The offer is voluntary. Joe can either accept it or refuse it. I feel like this point is really kind of secondary to the discussion, or at least, it seems like

The offer is voluntary. Joe can either accept it or refuse it. I feel like this point is really kind of secondary to the discussion, or at least, it seems like there's an assumption in here that I don't share. For some reason, I feel like maybe there's an assumption that Joe has other options? Maybe I'm missing something.