In terms of inconveniencing, we are not stopping stores going out to theatres of war.

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The key is not to worry about offending or inconveniencing people by asking.

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"Obviously we want to avoid inconveniencing the public, " Mr Flynn added.

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"The airlines are basically trying to squeeze out more fees in the face of higher costs, and it is inconveniencing a lot of passengers, " said Hobica.

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She would sit in the dark office off the living room, inconveniencing Shah Sahib, who could not continue his own work until she had abandoned her weak efforts.

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"We understand that Viacom's actions are inconveniencing our customers so we are doing everything we can to help them find alternative programming until this gets resolved, " Chang added.

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Also, airlines now tend to cancel flights early, in order to avoid inconveniencing passengers who may be able to avoid needless trips to the airport and also to have airplanes well-positioned to resume service as soon as a storm subsides.

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In the future, the phone or tablet will be used for multifactor authentication, obtaining up to five factors without inconveniencing the account holder: the phone itself (something you have), a PIN number (something you know), face recognition (something you are), voice recognition (something you are), and GPS (somewhere you are).

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