// Helper method for GuestId Dropdown to display with Last and First name private List <SelectListItem> AccessGuestIdList() { var service = new GuestService(User.Identity.GetUserId()); List <SelectListItem> guests = new List <SelectListItem>(); foreach (var guest in service.GetGuestByFullName().OrderBy(g => g.LastName)) { guests.Add( new SelectListItem { Text = guest.LastName + ", " + guest.FirstName, // Realize I have FullName but wanted to practice concatenation Value = guest.GuestId.ToString() }); } return(guests); }