What do you do when someone won't accept a gift?

[Medusa]

I don't get the ethics thing. I've been w/two vets who had just set up practice and there were vases of flowers sent by patients all over the waiting room. They spent money on something that would be dead in a few days. Giving a gift card is much more practical but if she won't accept it, there isn't much you can do except give it to someone else who will, such as a rescue agency that you trust completely. "No good deed goes unpunished".

[jenluckenbach]

I don't get the ethics thing. I've been w/two vets who had just set up practice and there were vases of flowers sent by patients all over the waiting room. They spent money on something that would be dead in a few days. Giving a gift card is much more practical but if she won't accept it, there isn't much you can do except give it to someone else who will, such as a rescue agency that you trust completely. "No good deed goes unpunished".

You are right, a large flower arrangement would cost PLENTY!

I sadly agree that "no good deed ever goes unpunished" (I say this all the time) but do I ever learn? no.