When I was a kid in my early teens, I'd sometimes look around during the prayers at the Kingdom Hall to see what other brothers and sister were doing. This was a pretty safe thing for me to do; my mom and dad always had their heads bowed and eyes shut so they would not notice me looking up. If they did, they wouldn't admit it for fear of being exposed for doing it themselves.
What I found amazing is that it was most often the Watchtower conductor and the reader standing on the stage who were always looking around during the prayer. The number of eyes open within the congregation was also relational to which brother was giving the prayer. When Brother Wysocki (a uncontrollably flatulent elderly Polish brother who claimed to be one of the "anointed") would be called upon to say the closing prayer, everyone knew we were going to have to endure an extremely long, unbearable, and nearly indecipherable monologue. Brother Wysocki was only called upon to say a prayer about once every three months, so he made the best of it when he finally got his chance. (How many times can you thank Jehovah for food and warm clothes and brotherly love in one prayer?) Some families sitting in the back of the hall would actually sneak out during one of his prayers after it had gone on for nearly ten minutes. None of the servants in the Hall dared to say anything to him about his problem.
So it was rather entertaining to watch all the fidgeting going on during the prayers. Every so often a kid would get restless and get a thump on the head or an ear twisted. Some of the older people wouldn't even bother to stand up during the prayers. I'd also notice active conversations taking place (in low whispers, of course) during a prayer.
That's why I always tried to sit toward the rear of the KH when I got older and could sit with my friends. I found out later that one of the games going on during prayers was a type of coded conversation that took place between mostly teenaged girls. They'd have their Bibles open and then point at words on a page, tapping twice when they came to the next word in their conversation. This allowed them to appear to have their heads bowed and eyes closed, but still able to carry on a conversation with their friends. I wished I'd thought of that.
A lot went on during Kingdom Hall prayers, but never a drop and pray Tebow maneuver. That would have brought gasps throughout the Hall. You could sneeze, cough, giggle and fart during a prayer and never get a warning. But Tebowing? No way.
JV