room in there I'm afraid you guys will bang your head on something while contorting yourself to face the cockpit door

Just ask the flight attendant if you can chat a bit. We had a passenger the other day that flew a C-340. He came up and visited. It was nice to talk with someone who didn't ask me about rubber bands or hamsters.