AITA: Ethnic stereotyping of Jorts the workplace cat.

[foundmylazybum]

Also read the update.

[Patsy Baloney]

Jesus, Pam. Get it together.

[redheadk]

The update is really the cherry on top.

[dragon's breath]

That update is amazing! And I'm glad the OP did not give up supervisory duties to Pam.

[smock]

I'm losing it at the picture of the sweet potato. 😆

[glw]

Dec 15, 2021 15:29:20 GMT -5 redheadk said:

The update is really the cherry on top.

Buttered Jorts is killing me.

[Roc A Bee]

This is the best thing I’ve read in a long time.

[CurlyQ284]

I just saw this lol

[MixedBerryJam]

I want this to be true more than most stories on here.

That said, I almost posted a random recently about how it bugs me no end when memes have cats and dogs seem illiterate with all the spelling and grammar mistakes. Seriously bugs me. But I’ve never cried about it!

[ksun]

I read that when I first woke up this morning and it's completely set the tone for the day. And WTF, Pam - margarine?!

[atexan]

Dec 15, 2021 15:51:33 GMT -5 CurlyQ284 said:

I just saw this lol

This has me WHEEZING

[cleo29]

lol love this.

[foundmylazybum]

I liked that HR tried to reassign the cats to Pam, but the guy said no and said they were his employees, and has also reassessed his treatment of Jorts.


Pam should NOT have buttered Jorts.

[katfco]

I found Pam's memoir. 

[winecat]

For the record, I am not Pam. 🤣

[blondemoment123]

This is the best.

[litebright]

I love the bit about the sign that says
"DAYS SINCE JORTS HAD A TRASH CAN MISHAP: 0”

[bears]

I didn't realize that orange cats had the stereotype of being stupid. I thought my orange cat was unique and dumb as a box of rocks.

[katfco]

Dec 15, 2021 19:21:15 GMT -5 bears said:

I didn't realize that orange cats had the stereotype of being stupid. I thought my orange cat was unique and dumb as a box of rocks.

My orange cat has a hard time pawing open an OPEN door.

[goldengirlz]

I appreciate how Jean and Jorts inspired almost all the vaccine holdouts to get their shots. Heroes, those two!

Also, is Jorts not the most perfect name for a dumb cat?

(I have a tortie and she is a genius.)

[mccallister84]

Dec 15, 2021 22:05:04 GMT -5 goldengirlz said:

I appreciate how Jean and Jorts inspired almost all the vaccine holdouts to get their shots. Heroes, those two!

Also, is Jorts not the most perfect name for a dumb cat?

(I have a tortie and she is a genius.)

That was our favorite part too!

[underwaterrhymes]

Dec 15, 2021 22:05:04 GMT -5 goldengirlz said:

I appreciate how Jean and Jorts inspired almost all the vaccine holdouts to get their shots. Heroes, those two!

Also, is Jorts not the most perfect name for a dumb cat?

(I have a tortie and she is a genius.)

My favorite too, with the butter massages and sweet potato bio pic coming in a very close second and third.

We have a tortie and she is more like Jorts. She’s very lovable. But, MAN, she’s not the brightest bulb on the tree.

[cville]

I needed this today.

My orange cat is smart, maybe smarter than my tortie. I have never buttered either of them.

[jorja]

I have one extremely stupid orange cat and one very smart one. They’re litter mates and I’m not sure what went wrong with the dumb one.

[WOT?*]

Dec 15, 2021 16:12:02 GMT -5 ksun said:

I read that when I first woke up this morning and it's completely set the tone for the day. And WTF, Pam - margarine?!

I know! All the drama and yet Jorts doesn't merit *real* butter? I'd report that to HR.

[SwimDeep]

I read this yesterday and was laughing so hard. I follow AITA on Twitter and they've been moving towards posting more threads that are just funny and don't leave me hating the world.

However, I strongly disagree that all orange cats are dumb. I'd actually never heard that stereotype before yesterday. I had an orange cat growing up who was super smart. Beyond the ability to open doors, he also used a tree to get up onto the roof and would sit at the very top to survey his domain (never had a problem getting back down). I still miss him 😢

Now we have an orange cat who knows exactly what he is not supposed to do, and he only breaks the rules when he wants attention. We named him Thor, but I swear he's actually Loki. Little trickster will get into the bathroom cabinet and manage to pull out 1 qtip that he brings to me so we can play fetch.

Orange cats are not automatically dumb, and it irritates me that people think that. It also irritates me that I'm so defensive about it because now I'm wondering if I am Pam 😅

[underwaterrhymes]

Dec 16, 2021 5:41:26 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

I read this yesterday and was laughing so hard. I follow AITA on Twitter and they've been moving towards posting more threads that are just funny and don't leave me hating the world.

However, I strongly disagree that all orange cats are dumb. I'd actually never heard that stereotype before yesterday. I had an orange cat growing up who was super smart. Beyond the ability to open doors, he also used a tree to get up onto the roof and would sit at the very top to survey his domain (never had a problem getting back down). I still miss him 😢

Now we have an orange cat who knows exactly what he is not supposed to do, and he only breaks the rules when he wants attention. We named him Thor, but I swear he's actually Loki. Little trickster will get into the bathroom cabinet and manage to pull out 1 qtip that he brings to me so we can play fetch.

Orange cats are not automatically dumb, and it irritates me that people think that. It also irritates me that I'm so defensive about it because now I'm wondering if I am Pam 😅

My tortie loves tampons. One day I came home, found a tampon on the bottom stairs, and then another tampon on the next stair, and a third and a fourth and so on all the way to the top and into our bedroom. WTFWTFWTF. She had evidently found and opened a box, and joyously tossed them about like confetti in the bedroom and then decided she needed to share the joy with everyone.

We have also learned the hard way that she loves used applicators even more and so we have to keep something heavy on the trashcan and/or keep the bathroom door closed or else she will knock it over and happily share them with everyone. 🤢😩🤣

[seeyalater52]

As I was reading this I imagined that the clearly awesome HR professionals who helped mediate this situation were wildrice or dove or some other awesome GBCN-er who works in HR 🤣

[ECB]

I... just can't!

[ECB]

Dec 15, 2021 22:29:44 GMT -5 @kizmet said:

"Pam is NOT to apply margarine to any of her coworkers."

Dying.

I keep reading this sentence over and over and can't stop laughing!!

And I will never look at sweet potatoes the same.