Sitting in an E/E row on an A320 recently, the verbal briefing given was to confirm that we were happy to be seated in that row and if we needed to know how to open the exit, read the safety card! Got the impression the crewmember was either very new or not very familiar with the brief. Chap next to me didn't bother looking away from his paper and c/c did nothing to challenge him for not paying attention...but we made it, right?
Few weeks earlier, same operator, crew took positions for safety brief, showed nearest exits etc. in accordance with recorded briefing, however none of the screens had deployed (I was sitting in the penultimate row to the rear of the aircraft with an uninterrupted view of the cabin). No one noticed. I've seen screens down but no video a number of times, and the crew do a good job (in less time) of delivering a manual brief, but this was a new one on me.