In the last few weeks Gary has interrupted me three times while I am actively on work calls, twice while I was the one TALKING.
I thought he was just being needy, because the last two times times he said things like, “You never want to talk to me, you’re always in here working,” and “It’s after five, you should be done working now,” again, the last one while I was the one TALKING.
I couldn’t understand why he started doing this. We have a rule: if the door is closed, he can’t come visit. And then I realized that the door is never closed: we have a cat.
I always thought cats would understand that some doors may be closed, but Goldie sits in front of the closed door with a perfect imitation of my Dad’s pained expression. If the door in question isn’t opened promptly, he meows, then lies on his side and puts his paws claw-up as far under the door as he can. And jiggles it.
So, looks like I’m going to have to put a sock on the door knob.
6 responses to “Doors”
… yep, if the signal is “door closed” and the door has to be open for Inscrutable Cat Reasons, you need to change the signal. Sigh. Oh, Goldie.
KC – I have attached a scrunchie to the knob. Let’s see if he respects the scrunchie.
… I am assuming you have explained to him that the Scrunchie Is The New Closed Door (because otherwise he would have to be observant and also able to draw inferences beyond the expected capacity)?
(I would be *very* impressed if he had that observation+conclusion skill, though!)(for a guy)
KC – He understood. I even waited until he was fully awake. Worked for part of today, amyway.
Waiting until he’s fully awake is a good strategy.
(but: only part of the day? Maybe he needs some intermittent rewards, but intermittent rewards for *not* doing something seem complicated to communicate…)
KC – He hasn’t had a true test. And I only have` two meetings today. We might need to start at the beginning.