By “near” I mean like a sphere of 10 Meters around them. You can’t manipulate them directly, it has to be a non-living object. You also can’t cause anyone else to die before their fated time of death.
So, how do you embarass them.
Trip them down the stairs? (zero injuries remember)
Drop their mug while they try to drink water?
C’mon, what’s the most embarassing thing you can do?
Break everything they touch. Chair, collapse. Table, fold in on itself. Door, you guest it falls off its hinges.
Reminds me of Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians. The main character’s talent was breaking things. Takes a while for them to turn it into something other than just a curse.
Just to show the scope of talents in the book, the main character’s grandfather was late to everything. Someone shooting at him? He’d arrive too late and the bullets would miss.
Reminds me of Piers Anthony’s Xanth books. Everyone has a singular magic talent, but some of them straight suck, like creating a colored spot on the wall. But used creatively, even the suck ones can have value, like the spot person becoming a master pointillist artist.