At a staff meeting, my boss the other day mentioned that his boss (who usually does weekly update emails) has been out on vacation for a while but he said let him know if we need anything from her urgently.

Well, in her updates, she always includes pictures of her cats, so I jokingly said "we need pictures of her cats". I shit you not, he mentioned this to her and while on vacation, this woman sent us all an "important update" that was just photos of her cat.

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Cat tax

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

is the calico down there munchkin? Im a sucker for cute calico kibbies

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thank

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My work team is still about 80% remote. It's very common to have someone point their web-cam at pets during meetings. In fact we have a big sync-up meeting on Fridays where it's practically expected that the first 5-10 minutes will be spent ogling various pet-cams. Cats, dogs, guinea pigs, lizards, turtles... one person has a pair of axolotl that are practically team mascots now.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

I set up a second dedicated cat cam for some meetings, pointed at the calming presence of a cat sleeping on my desk.

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like a nice atmosphere

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago

I really like my job.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 102 points 4 days ago

Yes, show cat, please.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did it work?

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago (2 children)

yes

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 56 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Show cat

[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 19 points 3 days ago

I too would like to see cat. But if privacy concerns don't allow it, I can understand. Prof might now want to have her cat spread in the interwebs.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Proof?

[–] Tujio@lemmy.world 69 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fiancé was teaching during Covid lockdowns. The cats were /very/ regular appearances.

[–] krawutzikaputzi@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

show cat

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 59 points 4 days ago

..........WELL?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 50 points 4 days ago

pls strimmer show pussy

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 days ago

A hero amongst mortals

[–] socsa@piefed.social 27 points 4 days ago

Pay pussy tax

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

thy havth payeth titheof the feline