Mild inconvenience

It was a mild inconvenience.
You know the motorway holdup.

When you’ve got an important event, something you absolutely can’t be late for. you even give yourself a 90-minute buffer.

But it isn’t enough.Two holdups: one for roadworks, one for an accident.But really, inconvenience is relative, a kind of self-referenced agitation.

What about the accident victims?

At best, they’re dealing with an insurance claim and sorting out transport. At worst hospital, or even a fatality.

We don’t tend to think about that when we’re sitting in the queue, worrying we’ll miss our deadline.

But that’s the reality.

And we do this all the time, when conversations go badly, deals stall or fall through, products don’t work out.

We look at these things from our own perspective, rarely daring to step into someone else’s shoes.

Perhaps that’s a strategy. A way to put inconvenient situations into perspective.

Just a thought.