I've never understood people's indignant response toward the yawn. I mean I get that yawning right in someones face or in a smaller more intimate setting it is rude, but in a lecture hall, class room, large presentation, etc... it should be more accepted. Its hardly a personal slight, the frigen guy was just tired and let out a yawn. Its a bodily function. Shit happens.
Reminds me of a time in high school, I had this real fascist of an English teacher. Just a mean, self-loathing prick. I let out the slightest yawn while the class was reading Shakespeare or The Great Gatsby or some shit and all hell broke loose. Class was stopped, I was called out in front of everyone and he asked me a question that to this day I still don't know how I could have answered correctly.
"Are we keeping you awake?"
I froze. Mind you this was early in CW's freshman year, still not aware of his own awesomeness and oozing with untapped wit and charm but unaware of how to bring it to the surface. I pondered the question for a few seconds, but could not come to a suitable answer. After this dickhead prompted me again for an answer I sheepishly replied Yes, to which I was met with the response of see me after class. But think about it. What was I supposed to answer? Yes implies that he's keeping me awake and I'd rather be sleeping. An answer of No seems to imply that he's not keeping me awake, that I find him boring enough to sleep right on through (he was that boring). I was stuck, we met after class, I bit my tongue and didn't call him out on being a power tripping asshole, in turn he didn't fail me . But I still wonder to this day what the correct answer would have been?
