To expect people to cover their mouths when they yawn?

When I was about twelve I blurted out to a very nice girl at school that she shouldn't eat with her mouth open. She was mortified and so was I. Maybe I did her a favour though? Better she was told what she was doing than do it all her life.

I would say something. You are too polite

Oooh yes! Sniffing drives me crazy - makes me feel sick if I'm eating out and a 'sniffer' is sitting nearby. Waving cutlery about and/and holding knives and forks in a 'fist' grip - I'm trying to get the DGC to put their cutlery down on the plate when they are not actually using. Saw a man recently sneeze lavishly into his hands, rub them together, and then grab the handle and open the door of the cafe we were sitting in. I almost heaved. I wish I hadn't read this - my list of gripes is endless and perhaps I'm just a moany old baggage - sorry everyone.

I really hate young women who have their tongues hanging out in photos. Do they think they look cool or fun? Half-baked is more like it! Re: sneezing - when I worked in retail, I had people without number who would sneeze in my face! Yeeugh - would ostentatiously take a step back! Surely you feel a sneeze coming on & can turn away or pinch your nose?!

Baby yawns are so cute .

It's hard not to isn't it?

Me too Roses. Say read yawn and I do.

People who sneeze loudly through their mouths . Yuk

Here's a good yawn!

Jacky I hope you had a better time at you Conven school. Mine was a nightmare. I call it a borstal.

Mother superiors have a lot to answer for......

I always remember Cherie Blair's gaping yawn, a photo of which was in all the papers ... it looked terrible, I thought.

I have just yawned ( not covering mouth.....only me here) just reading the word yawn makes me yawn, it's catching!
It is horrible to see it though, but not as bad as others coughing or talking with full mouths.
Jacky are you sure that Mother Superior said head, and not crotch?

JackyB so sorry if you found this thread made you yawn, was it because you found it boring?
(I'm asking because it is not good to make assumptions)

same letters - different order !!

'On a sort of nother track' ?
Is that an Americanism? Haven't seen it before.

Am I the only one who had to yawn when reading this thread?

(I did put my hand over my mouth, although there's no one else here)

And on a sort of nother tack. I even feel a bit odd about scratching my face or my head, because Mother Superior at the convent I went to at my most impressionable age, said it was bad manners to touch your head in public. I could never figure out if she meant in public in general, or just in church, and it's a silly rule anyway, but I still feel a bit guilty.

Yes, I agree that it's horrible to watch. I also hate the constant sniffing from (usually, but not always) young men. I keep wanting to say "Haven't you got a hankie?

That's just disgusting minimo

Worse when they cough without putting their hands over their mouths. yuck!

I'm with you all the way, another pet hate I've got is people.

On my regular train commute I frequently have the misfortune to sit opposite uncovering the mouth yawners - I have an almost irresistible urge to say 'put your hand over your mouth'. On the whole, they are young women. Ana
I agree - I think I just could not yawn without covering my mouth

I was dragged up.

It's just a relex action for me - my hand moves automatically towards my mouth at the hint of a yawn! It must have been really drummed into me!

And yes, I agree, it looks horrible and just like a hippo.

I sometimes yawn with my mouth open "a la hippo"

But considering I spend almost all day every day on my own there's no-one to see or get upset about it.

Plus acute tiredness and boredom overcomes manners.