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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007Because when it rains it pours: Louie purrs
Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. I barely knew the lady but she was very gracious, and in her last years of illness she busted her onions to make it to the wedding of the first son born to any of her children. She was also one of the very few who didn't visibly recoil upon seeing me, which booted her up a good many notches in my Respect- o-meter. She was in her 90's and went with peace and without prolonged suffering, for which we are all thankful. His work is being absolutely bastardly about letting him take a day off to go to New York City. On the other hand, he is healthy enough now to be righteously p*ssed off at them for being pricky with him; he even worked through most of what should have been recovery from Peanut Butter Evil. You'd think something like a family member's passing would entitle you to a break. Please spare a few for my Louie...again. I'm asking way too much and now I'm guiltridden, but he has had just buckets of manure pouring out upon him of late! Blessed be, Baha >Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >Blessed be, >Baha Purrs for Louie's grieving heart, and smelly litter box offerings for the person who won't give him the time off to be with his family during their time of grief at the loss of their mother and grandmother.  SignatureHugs and Purrs, Nan and the Furkids >Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >Blessed be, >Baha Purrs for Louie's grandma, and all of you-- and you-know-what to his employers. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > o-meter. She was in her 90's and went with peace and without prolonged > suffering, for which we are all thankful. Ninety years! And I'll bet it was a very interesting and wonder filled life. Blessings to you and to all the rest of her family. I do hope Louie is going any way. It just isn't optional. And I feel sorry for anyone. employer or otherwise who hasn't been blessed with the sort of life that makes them understand this. Jo Thank you, and everyone else...Louie said there is an option of going to the memorial now, or waiting until the summer until her ashes are interred in California. I think it is better he should go this weekend. A venerable life of 90+ years you don't just wait to honor, as far as I'm concerned. I think it'll do his karma good to go to his Babcia's memorial (if I knew the word for beloved granny in Chinese I'd use it; she was from mainland China, but spent most of her life in Chile as her husband was attached to the Chinese embassy in the Chilean capital, which name escapes me now.) She had the kind of dignity which, when you saw it, made you know why her countrymen have such respect for their aged; something which we Americans could well learn. (Please excuse me, there are times I am too keenly aware of my aging and mortality--and the knowledge that, unlike the late Babcia Tang, I will never be able to have children surrounding me in my final years--and I get maudlin; thank God I'm not a drinker or else I'd be at some shady karaoke joint doing wretched tear-in-my-beer songs like "End Of The World" or "Damn My Truck Just Up 'n Busted a Strut.") Our five cats should produce plenty of offerings to the yutzes on his job who won't let my Louie do the right thing. Blessed be, Baha >> Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Jo > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > -- > Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200703/1 Purrs for everyone. For you, for him and for his grandma. Will in New Haven -- If you take in a starving dog off the street, and feed him, and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. - Mark Twain > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs for Louie's grieving heart and a pox on management that won't let him have time off to tend to "family business". Our company's policy is 3 bereavement days, but that can stretch out to a couple of weeks. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe ". Our company's policy is >3 bereavement days, but that can stretch out to a couple of weeks. Ours is up to 6 but "at the discretion of the manager". A friend of mine in another department had to take annual leave to attend her gran's funeral becauase her manager said she didn't consider a grandparent a "close" enough relation to grant compassionate leave. When my mum died, the manager I had at the time, gave me the whole week off (What he actually said was "If I see you here before next Monday I will personally kick your butt out of the door") then another two-three days the following week to ease myself back into things. He also sent me a HUGE bunch of flowers from everyone at work. He was an exceptional manager and yes, we all worked a lot harder and a lot better because he treated us like decent Human beings Purrs for Louie Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > ". Our company's policy is >> 3 bereavement days, but that can stretch out to a couple of weeks. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs One place I worked, about 20 years ago, the owner told me to take a day of compassionate leave when my cat, Bod, died. He said he understood how much an animal can mean to someone. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >One place I worked, about 20 years ago, the owner told me to take a day of >compassionate leave when my cat, Bod, died. He said he understood how much >an animal can mean to someone. When we lost Fugazi my manager apologised for my having to come in the next day but someone else was off, he told me if the other person wasn't off, he would have sent me home for the day and said nothing about it. He had 7 cats- had always had cats and said he knew what it felt like to lose one Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs definitely on the way from here. And dirty litterbox offerings for those bosses who think a funeral is not reason to take a few days off! Jill > Please spare a few for my Louie...again. I'm asking way too much and now I'm > guiltridden, but he has had just buckets of manure pouring out upon him of > late! Of course Louie can have purrs. Our sincerest condolences as well. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/ http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > -- > Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200703/1 Poor Louie! I'm sorry to hear this gracious lady, his grandmother, has passed away. Dirty litter box offerings to his place of work for not letting him attend her funeral. Purrs that the manure storm will soon be past. Melissa you aren't asking to much, your love of your partner makes purrs more than worthwhile... I am truly sorry for your loss, loving a grandparent is as important as a parent to me, Lee > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Message posted via CatKB.com > http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200703/1 >Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >Blessed be, >Baha My deepest condolences and soothing purrs on the way. Randy http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1 http://kittenwar.com/kittens/74045/ > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha > You'd think something like a > family member's passing would entitle you to a break. With most employers it DOES! (Although nowadays it may not mean paid leave, they cannot legally fire you - especially if it's a parent or grandparent.) Purrs on the way. Ann Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > -- > Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200703/1 Purrs and gentle headbutts on the way for you and Louie, Baha. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > Louie's grandmother passed yesterday afternoon. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha You aren't asking too much, Baha. Lots and lots of purrs for Louie, Polonca and Soncek |
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