Scholar's surprise

Josef sat back in his seat. At first, he looked and felt around his own body, making sure nothing would seem out-of-place to the woman sitting next to him. Eventually, however, he realized she was asleep.

"Can't blame her for wanting to rest now," he thought to himself. "She probably has a difficult job to get back to once we land."

Suddenly, he found himself chuckling for several reasons: First, because he had gotten a "job" besides the one he regularly got paid for while on the plane, at the same time this woman had most-likely been sleeping. Secondly, what he had taken part in with that stewardess, he knew, was often part of what the majority of people referred to as "sleeping together", even though nothing could necessarily be further from the truth!

Finally, Josef sat silently until the plane engine ceased. He went back to the university, simply nodding silently as a return greeting to some, before he reached his private office. Once he did so, he reaized nobody had been sure when he'd be back, so he had nothing on his schedule today. Oddly inspired by his plane neighbor, he realized he could think or dream whatever he wished, and fell aslep for a while.

Finally, he was awoken by a loud banging on his office door.

"Coming!!" he shouted, repeating the word several times when the noise (as well as the door's violent shaking) continued. Finally, he stood in front of the door. Opening it, he saw an incredbly-muscular man he couldn't recall seeing before.

"What was the problem?!" Josef asked. "I said I was coming!"

"I'm sure!... But I thought you might leave the door closed until you were finished!" said a voice Josef likewise couldn't place, as the man's mouth never moved.

Finally, the silent strongman walked away, leaving empty space between the intellectual and...