Safety Brief - Is it compulsory to listen?

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Passengers decision whether to watch it or not.

My airline is required to provide a Safety Demonstration but the passenger can choose whether to watch it or not. (Written in front of me in black and white.)

It normally goes down to an individual crew member and how conduct themselves that can cause this situation happening.

Although i generally don't ask passengers to give full attention if standing in the cabin i am confident that a PA introducing the demo is always made (generally on more then one occasion advising full attention) and that fellow crew may wish to encourage full attention if they are happy to challenge a passenger.