A man in a winter coat and cap is looking at a small bearded man holding a snow shovel much taller than him. The ground is covered in snow, except for a path leading to a house.
It's unusual to see someone holding a snow shovel in the way the man is, as well as to have one so much larger than oneself.
Is the man overly small or the shovel overly big? What is the man in the foreground holding in his hand?
It’s time you learned about managing people’s expectations.
scene: the front hard description: A man in a winter coat and cap is looking at a small bearded man holding a snow shovel much taller than him. The ground is covered in snow, except for a path leading to a house. uncanny: It's unusual to see someone holding a snow shovel in the way the man is, as well as to have one so much larger than oneself. entities: Snow_shovel, Snowball_fight. caption: It’s time you learned about managing people’s expectations.
A common lesson in the adult workplace is not to set expectations for your work too high: the dad using a small shovel has set low snow-clearing expectations, whereas the child has set expectations too high by taking the larger snow shovel. The dad is teaching the child this lesson.