Found this one interesting, on the FR8397 from Jerez to London Stanstead last Wednesday - minutes after taking our seats we were asked to move for a second so they could check the doors.
After obliging the cabin attendant poked at it for a minute and then popped it open - virtually standing on the wing to have a look at the door seals. He did it with both doors on the starboard side. (one of which I was stuck sitting beside for the flight!)
It was especially interesting however as he struggled to reset it, struggled when he had help from a colleague and even after the captain had come back for a look and asked them not to open them again - they did. All very weird.
Just wondering if this is normal procedure - maybe an alarm had gone off in the cockpit or something.
Check out two pics of the boys in action at:
http://www.robbiemcfarlane.com/pprune/picture006.jpg
http://www.robbiemcfarlane.com/pprune/picture007.jpg