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Don't you know it's contagious?

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Real Estate Agent with Hollish Hill Group, JPAR Stellar Living

Don't you know it's contagious?

This morning I called a showing service that to see if I could show a home later this today. Their call center is located in a different time zone. This means that the woman on the otheryawning dog end of the line is up an hour or two earlier than I am to answer my call. I could tell she was just waking up because I could hear her yawning. She was very pleasant and got the job done, but her yawning got me yawning. 

Don't you know that yawning is contagious?

My husband always teases me because he can catch my eye from across a room, fake a yawn and it will get me yawning for at least 15 minutes. It drives me crazy.

Well, that is just what happened to me this morning. One phone call and now I can't stop yawning. Just typing the word yawn gets my yawning again. 

So in case you didn't know, yawning is contagious. So is smiling. so let's all try to wake up and smile at someone to pass it on. And if you have to yawn - look away or do it quietly. 

Don't you know that yawning is contagious?

 

 

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Dana Hollish Hill
REALTOR * Broker * Coach 
JPAR Stellar Living
800 S Frederick Ave, Suite 200, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
office 301.944.9070  
cell  202.271.5301
web danahill.jpar.com

Comments (17)

Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Yes to this and I have played with it too....Its been going around for centuries. The hypnotic suggestion works with many other parts of the human Psyche too

Oct 07, 2014 12:06 AM
Jenna Dixon
Momentum Real Estate Group LLC - Marietta, GA
55 & Over | New Constructions | Horse Farms

I, too, am very suggestible when it comes to the power of the yawn!

Oct 07, 2014 12:09 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Yawning IS contagious! But why? I had a theory that had something to do with one person sucking in someone else's oxygen which requires the next person to need more! I was told my theory was dumb, so I still don't know why!

Oct 07, 2014 01:16 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Yes Dana,  Yawning can start something with other please, funny, just typing this I started to Yawn. 

Oct 07, 2014 02:50 AM
Dana Hollish Hill
Hollish Hill Group, JPAR Stellar Living - Bethesda, MD
REALTOR * Broker * Coach

Richie - I wonder if those who easily catch the yawns are more easily hypnotized. 

Jenna - It's making me crazy today. 

Kat - That could be right, but since my husband can make me yawn over FaceTime, I think there has to be another explanation. 

Will - I yawned 8 times responding to 4 comments. 

Oct 07, 2014 02:54 AM
Dale Bledsoe
Crown Key Realty - Tracy, CA
Realtor in Tracy, California

My suggestion Dana is to answer yawning with enthusiasm which is equally contagious.

Oct 07, 2014 03:18 AM
Dana Hollish Hill
Hollish Hill Group, JPAR Stellar Living - Bethesda, MD
REALTOR * Broker * Coach

Dale - I think you're right. And it appears to be my only option :)

Oct 07, 2014 03:26 AM
Jim Patton
Aspire Home Real Estate 209-404-0816 - Modesto, CA
Realtor - Stanislaus ,Merced, San Joaquin Counties

Dana your photos made me want to yawn. I made it through your post with out yawning, but just barely.

Oct 07, 2014 08:12 AM
Susan Haughton
Long and Foster REALTORS (703) 470-4545 - Alexandria, VA
Susan & Mindy Team...Honesty. Integrity. Results.

Now you have me yawning!!!  

Oct 07, 2014 09:40 AM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

I like the idea of smiling more than yawning, but I'm really tired, so the yawning is winning.

Oct 07, 2014 10:15 AM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Dana it is contagious!  Yaaaaawwwwnnnn!

Oct 07, 2014 10:26 AM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Just reading about yawning can get me started.. OH NO!

Oct 08, 2014 11:44 AM
Susan Landis Rosenblum
Bethesda, MD
Exclusive Buyer's Agent MD, DC & VA

I'm smiling now.  And by the way - Hi Susan Haughton   Happy to see you liked Dana's post.

Oct 08, 2014 12:16 PM
Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

LOLLOLOLOLOLOOllllOOOlll! I am laughing -- well I am trying to! It's difficult to laugh and YAWN at the same time. THANKS! 

Oct 11, 2014 09:35 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Yes, it is so contagious (or at least highly suggestive).  I always wondered why.

Oct 11, 2014 09:54 AM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

A shout-out and linked to your post here.   

 

Oct 11, 2014 09:28 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

OK, now I'm smiling--and trying not to yawn!

Oct 12, 2014 01:12 AM