How can I tactfully tell people NOT to get me a get-well gift?

I slipped on ice last week and broke my leg. I have had two other hospitalizations in the last 3 years. The people with whom I work, always get be a big basket of living house plants as a get-well gift. I really appreciate their thoughtfulness and generosity, but I really have all the plants I need right now and with a broken leg, don't need any more to care for. I wanted to know if there a kind-hearted way to tell them that.

How can I tactfully tell people NOT to get me a get-well gift?
Just accept the gifts and give them away to a plant nursery afterwards. They probably won't find out about it anyway.
Reply:Tell 'em thanks any way but I don't plan on getting well
Reply:You shouldn't tell them that. Telling people you don't want get-well gifts will make you look really stuck-up and ungrateful. Honestly, what people don't know won't hurt them in this situation. So...if you get more plants than you can handle, say thank you and remember that everyone just cares about you and wants you to get better...and then just throw the plants out that you don't want. That might sound bad, but it's better than telling people to back off with the nice gifts.
Reply:Gracefully accept the gifts. It makes the giver feel better too. You can give them away later.
Reply:accept the gift and if it's plants again bring them to a nursing home or soup kitchen or even a church. i'm sure the director of either place would even pick them up if you are donating them.

this way you don't have to take care of them and your leg too!



also, when you write your thank you cards to them make a small joke about "living in a jungle in such a small space" or "you don't have a green thumb" something to that effect. someone in the group will get it.
Reply:Awe the answer above is kinda mean. Haha.

Well, just tell them that you would rather have their company, than a gift. I don't like presents either. So I know what it's like to have to tell people to not get you things. But more than likely they are going to get you somthing weither or not you want it. Haha people suck!

But this is what has worked for me in the past.

I really hope this helps!!!!
Reply:Not really. If they bring it up, you could say, "Oh, please, no gifts, you've done so much for me already." If they don't bring it up, then you certainly can't bring it up.



If they bring another plant, accept it graciously, then give it to a neighbor.