3. why second guess the procedures as specified by your company? what makes you think that the people that wrote the procedures are dopes that missed the obvious
Such touching faith. In any case we have all seen paper checklist readers that have missed a line or two - just as occasionally someone might forget a Recall item. Tee Emm is right about one thing, though - and that is any delay trying to locate the checklist and then conducting the actions as read first and do, inevitably causes a delay before the evacuate order is transmitted from the flight deck. Any unnecessary delay could prove fatal to some of the passengers if fire and smoke has penetrated the fuselage.
One thing sometimes ignored - and especially if the crew are busy reading and doing - is the possibility of the cabin crew initiating an evacuation if they perceive an inordinate delay in communications from the flight deck. A door warning light illuminating in the cockpit may indicate an evacuation taking place without being ordered by the captain. In that case the engines should be closed down immediately rather than wait until that item is read from the evacuation checklist.