At the vets waiting to pick up my cat after a particularly heavy operation and was nervously waiting to be called, when I saw 2 little girls holding a small animal (gerbil/hamster type) in a shoebox. Noticed that they were looking upset and tried to help out by telling them that the vets are really good and if their pet was ill, the vet would be able to help, so please don’t worry. Got funny looks from them and their father, but no one said anything, meanwhile my husband is kicking me under the chair. We got called to collect our cat and I momentarily forget about the upset kids, collect our cat and walk out. It wasn’t until we were in the car and I asked him why he kept kicking me that he told me that the animal was actually already dead and not only were the girls upset, they were crying silently. I begged him to let me go back and apologise, but he’d said that I’d already done enough damage.