Heard on the stairs

We're headed upstairs to bed.
The new handrails are such a help.
But sometimes there is still coaching required.

Me: Move your hands farther up the handrails before you step up.
G:
Me: Move your hands farther up the handrails before you step up.
G:
Me: At least move your left hand farther up, to the top of the handrail.
G:
Me: Let me guide your hand.
Standing on the stair below him, I try to lift his left hand off the handrail to move it.
G: You're getting mad.
Me: No I'm not.
G: You're getting mad.
Me: No, I'm not.
G: You're getting mad. I can smell it.
Me: