Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Pet Peeve #18 – The Yawn and Talk


People really yawn mid-conversation. What kind of sense does that make? Do you really think we can understand what you’re saying? When you are in the middle of a story and you have to yawn, chances are that your story just isn’t that good. If you can’t keep yourself awake for your own story, what makes you think the audience is truly interested?

                Yawning mid speech is unbelievable. The gibberish that is spewed out by yawn-talkers is indecipherable not only for the listener, but for the speaker. The yawn and talk is just noise, annoying noise. It makes no sense and it wastes time.

                I find this incredibly hard to believe, but it seems as if some people truly think that we can understand what they are saying while they yawn and talk, and they wait for a response afterwards. It is a learned skill not to choke people who expect you to comprehend their yawny gibberish.

                I understand that sometimes you just need to yawn, so just break out into your yawn, say “excuse me” and then continue speaking. Is that so hard? The yawn and talk is unfathomable and unacceptable. Not only is it annoying, it looks and sounds gross. Like a hippopotamus mating call. Nobody wants to hump a hippo.

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