Yawning is contagious and nobody can explain it without sounding like they're reading from a textbook they don't fully believe in.
Scientists throw around words like "empathy" and "mirror neurons" and "evolutionary social bonding" like that makes it less weird that watching someone yawn made your jaw just drop open like a broken mailbox. The truth is far simpler and far more honest. Mornings are hard. Collective yawning is just humanity's way of agreeing on that fact without having to say a single word.
Think about it. One person yawns at the morning meeting. Then another. Then someone in the back corner who wasn't even paying attention suddenly can't stop their face from doing the thing. Within two minutes the whole room looks like a nature documentary about sleepy sea lions. Nobody planned it. Nobody wanted it. And yet here we all are, jaw wide open, completely powerless.
The only documented cure for this yawn-based group hysteria is coffee. Not motivation. Not a cold shower. Not a productivity podcast. Coffee. The kind that smells like the world might actually be okay and tastes like you made a good decision for once.
There's something wonderfully conspiratorial about the whole thing. Like coffee knew yawning was coming and quietly positioned itself as the antidote centuries ago. Smart bean.
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Roaster Notes:
Hissing Goose Coffee Roasters (https://hissinggoose.ca/index.php?route=product/allproduct)
Innerkip, Ontario
In their own words: “At Hissing Goose we are all about simplicity.
We work closely with our suppliers to offer them the best price for their coffee without the mess of "big business” getting in the way so we can bring their awesome coffee to you. We also, work with fair trade companies and organic farmers. We wanted to provide the freshest roasted coffee possible to you by roasting fresh to order, which means there are no bags sitting on our shelves waiting to be sold because we know fresh is best and we want to ensure that is nothing less than what you get!
Life is hard, your coffee shouldn't be.”
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It's warm, it's a little weird, and it never takes itself too seriously. My humour that is…
Go grab a cup and come join us.
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