Yawning is fine. Yawning audibly is rude. -David Saunders
I couldn’t help but think how interesting those statements were when I was a sophomore in high school. Mr. Saunders was a stickler for manners, respect, honor, and dignity. As I’m sitting in Tresidder at Stanford University working on some projects, a nice and polite woman sits next to me to do some work on her laptop during a break from the conference she is attending. Later, another attendee of said conference (I rarely have an opportunity to use “said” in that way so I thought I’d give it a try. It wasn’t what I thought it would be.) sits next to her to discuss a few things and get a breather from the all-day event. Three times in 10 minutes he yawns annoyingly audibly with no concern for those around him. I got annoyed, but I didn’t let it get to me. It just gave me another topic to write about. Thanks for the inspiration, Patrick C. Too bad you didn’t have Mr. Saunders as your English teacher. You would have learned a thing or two about prose, stanzas, and manners.
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If you don’t know David Saunders, he’s a great guy to know. One of my most inspirational teachers in my life. And now he’s inspiring more people as he helps build an orphanage in Kenya through the Red Rhino Orphanage Project. And be sure to check out his RROP Journal as well.
There is little doubt that yawning extra loud is bad. Good call on that. What do you think of guys walking in the park screaming out cuss words within earshot of little children? Sometimes, when my patience is low, it bothers me. You?
Buzz - I think screaming loud obscenities especially within earshot of children is uncool too. I tried that day to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and consider that perhaps he had Tourette’s or perhaps on drugs. I hope he wasn’t doing it intentionally. That was a fun time at that park and walking around the city though.