Work and a cute colleague

[vilakins]

My workplace is not a happy one. There's been restructuring and redundancies, and because they lost a major contract everyone is being forced to take three weeks annual leave starting next week. The person I work for suggested I apply for a permanent position, but I prefer to continue to take on temporary roles; that way I can stay detached and unaffected.

However, here are a couple of pics of a colleague who is totally unworried by all this. After all, he has his place in the sun.

Mook is the assistant caretaker (he cleans up any lunch scraps dropped on the floor) and a great morale-booster too. He lives on the premises with his human, the caretaker. He has an open invitation to visit my office and sit on my lap, but so far he hasn't taken me up on it.





He's all of nine months old and full of energy. I had a hard time getting pics of him as he wouldn't stay still. He was either rushing the camera, writhing on the ground in delight at all the attention, or contorting himself into strange poses to wash. He's a pleasure to have around the place--he always makes people smile.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Oh he's lovely! I'd stay just for him.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

If I could spend all day with him, I'd think about it. But I only see him if he happens to be in the lunch room when I'm there.

And I've got three lovely cats at home who give me heaps of attention. More than I really want in this hot weather.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Aww! I just want to reach out and ruffle the fur on his ears now...

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Cuteness.

Gina

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear it is unsettled there, I know what that is like.
I wish we had a cat at work. We used to have one named after the company, but it sadly died (at the ripe old age of about 21, I think it was) about 18 months ago.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's a ripe old age for a cat! And I don't mind the atmosphere at work, being an 'outside' contractor. I have to say there are some very nice humans there who haven't been treated well by HR who emphasise the 'resource' part of that; one of the reasons I no longer want to be a permanent part of the corporate environment. I don't want to have anyone own that much of me any more.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Oh, arse about the work and yay about the kitty. He's pretty!