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The co ap cat. Aubi to complain

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Tinktravels · 14/01/2023 14:33

At my local co-op in the village where I live half of the time that I go in I go in there is a random cat walking around the aisles.
I have asked staff about this before but All they have really said is that it is the local cat and it is always in and out of the few little shops there.

I am definitely not a cat lover and I don't really like the thought of the cat walking around the food shop.
Aubi to complain or should I just let it go and drive further out to a different store if it bothers me.

Picture of the cat attached

The co ap cat. Aubi to complain
OP posts:
Badgirlriri · 14/01/2023 15:15

Oh ffs. Don’t be pathetic

plenty of people take dogs into restaurants and other diners get no say in it. I really wouldn’t be fussed about a cat wondering around a shop.

ghostyslovesheets · 14/01/2023 15:15

TwoMonthsOff · 14/01/2023 14:51

I’ve just looked at that ❤️ brilliant

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See also cats with jobs on Twitter

This one is obviously security - keeping out the cat haters

Badgirlriri · 14/01/2023 15:16

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Doesn’t surprise me. The most neurotic patients we have always turn out to be teachers.

BreviloquentBastard · 14/01/2023 15:17

You're not a clean freak though, because if you were you'd be equally bothered by filthy humans touching things, letting their grubby kids pick things up and put them back, sneezing and coughing all over the food.

Comparatively a cat is clean. You just don't like cats, and that's fine, but that doesn't mean you have to be a miser about it. I don't like children, doesn't mean I'll ask my local shop to ban them.

Original poster
Tinktravels · 14/01/2023 15:18

@Kindofcrunchy accepted I'm the unreasonable one 🤣
But most people I've spoken to in real life have agreed with me so I thought the replies would be more split.

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Silverbook · 14/01/2023 15:18

Our Tesco had a cat called George. He was a well loved local celebrity. If anybody had complained about him they would have chased outta town by locals waving pitch forks. Rightly so too.

Minikievs · 14/01/2023 15:19

Ha ha ha, I think you live in the same village as me OP 😂

If you do, the cat's name is Ziggy. He belongs to a lady who lives in the next street.

People have complained before. It makes no difference. I think he's lovely and I love seeing him there.

If you don't like it, there's another coop at the bottom of the road (depending on if you actually ARE in my village)

Bestcatmum · 14/01/2023 15:19

You are a monster - look how cute it is!

Id go there specifically for the cat.

Minikievs · 14/01/2023 15:19

Sight only seems to like the top Coop

MrsMontyD · 14/01/2023 15:19

I'd rather have a cat in a shop than some people, definitely. I'd probably shop there more often if ever kitty let me stroke it.

My nail place has cute doggies, it's one of their selling points, no one minds waiting with a cute doggie sitting next to them.

Minikievs · 14/01/2023 15:20

*Ziggy
Ffs I wish there was an edit button

Original poster
Tinktravels · 14/01/2023 15:22

@Minikievs I think it is the same village! 🤣 He goes in there too! And the sunbed shop

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Silverbook · 14/01/2023 15:22

BreviloquentBastard · 14/01/2023 15:17

You're not a clean freak though, because if you were you'd be equally bothered by filthy humans touching things, letting their grubby kids pick things up and put them back, sneezing and coughing all over the food.

Comparatively a cat is clean. You just don't like cats, and that's fine, but that doesn't mean you have to be a miser about it. I don't like children, doesn't mean I'll ask my local shop to ban them.

I have kids and cats and regularly share my bed with both.

Not once in 30 years of cat ownership have I ever been ill as a result of my cats. Kids on the other hand are throbbing epicentres of disease. They are absolutely hoaching with viruses.

TheGoogleMum · 14/01/2023 15:22

Local hospital has a cat that likes to visit! It makes me smile. I don't think there's a hygiene issue, cats aren't interested in fruit and veg or things in packaging in my experience. I suspect it overall makes more people shop there then avoid it!

Drfosters · 14/01/2023 15:23

Honestly I would deliberately shop at that coop if it had a resident cat. I love having cats and dogs around. I understand why lots of people don’t for various reasons but just personally that would make me smile.

MOTU · 14/01/2023 15:24

lol you realise they let other people in there too right OP? dirty unwashed people, old people, kids, all potentially just as unsanitary as a cat and far more likely to be touching the wares....

TwoMonthsOff · 14/01/2023 15:25

Actually my mums care home has a live in cat 😻she has compete freedom of the place she’s gorgeous

Clarice99 · 14/01/2023 15:26

Tinktravels · 14/01/2023 15:12

Fully accepted Iabu then with these replies 🤣 I'm just a clean freak I suppose I'll go elsewhere from now on

Cats aren't dirty. They spend half of their life washing themselves.

Countless people are dirty. And they're the ones who maul the fruit and veg all day long.

Zero logic in your 'clean freak' comment.

TheRookie · 14/01/2023 15:29

My 16 month old touches more stuff than that cat would! Also people have cats in their home with uncovered fruit, and other food around. They're not getting some weird cat disease are they!

Streamside · 14/01/2023 15:30

What a lovely thing to see in a grey and dismal January.It's always lovely to see an independently spirited animal who's decided to hang out in an unusual place.I know a charity shop where the same things happened and everyone has really embraced it.

DerekFaker · 14/01/2023 15:31

Yoou miserable effer.

Original poster
Tinktravels · 14/01/2023 15:32

@DerekFaker fair enough

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BunchHarman · 14/01/2023 15:32

Tinktravels · 14/01/2023 15:10

@BunchHarman what has me being a teacher got to do with me not liking cats?

Nothing. Obviously. It was more a literacy thing.

FigTreeInEurope · 14/01/2023 15:32

Maybe it's trying to get through the checkout, do itself a cat scan.

ouch321 · 14/01/2023 15:32

I like cats but just like having dogs in shops it is not sanitary.

I wouldn't want to eat a croissant that a cat has walked over.