A B757 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT THE PAX HAD A STRANGE SUBDUED REACTION DURING AN EVAC BRIEFING BEFORE RETURNING TO SPIM; FO; FOR LNDG.

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OIL LEAKING FROM ENG CAME INTO AIR CONDITIONING SYS. CABIN VERY 'HAZY.' LAVATORY ALARMS WENT OFF. (ALL LAVATORIES). WE WERE 20 MINS OUT. RETURNED TO SPIM; FO. NORMAL LNDG. MET BY EMER CREWS. WHEN BRIEFING PAX AT DOOR EXITS; PAX WANTED TO DISARM DOORS BEFORE OPENING THEM. THEY THOUGHT THE COLOR 'GREEN' MEANT 'GO.' ONE SEES THIS 'RED' AND 'GREEN' ON ARM/DISARM HANDLE AREA. IT WAS RATHER DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE PAX THAT THEY ONLY HAD TO USE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN DOOR. (THESE WERE PAX WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE WAS ENGLISH.) WE ALSO HAD TO CREATE A BIT OF 'URGENCY' IN THE PAX. (IT WAS A NIGHT FLT.) THEY WERE TOO CONFIDENT THAT 'NOTHING COULD HAPPEN.) 1) PAX ASKED FOR A COKE DURING EMER BRIEFINGS. 2) PAX MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MISSING CONNECTIONS THAN EMER LNDG. 3) AFTER NORMAL LNDG (DURING DEPLANING) PAX WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WAS SO SLEEPY; HE COULDN'T STAY AWAKE. 4) MOST PAX WERE ALERT AND THERE WERE MANY 'THANK YOU'S' FOR A SAFE LNDG AND A 'PROFESSIONAL' HANDLING OF THE FLT. (OUR SPANISH SPEAKER WAS ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE.)