Yep. Big difference between refusing and declining. One suggests a defiant submissive position, while the other is from a position of personal control and dignity. I clarified for people who asked that I’d declined to take the offered ‘vax’, as I was more concerned about its risks than the risks associated with contracting covid. ‘You mean you refuse?” “Nope. I’m declining the offer.” Most couldn’t understand the distinction...
After getting religious exemption for covid shots, he was refused same exemption for flu shot.
EEOC investigator was asking most of the right questions in girst vocal interview this last week.
Asked for the “make it go away” number..
All is in God’s Hands.
Most were backed into a corner.
The difference between "declining" and "refusing" is the presence of duress that one is facing when deciding between two options.
If you could say "no" without paying a penalty, consider yourself fortunate; many could not.
I had my pulmonary doc start to write ‘refused’ after asking me about the CONvid on my chart at the VA and I told him I would prefer ‘declined’. He wrote ‘declined’ and I thanked him for it. Weird huh?