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Transitioning from commuting to working at house was a welcome change, and though it has disadvantages, I get to spend extra time with Olga. Earlier than I labored remotely full-time, it irritated me when a information story featured a go to to a company workplace that allowed staff to carry their canine. It confirmed glad staff who paused to rub their pups’ bellies earlier than getting again to work on their keyboards.
I’m not against the apply, and I believe it’s nice for canine homeowners, however what concerning the staff with felines, birds, reptiles, or rodents? They’ve to look at their coworkers play with their pets whereas they marvel if their jobs could be higher if their employer allowed all species to hang around within the workplace.
If they’ve sensible minds, they’ll notice that canine, even well-behaved ones, can not coexist peacefully with each animal. Including cats to the workplace could be problematic, and as soon as there are parrots, guinea pigs, and iguanas roaming across the cubicles, the corporate’s productiveness ranges are more likely to fall.
Disrupting Olga’s Routine
Since I work from home, I not take into consideration how Olga would react to an workplace atmosphere or how unfair it’s for a hard-working worker to be forbidden from bringing their pet rat named Ben to the workplace. Like me, Olga’s life modified considerably once I modified my routine.
She spends a lot of the day sleeping close by once I’m working, however once I went from working part-time to full-time at house, she noticed a possibility that didn’t exist earlier than. Dinnertime was after 5:00 PM and generally was as late as 5:30 PM for Olga, however since I’m at house all day now, she begins begging for meals round 3:00 PM.
The Begging Intensifies
Though I feed her earlier than daybreak each day, she generally begs me for meals sooner than standard. It begins with a refined stare when she’s sitting on the windowsill. I ignore her and focus on my work, however she grunts and appears excited if I make eye contact.
She doesn’t emit a meow (she saves that for later), however the grunt, which feels like Err, exhibits she’ll ultimately push it to the following stage if I proceed to disregard her. She’ll transfer to the ground subsequent to my chair and stay in the identical spot till I end work and observe her into the kitchen. She stares at me consistently and solely breaks her gaze when she must groom her claws or scratch an itch.
How I React to the Begging
It might be a merciless comparability in some respects, however like Glenn Shut’s character in Deadly Attraction, Olga “is not going to be ignored.” Avoiding her look and returning her to the ground when she jumps in my lap or on my again is all I can do when she begs for meals.
Closing the door doesn’t work since she’ll scratch up the carpet or ram the door along with her 10.4-pound physique. She will additionally open the door by standing on her hind legs, grabbing the latch, and pushing ahead. Though I’m used to ignoring her pleas till dinnertime, generally, I give in and feed her early.
Working at house with a intelligent cat isn’t excellent for everybody, however I get pleasure from it, and though she is undoubtedly irritated once I disregard her pleas for early meals, she might be glad her waiter is at all times close by.
