...but feedback was that the pax, despite a few eyeing off the doors & slides,
I only did 3:30 in MEL a couple of months back and it was
ME who was starting to eye off the doors and slides. The overhead hatch was being opened much more frequently. I even questioned whether I could get out and then climb back in and re-stow the rope!
That they were doing so after up to 8 1/2 hours is no surprise.