I think a better suggestion is to simply keep it in the hand away from them until you are ready to hand them the ball. I have no problem with how you rectified it, but make it harder for them to do this in the future. It has happen to all of us at one time or another.
Peace
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Let us get into "Good Trouble."
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Charles Michael “Mick” Chambers (1947-2010)
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