No. You can not take my employee home with you!

[portia911]

At my work, we have the best ginger tom cat ever. He just turned up one day and never left. He has his own cat hut out the back and Inland Revenue consider his expenses fully tax deductable so he's more like a employee with fur.

When he first arrived we registered him with the local vets and shelters to see if anyone was missing him. This was more than 18 months ago so we consider he now has a new home with us.

Anyway I came down to work and one of my employees told me a 'lady' and her little girl had been in because they heard from the vet we had a ginger cat and theirs had gone missing a week ago. When she saw it wasn't her cat she told my employee she was just going to take him anyway as a replacement. WTF! What special brand of moron do you have to be to walk into a shop and try and steal their cat?

I should have asked her to swap me for the kid.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I should have asked her to swap me for the kid.

Careful now, she might have taken you up on your offer.

[Buglady]

Orange cats are the best. I bet he'd have something to say about that arrangement.

[smileyeagle1021]

Orange cats are the best. I bet he'd have something to say about that arrangement.

but black cats are the best thank you

back on topic, wow, the OP has to deal with a real special kind of idiot
oh and to

[tropicsgoddess]

The four-legged employees are the best to work with. I can't believe that moron just took the kitty like that! Welcome to CS!

[ChanceNCinny]

Off Topic: Most orange/ginger cats are males. Found that out when we took out kitten (Cheena) in. The vet said "probably a boy but just to check....girl!" double checked to be sure too. Turns out the color is usually gender linked.

On topic: Who could just replace a pet they lost like that?

[Leopardmadcat]

Did you get the cat BACK is the burning question!

Second on my mind is did you have ID10T charged with theft? And if not, why not?

*UNATTENDED CHILDREN WILL BE TAGGED AND SOLD!*

[Kyree]

Turns out the color is usually gender linked.

Same thing for calicos, isn't it? I've never heard of a male calico.

[PhiSigGirl1988]

It's impossible to have a male calico, unless it has an extra X chromosome or is a chimera.

Anyway, that was seriously a special kind of moron. If either of my cats went missing, I definitely wouldn't be able to replace them so easily. I love them to death.

[Snowbird]

Wait a second. Did she take the cat, or just threaten to? I'd have just told her the store wasn't the animal shelter and she should try there to adopt a pet. Seriously, you don't know if the animals owner is still out there, and she'd get the assurance that the new cat has its shots and all that good stuff, as well as taking in a cat that NEEDS a home, unlike the one at your store. Just dumb.

I really hope you all didn't give her that cat.

[Bramblerose]

on cats-

red tabbies can be female. I have one. Males are redder, point conceded. It's that x chromosome thing.

it is true about 4 color calicos- they have to have two x chromosomes- but xxy is still considered male, not very male, but male enough. CFA is not giving an official definition of calico, so three colors may still qualify.

"I lost a cat, give me yours" is so kindergarten. tsk tsk, lady!

[RetailWorkhorse]

When I lived in the Campgrounds, we had our pets with us (Big fuzzy dog just out of puppy-hood, a pretty black and tan cat we'd gotten when we were 3 and old as the hills then, and a green parakeet). Some little BRAT girl tried to steal our kitty from us (KeeKat just wanted to be petted) and when we finally got the girl to put our cat down, KeeKat RAN for the camper.

Gotta admit, that was funny.

Yelling at the Mom and her telling us (we were ten at the time) her (7? year old)daughter was "just a child and didn't know any better" not so much fun.

I hope the brat got her Just Desserts. I'm still sore about it, despite the fact that KeeKat has past on about...9 years ago now?

[Becks]

What audacity!!!

[Boozy]

I guess I'll just swing into Best Buy this afternoon and let them know that I'll be taking an iPod, free of charge, because I lost mine last week.

[AriRashkae]

I guess I'll just swing into Best Buy this afternoon and let them know that I'll be taking an iPod, free of charge, because I lost mine last week.

Ooooh, if only .....

We have a related/opposite problem. We ended up with a stray that came with a litter, and managed to give us another before we could get her to the vet. (Had to save up, etc).

My mother was trying to give away our cats to her friends/neighbors/coworkers/random strangers because she thought we had too many and the house stank. Problem is, she was apparently the only one who smelled it. We have several friends that can be very blunt, and we asked them (and various other people who would come over) if the house smelled bad. Every single one said "Nope. There's a bit of 'cat smell' " (different from the nasty urine stench) "but it's not bad."

She's still trying to give away our cats, by the way. And we've had them 4+ years.