It’s okay to have cats on the counters

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Not much else too it than if my car wants to be on my counter it’s okay. I’m a very clean person overall but still don’t find this bothering me as I regularly scrub counters and disenfect. I’ve had people come over and make a big deal with my cat jumping on the counter meowing for water.

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  2. actuarial_cat Avatar

    Of course, cat are cleaner than human, filthy humans so hypocritical XD

  3. Alyssapocalypse Avatar

    That’s fair, your house, but one of the main reasons I refuse to eat at potlucks lmao

  4. Wrong_Class8040 Avatar

    A car? Damn that seems like it would break the counter.

  5. atinylittlebug Avatar

    I think the complaint is because cats dig around in their litter, poop, pee, etc. and then jump on the countertops with dirty paws.

  6. TheFlightlessDragon Avatar

    I mean, cats will get on the counters whether their human staff thinks they should be there or not

  7. Working-Tomato8395 Avatar

    Cats step in their own toilet and clean themselves with their own spit.

    Don’t get me wrong, I’ll pet almost any cat I come across, but I’m not eating until I’ve washed my hands, and if your cats are all over your counter, I’m not eating anything from your kitchen.

  8. Murica_Arc Avatar

    Cats lick their own butts.

  9. ImpressiveQuality363 Avatar

    I love my kitty but this is why I trained him not to be on the counter

    They might be ‘clean’ animals but they still cover their poop with poopy sand so…

  10. JiveAs Avatar

    You’re allowed to have whatever critters you want crawling near your food in your house, doesn’t mean I’ll eat there

  11. trixayyyyy Avatar

    It’s easy to train them not to so I don’t see why it’s even a thing?

  12. BigTribs914 Avatar

    Poo poo pee pee son

  13. Privacy-Boggle Avatar

    People who get into a tizzy over it just out themselves as people who never wash their counters.

  14. Nancy6651 Avatar

    I can remember embarrassing bunches of hair in my mom’s pies. Talk about <gag>!

  15. pufferoni-n-cheese Avatar

    I just trained my cats to keep off the counters. I love cats, but I don’t like their shitty kitty feets on my food prep surfaces lol

    Sometimes the ladies forget their manners if a particularly tempting flying bug is involved, but that’s what regular sanitizer is for

  16. BillyCarson Avatar

    If you want to train your cat not to jump on the counter, put a big long sheet of aluminum foil on the counter and see what happens.

  17. mikutansan Avatar

    society is too germaphobic

  18. Any-Criticism5666 Avatar

    Cats dig around in their litter, they defecate, urinate, etc, and then jump onto the countertop with their paws dirty, making a big mess for you to clean up.