Convenient: (adj) at hand; easily accessible:

Although in the annals of literary history, he is considered to be one of the greatest villains of all time, Ebenezer Scrooge has a classic response to Bob Cratchit when his worker asks if it’s convenient to take Christmas Day off. In all candor, Scrooge spits back, “No, it’s not convenient to pick a man’s pocket.”

I, for one, have tip-toed my way around friends and family for years when asked if something was convenient or not, fearing I would come across Scrooge-like if I voiced my real opinion.

So this morning I will tell you five things that are not convenient:

1. It is never convenient to be lied to, even if an apology follows. Mistrust lingers.
2. It is never convenient for someone else to make an appointment for you simply because he or she thought it was “in your best interest.”
3. It is not convenient to assume that as a Grandpa, you will attend every event at the school pertaining to your grandchildren, just because “you better, or you suck.”
4. It is not convenient for the restaurant to run out of straws and napkins, but “they hope you’ll understand.”
5. And finally, it is not convenient to be honked at in traffic simply because someone views him or herself as an aggressive driver on the way to an important meeting.

I shall add a sixth:

It is not convenient to listen to talking heads on television tell us that politicians just naturally run by different rules than us normal human beings.

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