Beans and Noses

Beans and Noses:

Jared Spool, realizing that advice from an old friend about not being able to stop people from sticking beans up their nose is a rule to live by:

The only thing I can do in a beans-and-noses situation is wait. Wait until the bean is in its final resting place. Then, with a calmness only seen in yoga instructors, I can turn the nose owner and ask, 'So, how is that working for you? Did it do everything you'd hoped?'

Of course, if they answer they enjoyed it and it was wonderful, then they are not someone I can relate to or help in any way.

However, if sticking a bean deep into their nostril doesn't meet the very high expectations they'd had, I can now start talking alternative approaches to reaching those expectations.