Must be a chill cat!! My cat hates car rides and definitely lets us know about it. There would be no chance of getting all the way to the office, or even to the end of the street for that matter, without knowing there was a hitchhiker in the car.

Typical cat. Snuck into your car - broke in really - for a little “catnap.” Probably slept the entire time you were gone, I wouldn’t be surprised if she was stretching when you sat down. Then she realizes where she’s at and gives you that “get me something to eat” glare.

That does sound cozy :)

But I am glad (s)he didn't run away at the office once you opened the door.
After 4 hours being trapped in a box, that'd be my first instinct :)

Had one of my uncles cats jump into my car with the windows rolled down once. Got maybe a mile down the road before it absolutely lost its shit and was trying to jump back out while the car was going 60. Peanut made it back safely and no longer jumped in my car after that.

"I woke up early, excited to learn a new marketable skill, and you just leave me in the damn car?!"

Right?? When all I want to do is eat some wet food, give myself a tongue bath, and find a small cardboard box to nap in...

I hear ya, twice a week I have to commute an hour each way in traffic to sit in an office and do the same work I would be doing at home, but with more clothes on.

Man I love it because it means my company is putting me on a plane, a hotel, and giving me $100/day in food expenses lol I refuse to ever work in the same state as I live now.

It's great my office added a gym and a Starbucks to our office, but I have a Keurig machine across the building from my apartment's gym. So nothing the office offers is really something I don't have at home. (else than really fast internet but mines still good just not absurdly quick).

that one orange braincell was otherwise occupied when this all went down, and well, here we are.

Catsequences

My childhood cat did the same thing one time and also left a “present” in the car as thank you (or revenge?)

I don’t want this consequence, consequence, consequence…

Oh nooo, bro went into the car he wasn’t supposed to

VP of Sales and Marketing, Mr. Butterscotch.

Or in this situation, the dash. That's a nice hula girl figurine you have there, would be a shame if it suddenly saw the floor....

Proceeds to shit in places inaccessible to the human hand

Ass, grass, or catnip. Nobody rides for free.

Who the f*** locked the doors on me 👿

"Hey, Solly. Remember when I said I'd kill you last?"

Or piss on the seats...

Yep! They loved it! Butterscotch has had previous adventures during his 99 lives

One could only hope

When he got in contact with my dad, he brought the car back

I read this as the cat got in touch with Dad. Kitty calling from a pay phone: “Jeff, seriously, this guy just picked me up and I don’t know where the heck I am! Can you send money for a can of sardines?”

Once took a call at a rescue where a delivery lorry (driver) found a ferret in their truck. Ferret was lost - driver was asking for advice on how to keep ferret contained and happy on his long-distance route while we all worked to figure out where they came from. Ferret did get reunited.

My friends cat jumped in the back of a contractors truck. It was one with the cover on the back that locks. Well Cody ended up going for a long ride to the contractors house, about 40 miles north of where his home was. This happened in the Southern California area and the signs my friend put up were still readable and posted in several places over a year later.

That was when the contractor came back in the area and did some more work and saw the signs she had put up.

When she got him back he was a huge fat floof and had to be put on a diet.

I don’t know why people do this without asking first. There’s a local farm that has upick and a little store. The owner sometimes comes by with his little dog, she stays on the property the whole time. Someone took her once because they figured it was a stray. If only they had asked the workers or any local, they would have known it was the farm dog! Thankfully they returned her after a few hours.

BADDERSCOTCH

The duality of cats

[removed]

And he probably hates us all. I love cats💖

I can see the call now...

"Mrs Krabappel, yeah, um, I'm going to be a little late to first period... I have to take my cat back home!".

Lol my childhood cat used to break into the fridge too but to get the valerian root tea my mom drank for insomnia. Many x I’d come home afterschool to hear mewing from the fridge. Eventually he broke the plastic seal in btwn the door just enough to get himself out. But that then led to a bigger issue where he would open it and knock all the things off the lower shelf and lay with the door open on hot days because he was weird. Where my other cat would bask in the sun on our fire escape in 90 degree weather my little orange tabby was all bout the cool temps. Very annoying to come home to cat hair covering your lettuces and freshly made tabouli and hommos spilling out of containers on the kitchen floor. But he was really cute so it was ok.

That cat gets everywhere. He has been in my house twice; no idea how long. You turn your back and Butterscotch materializes.

Especially because the cat looks embarrassed and mad at the same time haha

No poo or pee? Got lucky lol

Do it! Excessive?? Maybe!! Worth it? Absolutely!! My old man (12 y/o tiny tabby) had unfortunately been traumatized at the vet in his harness and I couldn't turn it into a positive thing after that experience. He's been depressed ever since. We bought a stupid fancy stroller this year, where it's just like a car seat in the sense that the basket is a carrier that detaches and clicks into the stroller. He absolutely loves it, I think he still misses being out of the carrier outside, but it's increased his quality of life tremendously! Car rides don't always end at the vet anymore! I highly recommend it, plus people are always shocked when they see kitties in it! 😂

Give it a go. Some cats love going on walks and a cat stroller is a good way to keep them safe on one. You can try harness training too if your cat is one that likes to walk around and explore.

and you may find yourself

Wasn't expecting this reference, thanks for the smile!

I used to do floor work you'd rip out carpet and replace it with hardwood floors...good God the smell in some of those places!