Entitled mother demands veterinarian give her daughter a stuffed animal they use for work during their cat's appointment, vet refuses: 'The girl saw the plushie and started gushing'

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 27, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

As a parent, you can name countless times your kid saw a random item and decided it must be theirs. It can be a toy they saw at a shop's window display, a snack another kid ate next to them, or a random piece of trash they walked by at the park. If they saw it, and it appealed to them, they will never forget about it, or more accurately, never let you forget about it.

But most parents know that they can't give in to every demand their kids make, otherwise they will never hear the end of it. They can demand Jimmy's chocolate bar as much as they want, but that does not mean they are going to get it. Even if you have to sit through a temper tantrum and a few minutes (or hours) of tears, so be it. Kids can't always get what they want, right?

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  • That is the approach of a decent parent, at least, because we all know not everyone follows this logic. Some parents would rather give in to their kids' demands, even if it means embarrassing themselves at the veterinarian's office…

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    Woman expected I gave my plushie to her daughter

    I'm a vet. I bought a cheap IKEA plushie to help me explains things to the owners. I use it for a variety of things, from how to give an injection
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    to explain where the knee is. It's very useful so it's always on plain view. If a puppy sees it and they're a good puppy, they can play with it so I keep
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    it clean, but it's not in perfect condition. Anyway, this time a woman, her daughter and their innocent cat came for the cat's
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    annual checkup. The girl saw the plushie and started gushing about how cute he was and how much she would love him if he'll be hers. Then
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    the mother joined. As they didn't clearly ask for it, just hinted in the most obvious way that I should gift them the plushie... I just faked I didn't
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    understand and looked at them with a blank stare. Sometimes, being a foreigner has its perks.
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    violet-quartz Honestly, that sh is worse than when they outright demand things. I hate when people "hint" that they want something and expect you to know what they mean. Playing dumb is such a great weapon though.
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    CardoconAlmendras OP Best part is they don't come back because they think you're quite dense and they don't leave a 1 start review because you're not blatantly stupid. So it's a win win for me.
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    Fraggle_ninja The response is - that's so sweet, got it from ikea - and maybe give them a link to the site with a comment about maybe there are others, this plushie has an important job on helping all clients?
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    CardoconAlmendras OP I played along the first three times with a few similar sentences. Once the mother joined in? Wasn't worth my time anymore. I just faked not understanding anything unrelated to the cat.
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    Empty_Cow_5779 What parent in their right mind asks for more stuffed animals? Like aren't we all drowning right now? Their cute little button eyes beg me not to disappear them while they steadily multiply. It's a problem.
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    CardoconAlmendras OP And a cheap one who has been clearly chomped a few times. I think she was doing a weird power play? Like... I'm "expensive" so she deserves some perks? I don't know, I'm a vet, not a hotel. At best, I can give her a paper cup with water.
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    TGin-the-goldy "This one has been touched by lots of dogs. They have them at IKEA" Don't think that would have been difficult to say, but it doesn't sound like mum would have taken the hint!
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    CardoconAlmendras OP Obviously I explained all about the toy at first. It's when they both started to hint very obviously that they wanted to leave with the toy that I just stopped engaging.
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    Red YamOnthego Sounds like a great sideline, though! Sell plushies in the waiting room!
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    CardoconAlmendras OP Every unleashed child would receive a toy that would be added to the parent's bill. And make them pay 100€ for the IKEA plushie.
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    Alarmed-Toe-352 I don't understand why people do that. It's like going to anyone's house or business and expecting for them to give you their pillows...
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    CardoconAlmendras OP I interpreted it at the same level of people asking me to give them a discount or free deworming tablets. This one, at least, was really funny to me. It's a new approach.
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