#Calnotworking
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (91089)
United States
February 13, 2023 6:38pm CST
Today, my warehouse guy brought in an empty parts bin, and look what he found inside!
Egads, and yes! This little guy was very much alive! And quite so.
Being that the boss was out on a little day business trip I sent the picture to our group text the three of us in the office use for regular communications and asked, "Does anyone know what the part number for this is?"
He responded with the hashtag, "#Calnotworking."
If anyone is unaware, Cal is our warehouse cat. Yes, he eats mice. Often. There are many corn fields outside our building in the area and so mice are ubiquitous and Cal gets his share of "extra meals."
But this one seemed to have gotten past him. Bad Cal. NAUGHTY!
I do have at least a small heart, and I took this little guy outside and set him free.
But I did tell Cal that if he wants to earn his keep around here, he needs to be on top of critters in the warehouse.
I am not sure if he quite understood my ultimatum. He looked at me, as cats will often do, with a coked head as if to say, "go screw yourself." I guess he can't catch them all, and this one was pretty resourceful to hide in a bin where Cal was not able to find him.
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@kaylachan (69879)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Feb 23
He lives another day, hopefully. You should defiantly show a picture of the cat.
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@kaylachan (69879)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Feb 23
@porwest He's such a cutie. He sure knows how to earn his keep, doesn't he?
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@kaylachan (69879)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Feb 23
@porwest He's something alright. It's good to know he's so loved.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Feb 23
Wow, so the little mouse gets a second chance at life. I hope he counts his blessings, he may not be so lucky next time he tries to sneak into the warehouse.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Feb 23
@porwest Poor UPS guy. I hope Cal was gentle with him.
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@porwest (91089)
• United States
20 Feb 23
@moffittjc He'd have ripped him to the bones. lol
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@LindaOHio (178870)
• United States
14 Feb 23
Cal got overwhelmed with all the mice. One will live another day.
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@LindaOHio (178870)
• United States
17 Feb 23
@porwest We have one in the house right now in addition to a bunch of stink bugs.
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@porwest (91089)
• United States
9 Sep
@LindaOHio Those stink bugs are resilient. We even get them sometimes in the winter just showing up out of nowhere.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
16 Feb 23
What is egads? Sorry for my innocence.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
18 Feb 23
@porwest Sorry, I'm not used to slang terms or languages. I know we do have our own slang terms but I am not using them.
@NJChicaa (119651)
• United States
14 Feb 23
My 2 cats at the house back in the day were exterminators of mice, chipmunks, and some birds. My Cosmo girl actually took down a squirrel once. My ex would have to go through the back yard before mowing the lawn to collect all of the corpses.
Ill never forget watching my heart cat who was like 13 or 14 years old at the time hop the fence back INTO our backyard with a chipmunk in his mouth. He happily trotted across the yard and right up to the back door with it in his mouth. I opened the door, he dropped it, and it took off since it was still alive. Hilarious but I loved that he was bringing me a gift.
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