What does the verbal irony in this text suggest?
"Sleeping through the rooster's crowing was no problem," Bruce joked with a yawn.

 - Bruce slept poorly.
 - Bruce slept well.
The text uses verbal irony, which involves saying one thing but implying something very different.
Sleeping through the rooster's crowing was no problem ironically suggests that Bruce slept poorly. Bruce was tired, so the rooster's crowing was clearly a problem.