Things could always be worse...
Thursday, July 16, 2009
So, I live in an old building. No screens on the windows. No problem. I live on the second floor and the windows open from the top, so the only issue with having the windows wide open is flies. I'm no fan of flies. No problem. There is a fly strip hanging in one room. Slightly gross, but it does the trick.
So my best guess is that the wind was coming from the west, and it blew the fly strip down.
I didn't notice this of course. When I walked in the door from work I noticed the answering machine blinking (yes, I still use an answering machine thankyouverymuch). Someone from L*fthansa. Things were looking up. I spent most of yesterday on the phone with various call centers belonging to said airline, V*sa and Am*rican Expr*ss. By the end of yesterday, no only did I not have the ticket I thought I'd purchased days earlier, but because of a mistake L*fthansa was repeating over and over, I couldn't buy a new ticket because said airline had completely jammed up my credit cards. But things appeared to be worked out today. Maybe. Though it was hard to tell initially because I was a little distracted.
So I'm talking to the latest call center employee when I notice one of my cats tear across the kitchen. She then tears across in the other direction. And this is repeated several more times. It actually takes a minute to register what's going on. She finally hides under the dining room table, in the center of all the chair legs. She is clearly freaked out.
No wonder. My cat has an entire fly strip stuck to her ass.
So if you're having a bad day, just remember that it could always be worse. You could be having a bad day and have a fly strip stuck to your ass.
postscript: the fly strip is gone, but there's no telling how long the offended area will be sticky, or how long it will take for her to come out from under the table. And if the word 'ass' bothers you, I'm sorry.
Update to the postscript (July 20): The cat in question is back to her normal skittish self. And the airline in question finally got their act together. Only took 7 days and 8 hours on the phone.
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13 comments:
Fly strips = better than flies!! Also better than spraying nasty poison around, though your cat may beg to differ on both accounts. Hope your kitty recovers soon!!!!!
And who ever it was, my appologies for laughing at them so hard :)
Thank you. I really needed that.
funny funny story :-)))
i love when cats get that scared - i remember when one of ours got a couple balloons on a string tangled around her she took off like a rocket and ran around the house for about 5 minutes - we were laughing so hard we couldn't stop to help her...
Now, while I sit and giggle, I'm wondering what wonderful things you'll find stuck to that sticky area?!?
Jan
The good news is that Violet, the cat in question, managed to dust her own butt. There was enough stray cat hair around to take care of the problem. Probably better that she's an indoor cat though. Not sure she has the self-esteem to go out in public like this ;)
Oh dog, I am soooo bad.....
(My word verification is "imput". That's the advice I give after a glass of wine.... ; )
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