My nephew got me a bumper sticker for Christmas "The more people I meet the
more I like my cat."
If the situation is still on-going tomorrow you could offer, ever so sweetly,
to relieve the "lady" of her problem, explaining how you know it is a burden,
etc.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa Lind
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:42 PM
Subject: OT: frustrated
I know this is off topic, but I just had to jot this down at work since it's
consuming my thoughts. A lady that I work with has farm cats. Sadly, mama kitty
and baby climbed into the car trunk when open, and they didn't see them when
they closed it. It's been really hot and the two spent an entire day in the
trunk. Mama kitty didn't make it, but amazingly the baby did. But now my
co-worker (more annoyed by the smell than anything) isn't sure what to do with
the baby. She tried to feed it, I think, but she doesn't know about kitty milk
or anything like that. And she actually sounds as if she'd rather just let it
die. How horrifying. I've been close to tears all day after she told me so
"regularly" as if it were nothing more than a nuisance.
I really want to go take this baby and help it, but 1) I'm new here-it's
overstepping some boundaries, 2) the baby might not have made it through today
anyway without food, and 3) I have 3 of my own cats, 2 fosters, and a husband
who loves cats but is getting a little frustrated that I haven't found homes
for the foster cats yet. I know what the right thing to do is, but I'm
conflicted. More than anything I'm angry at this lady (or saddened) by her lack
of enthusiasm to help the poor baby. I can't stop thinking about this little
kitty.
Right now I'm generally disgusted with people.
