Flight attendant reported not briefing the exit row passengers due to being distracted.

Narrative:

Gate agent was extremely pushy trying to board us. Lots of bags and passenger assistance needed. Left full exit row to assist elderly woman 5 rows past exit row then wait for complete boarding to go brief [the exit row passengers]. Had to arrange lots of bags to keep from checking plus unusual amount of folks going to back lavatory and interrupting.when aisle finally cleared passenger stopped me to put backpack in overhead and completely blocked; passed exit rows without briefing. After demo; passenger in exit row called me over and said they were not briefed. I briefed then. This has never happened before.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported not briefing the exit row passengers due to being distracted.

Narrative: Gate Agent was extremely pushy trying to board us. Lots of bags and passenger assistance needed. Left full exit row to assist elderly woman 5 rows past exit row then wait for complete boarding to go brief [the exit row passengers]. Had to arrange lots of bags to keep from checking plus unusual amount of folks going to back lavatory and interrupting.When aisle finally cleared passenger stopped me to put backpack in overhead and completely blocked; passed exit rows without briefing. After demo; passenger in exit row called me over and said they were not briefed. I briefed then. This has never happened before.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1623939
Time
Date	201902
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy