It seems that in-flight safety announcement are getting longer and longer. First it was emergency procedures, then they added statements about the prohibition of smoking, then how to stow carry-on luggage and laptop, directives about the use of wireless feature in digital devices, then added stuff about headphones not allowed during take-off and landing.

When is long too long ? To me it is a symptom of a world in ever growing complexity. New rules are continually added to existing ones. In public transit buses and trains, public areas, workplaces, the number of stickers telling people how to behave is increasing.

When will this "trying to fit everyone" into same box ever stop ? When will many rules going to be considered to many ?