Originally Posted by flymeaway
... it's a huge pet peeve of mine, too. That, and passengers who giggle and chit chat through the demo as well - especially when they're in FC or the exit rows...
Oh, absolutely. I fly with my young son. I try to teach him to be a good (and polite) passenger, which means paying attention to the demo. And there are negative role models yakking all around us. The I'm-too-cool-for-this syndrome. Drives me nuts.
You just know that if we did have an emergency and had to think for ourselves in a hurry, those folks ostentatiously ignoring the demo would be a mortal danger to everyone else.