<p>If a business contact gives a person tickets for an event, is it sleazy if the recipient doesn’t go personally?</p>
<p>Here’s the problem: a vendor gave me tickets to an even to which I was planning to bring my son. I broke a tooth over the weekend and the dentist can see me tomorrow night at the same time as the event. Would it be icky for my husband to take my son?</p>
<p>I give tickets away all the time and frequently the recepient is unable to go. I have absolutely no problem with that whatsoever. (I have to add —
I give them away to business associates)</p>
<p>It would only bother me if the tickets went unused.</p>
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<p>I’m a long-term client of the vendor who gave me the tickets.</p>
<p>If you have issues, get your dentist to write you a note. :)</p>
<p>Seriously though, I think whoever gave you the tickets would understand.</p>
<p>Sorry about your tooth…hope they fix it quickly and (relatively) painlessly!</p>
<p>zoosermom—the tickets I give to “business associates” are really to my vendors and customers. Dont sweat it! If you feel uncomfortable, be sure and explain what happened and what fun your husband and son had (whether they did or not!). :)</p>
<p>Zoos,
I love your ever-eyecatching thread titles!
Will the person who gave you the tickets be at the event with seats right by yours? If so, your H might explain the situation if he is sitting right by the person who gave you the tix. Regardless, its still fine and totally ok to let your family enjoy the tickets. It would probably be a tad tacky to sell the tickets on Craigslist, but to let your family enjoy the show-- no problem! Whose concert will you be missing??</p>
<p>I agree with jym626 - since it’s your family who’s using the tickets, I see no problem at all. Sorry about your tooth!</p>
<p>zoosermom, I agree with the others. There’s nothing at all wrong with your son and husband attending this event. We have season tickets to one of our city’s sports teams and it’s impossible for us to attend all of the games so we often give them away. I would not mind at all if those whom we give them to decide that another family member would rather attend. I hate to see them go unused! Best of luck with the tooth.</p>
<p>It’s fine. It would be 'sleazy" to sell them on Craigslist.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I have a tendency to overthink these things. I’m a libra so I sit there and argue both sides with myself and never move forward.</p>
<p>Gee, zoo, I thought this was gonna be a fun thread…</p>
<p>yeah, where are the pictures??</p>
<p>Ok, so did you see that Christie Brinkley’s SLEAZY husband paid off the 18-year old mistress $300k to keep quiet?</p>
<p>(Is that better?)</p>
<p>If you’re afraid you will continue to feel weird about it - like if the person asks if you enjoyed the event - you could call the person to say that you broke your tooth, or had some emergency if you don’t want to reveal personal things, and can’t attend and, that unless there were other clients that he/she wanted to have the tickets, your H and your S will be enjoying them.</p>
<p>Just last Saturday I gave the Yankee tkts that a vendor gave me to my two kids, and they took friends and had a great time. If they’re happy, I’m happy, and I think my vendor thinks so too.</p>
<p>So, IMO, this is not sleazy, but I wouldn’t mind a thread that discussed sleaziness either.</p>
<p>The vendor gave you the tickets to engender good will. It probably doesn’t matter to the vendor what you do with the tickets; the good will was engendered nonetheless. As VeryHappy said (love the name, BTW!), the purpose of the gift was achieved - you’re pleased with the relationship, and the vendor has shown you that he is also pleased with the relationship. That doesn’t mean that you personally must enjoy the gift.</p>
<p>Let’s say that you were given a basket of fruits & nuts by a vendor at Christmas, but unbenownst to that vendor, you’re allergic to nuts. Does that mean you have to throw them out? Of course not; you can give them to someone who can enjoy them. Same with the tickets.</p>
<p>Sorry you can’t go, but hope your son and husband have a great time!</p>
<p>At my employer, accepting the tickets in the first place would’ve been the problem.</p>
<p>Mine too…I was just going to post that. We can’t even accept lunch. smacks of impropriety.</p>
<p>Law firms are all about schmoozing. My boss was present when the tickets were given and was fine with it.</p>