Montag, 16. Juli 2007
Comment te dire adieu?
Jess’ owners may have been located. One of my co-workers told my ex boss Annemarie about the kitten and she called me today saying that her neighbours lost a kitten two days ago. The information I could gather from the conversation my ex boss was having with both me and the other lady at the same time was that their adult cat had a litter of kittens and that they had kept one but it had wandered off. Apparently it wandered off almost a mile from a housing estate into the centre of town. They think that yes, it was black and white (think, wtf?) and that it must be Jess. First of all I’m pretty pissed off that Annemarie didn’t have the smarts not to call me in front of this woman – she knows how I feel about people who can’t look after animals properly. I didn’t even know the woman was there at first but then I heard her shouting the information I was giving her to someone else in the room.She then told me that the woman would come down to see me at work and sort out collecting the kitten. All I could do was say yes – I was put on the spot. The woman didn’t bother showing up or even calling me to thank me for looking after her cat for the last two days – sounds like a real winner huh?All I know about her so far is that she has four young children, hasn’t got the intelligence to spay her current cat or look after a small kitten and is too lazy, ignorant or plain stupid to even call to get him back. What I’m wondering is – am I obliged to give Jess back to her? I’ve already found two potential homes with people a hell of a lot more responsible than this dumbass. Would “doing the right thing” in this situation be the wrong thing for the cat? What do you guys think?
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If she hasn't the brains to have her cat spayed, she'll most likely have another litter. I don't see much harm in telling the woman that Jess wandered off again. It's a little odd that a kitten would wander so far from home where its mother is.
You could just say that you weren't sure that it was in fact a cat from anyone in your area and you've already given it a good home.
If she comes for it, I think you should give it back. I don't think you know enough about the lady and her family to make the decision that the kitten would be better off elsewhere. But maybe she won't claim it...for all you know, she might've tried to get rid of it by dropping it off near your store, and was caught as offguard by Annemarie's phone call as you were.
I think you're right on both counts. I've been thinking about it and there could be circumstances that I don't know about etc. He is an adorable cat and if I had lost him I'd be devastated.If I haven't heard from her or been able to contact her by tonight though I may start maing arrangements with that new home though
I say tell her you found a home for it already and the people are coming to pick it up that night. Ask her does she really want the kitten. She may just say no.
i say give the kitty to someone who will care for it properly. did it have a tag? if someone is serious about keeping an animal they'll tag it. and if she's too lazy/ignorant to spay the mommy cat she doesn't DESERVE the kitty.
I agree with Crimmy.
i would tell her the cat wandered off again. because i am mean.
Yep-I'm in agreement with Dr Doom. It's already been 2 days...give it a few more and then you are off the hook.
I would disagree if you are "serious" about keeping an animal only if you tag it.We have two dogs, both of whom EAT their tags off. They've eaten the "if lost tags" three times this year, the first time one almost had to have surgery from the metal. THey've also eaten their thick rabies vaccination tags. We do have our number written UNDER their collars but I doubt most people would look there.
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