Dear Sparkle,
Like you, we have an office in our home, and it used to have this really awesome comfy chair! It was in just the right place to catch the morning sun puddles, and near enough to the air conditioning so we were cool but the air wasn’t blowing directly on us. It was a really nice place to watch Bird TV and hang out. But then our human did the unspeakable! She moved the chair into the dark, dreary living room! And she put it in a corner where we can’t see Bird TV all that well, and it doesn’t get any sun puddles. It just feels different and yukky. Humans sit in it all the time, but neither of us will go near it because, bleagh, who wants to? Why did my human move it, and can we get her to move it back?
Signed,
Two Annoyed Kitties
Dear Annoyed Kitties,
Here is proof that humans are utterly clueless when it comes to furniture placement. It sounds to me like your chair was in the perfect spot before it was moved. But of course, humans, being humans, can’t leave well enough alone. They always want to “rearrange” things, never realizing that where they put them in the first place was probably exactly where they needed to be. We cats trust our instincts and they are almost always right. Because humans second-guess themselves, they are almost always wrong. And when humans aren’t second guessing themselves, they decide to move furniture around just because they are “bored,” or they think they want a change. In other words, they do things randomly for no reason — and the result is, we kitties get our lives disrupted.
I can’t imagine how your human can believe that your comfy chair is in a better spot because clearly it isn’t. Since humans are such willful creatures, and stubborn besides, I don’t know if you’ll be able to get her to move the chair back. But if you both repeatedly go into the office, sit in the spot where the chair used to be and glare accusingly at your human, maybe she will get the idea that she shouldn’t have moved your chair. At the very least, it might make her nervous, which counts as partial punishment for her misdeed.
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We don’t think that was very nice of that human to move the chair. We are very glad we have our servant pretty well trained. She may buy us a new cat tree from time to time, but the only time she moves chairs is to vacuum (and that’s a subject best left untalked-about, isn’t it?)
I agree with you Sparkle.
Humans are clueless when it comes to pleasing cats !!!
XOXO
Humans really can be so clueless!
Humans can be such dolts. Sparkle, I think your advice of sitting in the chair’s former location and glaring is perfect.
Excellent advice as always, Sparkle darling! But may I add something? If Sparkle’s advice works, once you get your Human to move the chair back to its rightful place just for you? NEVER lie in it again, ha ha ha!
Sparkle, excellent advice. You always are spot on! <3
Dad has a small office, he has two office chair, one for him, and one for us. Usually we can get to both before he does – but we give in when he needs to work. Kitties, I hope your chair gets back to its rightful place SOON!
I am glad my human doesn’t move the furniture around much.
In my experience glaring hard at the human doesn’t do much good at all!!
Personally, I think these kittehs should go over to where the chair is now and piddle over and over until the human wakes up and smells the pee.
Silly humans. Hopefully Sparkle’s advice should help you a lot. Such good advice.
That was a dumb decision to move it but your advice should help this kitty get the chair back where it should be!
exactly our point. plus they have this crazy notion that everything smells funny so they spritz febreeze on everything. we don’t smell pee smell anywhere, but they do, believe me they do.
they come thru the front door at night and they yell….i smell pee!!!!!
geez! they need to go to the doctor for phantom diseases.
I did not know you weren’t feeling well dear Sparkle. Purrs and hugs from all of us.
We humans can only hope to be a fraction as intelligent of our feline friends…someday 🙂
Humans… they just don’t know anything, do they?! Good thing they have us kitties to keep them in line.
Humans are clueless sometimes!
Excellent advice, Sparkle! Trusting instincts and sitting where the chair used to be and glaring. *taking notes* Yep, got it!
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Humans are truly clueless. Your advice is excellent.
I hope they will have their chair moved to the original spot!
That is so wrong… so very very wrong…
You need to write another book, but for humans – How to arrange furniture to plase your kitties.
Just to be clear, all humans are not furniture rearrangers . Usually it is the female humans (or male humans being coerced against their better judgement) who move furniture away from perfectly good locations.
Great advice!
Purrs xx
Athena
good advice -we hope the chair gets moved back
We think you shouldn’t shun the chair. We think you should plop you furry butts in it all the time. Maybe the humans will realize it is YOUR chair. If they can’t sit it where they want, hopefully they will move it back to its original spot. Good luck. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Humans simply should not move things without permission first!
Humans (most of them) just don’t get what a kitty really needs!
~MamaLisa
excellent!!! My kitties and I both agree!! we humans don’t read “cat” very well. . . I try, but even I make mistakes. . .but I am not one who likes rearranging furniture. . . . always hated my Mom doing that as I was growing up. . . lubs ya!! ♥♥♥
If only wes could learn to talk humans talk..then wes could tell them what wes thinks bout them movin our stuff..sigh..
Bravo Sparkle
Excellent reply…humans are clueless about most things…I wonder sometimes why we even put up with them
Hugs Madi your bfff
some people can’t leave well enough alone.
Sighs. We know this so well. Our Mom is always moving things around. When will it ever end??
They need another chair. Simple fix, a win-win for both humans and kitties.
BTW, we saw on Truffles’ and Brulee’s blog that you aren’t feeling well…We don’t have a FB account, so aren’t sure if your human has posted, but whatever the issue, we hope it’s a simple fix and we’re sending tons of purrs.
We don’t understand why the humans always want to move the furniture, either. Sparkle has good advice. Maybe if you make your human nervous enough, she’ll put the chair back for you, MOL.
Sparkle you are so right about humans. Our is always moving our favorite things. Luckily for us Fenris is big enough to drag most of our stuff back where we want it and he minds us cats purrty well. There is nothing better then having a large well trained doggie to command, they are far more intelligent then the humans. ~Socks & Scylla
We like your advice, Sparkle…sit in the spot where the chair was and give the human the stink eye. But humans are so dense, she probably won’t get it!
Location, location, location is a phrase humans are familiar with when choosing where to live. Why do they not realize it is important for us cats too?? Sorry your chair got moved!
Humans…………..there isn’t much hope for them 🙁
The Florida Furkids
Wow. It sounds like that human needs some training! That’s good advice about The Glare…I have to use that on Mum occasionally and it works really well. She says it makes the hairs on the back of her neck stand up!
How typical of our humans – they act before their brains are in gear!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Sigh….. Some humans really are clueless, aren’t they?
Purrs,
The Chans
Beings should learn the basic principles of “Fang-Claw”. That is to say, the placement of furniture according to sunlight and kitty-viewing. It is sad that this is not standard training for them.
Hoomans are sooooooooo stupid!!!!!!!!
Sparkle, we hear from Sweet Purrfections that you are not feeling well.
We purr you are OK !
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ
We agree Sparkle.
HUmans are clueless when it comes to pleasing cats .
Too bad they cannot learn to think like a cat.
Oh well, we must keep trying.
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ