Preoccupied By Other Attentions

There is a part of the pre-taxi announcement that says you cannot be in an exit row if you are "preoccupied with other attentions." This announcement is four paragraphs long, and there are as many opportunities to be interrupted during it as there are things that may interrupt. Pilots, gate agents, ground crew, some jerk in the front row that somehow hasn't noticed you're speaking over an INTERCOM and wants a pillow right now. However, I have noticed that none of these things will interrupt you EXCEPT while you're saying that line about 'other attentions.' It just amuses me in a detached sort of way how much of a jackass I must look like when I have to halt halfway through telling people to pay attention in order to pay attention to something else.