Having read this and other threads on this subject (and some comments by John Farley in Today's Pilot), I have recently decided to give all safety briefings my full attention.
However, I have just experienced that, on a SAS MD90, there are several seats aft of the galley, where you cannot see the briefing at all. After the briefing, one of the FA's waved a safety card in our direction and that was that. This makes some of the above comments seem a bit hypocritical.
On a seperate issue, can anyone explain why the FA had to take my jacket which was hanging on the hook provided, and stow it in the overhead locker for the landing and take off. On the flight out, I hung it on the seat in front of me and it stayed there all the time, as it usually does on any other flight. The seat aft of the galley has actually got more room than the other seats so I cannot see the problem. I'm not complaining, just interested to know the reason.