The co ap cat. Aubi to complain

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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 cat is the least threat to uncovered fruit, think about the person sneezing into their hand, then handling the fruit and putting it back.

I presume you wash it anyway.

The cat's fine, IMO I'd like it.

Well i've posted a post meant for another thread on this one-it's about cat poo so we can both stand in the naughty corner.

On another note, you are stealth boasting because all Co-Ops I have been in are soooo expensive. Assume yours is the same?

Same here! You're not in a village just north of Northampton, are you? 😂

Cba to read whole thread

am I the first to say "that's a great cat right there"?

Cats don’t like fruit.

@Sparklingbrook I sell things online so I have to go to the post office most days which is inside the co-op so ite just for convenience really but I agree they are overpriced!

@squashyhat might this be an East Sussex village by any chance? If so, I was about to comment the same! 😂

Poor thing is probably cold and feels safe there. Have a heart.

This.

My mum told me that years ago every grocer, butcher etc had a mouser (cat)
Said butchers cat used lie in beside the trays of mince to catch the sun and guess what.....no one died.

I personally would love to shop where a radom cat wandered about. Independent garden centres where I am have cats and they've all got a cafe on site and I'm not daft to think that cat never goes into the kitchen to mooch.

Two famous cats spring to mind. The Leadenhall Market cat that got run over by a van in 1995. I petted him every week day and was gutted when he was killed.

Then there was the huge cat in The Brighton Bead shop possibly the same era, Beautiful cat that was.

I'd just like to point to everyone mentioning the fruit, I didn't mean the cat would crawl all over it, someone asked if there was uncovered food so I was just answering the question.

We had a resident cat in the local B & M (central Scotland). There was a lot of debate on the local Facebook pages - some against, mostly for. He sat near the entrance and was petted by many customers.

Eventually he was rehomed within the family by his owner for quite sensible reasons - he was unhappy at home because of young toddler/other cat/something like that, so he was risking his life in the traffic to get to B & M and public adulation.

He has his own Facebook page and his owner still posts pics occasionally.

I'm with you op, but it looks like we're in the tiny minority.

@Greengagesnfennel thanks, I honestly thought it would be more split on the responses!

We had Mango the tesco cat. He was more of a celebrity than most of the humans in the area. Lovely cat.

I can see the allergy problems, but that can presumably be a problem in many places. If you were allergic to horses/ cats/ dogs you wouldn't want to stand near me in a queue as, whilst I do try to maintain hygienic standards, I can't get rid of all the animal hair all the time.

Plus, it's a cat. It will just cat, there is nothing you can do about it.

I worked in a local Tesco express for a while, we could have done with a cat there as there where rats about, it occurs in every shop, I would rather a cat than a rat!!

Thanks to pp for saying about the Bodega Cats Twitter

no crisps though!

twitter.com/Bodegacats_/status/1613724906528686081/photo/1

I would love to have a cat in the local shop!

Our Co-op has a cat. He's a local celebrity with his own FB page. Co-ops must give off cat friendly vibes. And YABU OP. People with filthy hands touch the uncovered fruit and veg all the time. I doubt the cat is curling up to sleep in amongst the tomatoes!

Our Co-op has a cat too. WTAF is going on?

Cats are known for being clean.

I'm guessing but pretty sure staff are not going to be letting the cat near the open food products. Which are , let's face it up off the ground on shelves.

And? How does that affect the food, given that you presumably wash anything unwrapped anyway?

No shops near me have cats. I’d go to one on account of it having a cat. When I was little I used to love to go to an old fashioned junk shop with my mum. The shop had its own cat. I’d spend time with the cat while mum looked around.

People with filthy hands touch the uncovered fruit and veg all the time.

Oh god, yes. I don't mind uncovered things that I'm going to cook, but I avoid buying uncovered baked goods. Maybe I'm just overly picky, I probably am, but other people's hygiene, or lack thereof, makes me queasy. Cats, not so much.

You're more likely to catch a nasty illness or parasite from another human than a cat, in this context. Children in particularly are spectacular disease and parasite vectors.

Last I checked, they're allowed in food stores... I really wouldn't worry about the cat.

My cat eats fruit and veg. It goes nuts for raspberries and will break into a pack a eat the lot. Also loves apple, cheese, peppers.