The second somebody spots a cat in public, the ancient ritual of pspsps begins automatically.

The sound of pspsps somehow turns otherwise intelligent adults into people desperately trying to negotiate with tiny furry creatures hiding under couches. It does not even matter where somebody is either. Living room, parking lot, alleyway, grocery store parking lot at midnight. The second a cat appears, the pspsps automatically activates like a deeply ingrained human survival instinct.

Cats also react to pspsps in wildly different ways. Some come trotting over immediately like little whiskered angels ready for attention and snacks. Others stare for three full business days before deciding whether the invitation is worth acknowledging. Then there are the cats who hear the pspsps, make direct eye contact, and walk away on purpose just to keep everybody humble.

The whole interaction somehow always becomes a slow-motion standoff too. Somebody keeps softly going pspsps while the cat inches forward one tiny step at a time like it is approaching a highly sensitive negotiation. One little sniff usually leads to another cautious step forward, and suddenly the cat is rubbing against somebody's leg like they have known each other for years.

Pspsps really feels like one of the most universal cat summoning methods ever created. Cats may pretend they are above it, but one little ear twitch always gives them away.

The age-old question of who is supposed to pay for a home repair: the person who lives in it, or the person who owns it?

When you live in a home you don't own, disputes are bound to follow every time something happens to the place. It could be an AC malfunction, a hole in the wall, or a clogged toilet; every single change drags a whole conversation about who is supposed to be the one paying for the repair.

Naturally, neither side wants to bear the cost of a repair. The owner never wants to pay for something in a home they don't live in, and the renter doesn't want to pay for something in a home they don't own. But usually, a simple clause in their contract determines which one of them must take out their wallet, and that usually settles the debate.

When it comes to Airbnbs, things tend to get a little blurry because these standard contracts are not a common thing between a host and a guest. Anyone who has ever stayed at an Airbnb knows that some hosts tend to look for ways they can squeeze more money out of their guests, and one must be careful whenever they're staying at an Airbnb for longer than a night.

The guest below is staying at an Airbnb long-term, which could be a risky deal, as they have just discovered themselves. For a while, they didn't have any problems with their stay, until one night at 2:00 AM, they got locked out of the bedroom because the electronic lock suddenly ran out of batteries.

Since they only left their room to go to the bathroom, the guest didn't have anything but their phone on them, so they decided to text the host and explain the situation. After a bit of back and forth, the host told the guest to wait until 7:00 AM, and the guest decided to spend the rest of the night in the communal kitchen. When morning came, the host called a locksmith who came to fix the lock. When the door was fixed, the host and guest got into a dispute about who should pay the locksmith for the job. The host claimed it was the guest's fault for leaving the room in the middle of the night, while the guest refused to take the blame for a malfunction that had nothing to do with them.

It's seasonable to question what's best for yourself, your family, or the pets you currently have. And in this situation, there's steps to be made in a direction that could help everyone here. 

This person was outside doing yard work when they saw a trail of two kittens following a mom and her son. They were meowing and distracting the person from doing the yard work, and the mom didn't seem to want to be involved, so the person decided to take the kittens in himself. They were friendly and sweet and seemed like they're used to being with people, which means they were probably abandoned. She brought them to her home and put them in a room alone so that they wouldn't be around the other pets. They look clean and about 10 weeks old, a calico and a black cat who are bonded. 

The caveat is that the couple already has two cats and a dog, and one of the cats is 16-years-old, and they're not sure how she'll react to two new kittens. It took quite a long time for the elderly cat to become adjusted to the younger one, so they worry it will be the same with the kittens. They fear they'll have to keep the kittens since the shelters and full due to it being kitten season. They don't want to walk away from these kittens, so they'll have to adjust to the situation they have. They ask the internet for wholesome advice on what to do, and the internet comes in strong with a solution they didn't think of. 

Thirty-seven years at one company is not just a job. It is a whole personality, a pension, a vacation schedule, and apparently the kind of institutional knowledge that makes your employer suddenly discover a 12% raise the moment you start looking elsewhere.

Who's ready for another weekly whiskery recap of the funniest and freshest felines that X has to offer?

As much as we preach here at I Can Has Cheezburger about the impurrtance, nay, the sanctity of Caturdays, we often get to enjoy them as we wish. Life just gets in the way. Errands to run, litter boxes to clean, our monthly trip to the gym so we don't feel like our subscription is a waste of money… you know. Rarely do we find ourselves lounging around like we always wish we could with our fluffy felines at home. There is laundry to do, dishes to put away, and a long list of other things on our to-do lists that we'll never get to.

All of this is to say that we know how hard it is to stay current with all the fun feline things on the interwebz. It's nearly impawssible, unless you really do spend the day on the couch doing nothing, and when was the last time you actually had more than one or two hours to yourself? 

We can't even remember. 

But! That's why we want to welcome you every Monday meowrning with the funniest kitties on the internet that we found last week. No more endless scrolling that nobody has time for, we've gathered the best of the best, the purrfect 10s in a world full of 6s and 7s (6-7!). Start your meowrning, nay, your week, with pawsitivity and a full wholesome meter thanks to these hissterical tweets. We can't do much, but at the very least, we can do this.

This worker has found himself in a bizarre legal dispute with his Pennsylvania-based company regarding his new job title, which was altered without his knowledge or approval.

Imagine logging into your HR portal for a routine check, only to find out that your entire job, from the title to your newfound responsibilities, has been changed without your awareness. Moreover, imagine hearing that your choice to work over the last couple of weeks, since the job title was quietly changed, somehow counts as your approval of this new shift in duties.

Unfortunately, that's the pickle that this warehouse employee is in. Just a few weeks after he filed a complaint to HR because of a serious safety violation, he was seemingly punished with this job change. Furthermore, he is now being asked to operate machinery that he is not certified to utilize, marking yet another series of safety violations in this toxic warehouse environment. Talk about a lawsuit waiting to happen!

How many kittens are too many kittens? If you ask the family below, you might not get a straight answer.

They started out with the amount of kittens most people start with, which is zero. It's been 10 years since the last time this family had a pet cat, and they weren't planning on changing that. But as we all know, most people don't plan to have a cat before one springs up on them out of the blue, and this wholesome family is no different. One day, they simply woke up and found themselves caring for a mama cat and her two cute children.

Despite it being unexpected, getting to help a sweet cat and her kittens is such a blessing that many heartwarming hoomans don't walk away from that opportunity, and this family couldn't agree more. They saw the three cats, and they immediately knew that they had an obligation to help.

Innocently, they thought that 3 cats were all they would have to deal with, but they quickly learned that they were gravely mistaken. There were many more cats in store for this beautiful family…

"Never accept a counteroffer" is an adage you will hear bandied about any time the conversation turns to accepting a new job offer and tendering your resignation. 

When you go to give your resignation, there's a non-zero chance that your employer will turn around and offer you a raise matching the new salary that you have been offered. They might even beat it and offer a promotion, that next step of growth in your career that you have been looking for and have been desperately missing from your current role. And on paper, it would make sense to accept this, especially if the offer beats the one you have gotten.

But you have to ask yourself, why couldn't they just offer me this sooner if they thought it was worth it? Sure, it could just be organizational oversight. The employee just got lost in the bustle of everything else going on. Well, that and most employers don't just go around paying people more when they're not incentivized to. Meaning that current employees' pay often lags behind that of new hires across entire industries.

This also means that the best way to get a raise in the modern employment landscape is to make sure you keep looking for other opportunities that would be a good fit for you and offer you essential next steps in your growth and career. 

It can seem daunting to keep up with job applications and such when already working a full-time role, but when you go through this process and go back to your current employer, with an offer in hand. You reach the point where we started: the counteroffer.

The reality is, however your employer feels about you and your work, it makes more sense, financially, for them to try to retain you in this moment. Interview processes can be lengthy and a big investment in time and resources. Meanwhile, productivity will be down for your role for that entire duration, and this has a cost to it, too. Any other factors aside, the cold, hard truth is that it's just cheaper for them to match the offer, or beat it, than it is to replace you. 

Cats' sweetest skill of all is making biscuits. Their paws move with professional precision, and they look absolutely focused on their imaginary dough, often known as blankets. And if your cat is making biscuits on you, congratulations! You are officially part of the bakery staff.

This adorable habit is also one of the signs that your cat feels secure and happy. Kneading is one of the earliest comforting behaviors they learn, as kittens knead their mother's belly to stimulate milk flow. So if your adult cat continues doing that, it's because they feel safe and loved. 

How do you react when people give you criticism or complain about your behavior?

We all find ourselves both on the giving and the receiving end of criticism from time to time; there is no avoiding it. We live in a world where almost every single action we do affects other people, and it is only a matter of time before something we do, however big or small, bothers someone so much that they decide to say something about it.

How we react to that will say a lot about who we truly are.

The resident below, for example, has shown his true colors the second someone else criticised his behavior, and we can safely say his true colors are not pretty. This resident lives in a small building with 4 apartments total, and he has the habit of sitting in the parking lot and generally causing a disturbance, whether he's talking loudly, blocking parking spots, or simply making noise.

This led one of his neighbors to complain to the owner of the building privately and ask them to put a stop to the disturbance. The neighbor didn't want to confront the loud resident directly, so they thought that doing so through the owner was the best option. They were quick to learn that even anonymity can't always shelter them from someone else's entitled behavior.

As soon as the loud resident heard about the complaint against him, he demanded to know which one of his neighbors spoke up. He didn't care about how he was causing a disturbance for other residents, and he had no intention of being a better neighbor; all he wanted was to find out who complained to the owner and confront them about it.

This led the guy to go door-to-door, knocking on every unit and asking its residents if they were the ones who complained. Naturally, the actual complainer had no intention to come forward and admit they did it, so they denied everything. 

Now, the loud resident is demanding a meeting with all of the residents, and the person who complained is scared of what will come of it. Should they even attend? Keep scrolling to decide…

Cats are a tempestuous bunch, but one thing they are great at doing is keeping those they dislike at a distance. So to help you keep your office enemies at bay we made you this inspawrational collection of hissing cats to help you get the hang of social distancing.

There is no animal on this earth that understands what it takes to keep others at bay. And they have become so good at their hissing game that these cats have learned how to use their social distancing mechanism on hoomans, other cats, dogs and any other creature that is unlucky enough to cross their path.

So seeing as you are at the end of your rope and likely would enjoy the idea of being left alone for the rest of the day, week or even month. We made this list of angy cattos to give you some inspiration for how to handle the hoomans in your life that you would very much like to keep at arms length or further. We encourage you to find a quiet spot with a mirror where you can practise your hissing faces and see how you compare to the cranky cattos in this list. 
 

In a world full of hard workers, favorite coworkers, healthy workplaces, and acceptably friendly managers, don't be a Danny. 

This dude was ornery about the privileges that managerial staff turned a blind eye to, getting emboldened by his free time at his new job. However, when this new hire at the call center, Danny, started blatantly watching TV shows at his desk on his work computer, flaunting his time wasting to every passerby in the office, managers were forced to crack down on the rules… For everyone in the department. 

With the internet outlawed and nothing to do between calls but twiddle their thumbs, the entire staff turned their backs on the flagrantly entitled new hire because he had ruined the last good thing they had going for them. 

In the workplace, nobody likes a boot-licker, a micromanager, or a blatant slacker, and somehow this Danny guy engaged all three of the worst characters in the office before the end of his first week. Some people bring chaos in their wake, while others help smooth it out, and this new guy expected everyone else in the workplace to pick up the slack when he created it. Everyone with a shred of a work ethic has encountered this kind of coworker once or twice during their careers, but none are quite as annoying as Danny.

At least, now, the coworkers in the office won't be spending time at his cubicle when they have a spare moment. The break room will be full of office chatter and gossip, especially now that phones, books, crafts, and all personal devices are banned from the employees' desks. Managers had a forced hand here, so they're hardly to blame. When one worker scandalously disregards simple rules, more rules will be put in place to enforce them. 

That's why you never take advantage of a good thing in the office, because you never know when that wonderful perk will be outlawed. Next thing you know, they'll be packing up the coffee maker, emptying the work fridge, and banning all chatter and gossip too… That'll be the day that everyone walks out.

What would you do all day if you only had to spend 30 minutes working? 

The possibilities feel almost endless! 

If you only had to work roughly 2-3 hours over your 40-hour workweek, just think about all you could accomplish. The obvious tasks would get done first. Laundry, grocery shopping, meal prepping, cleaning up the house. 

Or you could be scrolling on your phone, catching up on some video games, watching your favorite TV shows. 

But after you get all your chores done, and you've finished your TV series finale, you might realize that the boredom is setting in…

And then what do you do all day? All week? All career?

Is there anything more satisfying turning the hardened, jaded, king of cats into a cuddly, loving house cat?

Not every rescue story goes purrfectly smooth, and not every stray cat wishes to be living the cushy, indoor life. We all know how cats are with change, especially if they're on the older side. If living on the streets is all they know, and on top of that, if they are the sheriff of their clan of stray cats, they might actually enjoy living outdoors. However, just because they enjoy it, doesn't mean that they also won't enjoy a cuddly, safe retirement as well. You just have to show them how green the catnip is on the other side.

This couple spent months trying to gain the trust of Walter, who they very accurately describe as "the Ron Swanson of cats". Walter is large and in charge, and everyone knows it. He doesn't tolerate any tomfoolery in his neighborhood, and he keeps all the other stray cats in line. However, after a few injuries, the couple decided it was time to take him off the streets and replace his sheriff's badge with a comfy bed.

But, a few days before their vet appointment with Watler, he vanished. Not just for one day. For almost two months. They lost all hope…. until one day, he returned!

"Walter's back! He's back!" the wife screamed.

Hey lady! If we could tweet about coworkers we don't like without consequences, we would all do it.Workplace mockers have a long and storied tradition of underestimating how quickly their own behavior catches up with them, and this particular story delivers the payoff with almost poetic efficiency.

One chatterbox kitten turned a rough year into something much brighter.

One tiny screaming kitten hiding in a stack of pallets completely changed the course of somebody's year. After hearing little cries coming from the parking lot at work, this person spent half an hour searching before finally spotting a tiny black kitten instead of the skittish adult feral cat they expected. Armed with chicken, a humane trap, and several hours of cat noises playing from a phone speaker, they eventually managed to rescue the tiny void baby who became known as Chatter after nonstop little squeaks during the ride home.

Chatter really ended up becoming the exact kind of bright spot this person needed. What started as a plan to foster one tiny kitten through the cold weather quickly turned into a little shadow following them around the house making life feel lighter again. Some cats just arrived with huge personalities packed into tiny bodies, and Chatter clearly mastered that immediately. Between the constant chatting, the playful energy, the cuddles, and the cheek kisses, he slowly turned into the kind of cat who could make even rough days feel a little easier.

The best cats somehow always arrived when they were needed most too. Chatter went from a scared little kitten trapped with chicken bait to a confident, playful house cat giving cheek kisses and flopping dramatically into laps for cuddles. Even his name perfectly matched him. Tiny chatterbox from day one.

Watching little rescue kittens grow up always hit extra hard, but this one especially felt like two lives getting saved at the same time.

Did these tree cutters cross the line? 

Yes, literally, they were jumping over the property line of a homeowner next door to dump their tree debris in his trash cans. I don't know about you, but if that were my house, there would quickly be a bonfire of brush, timber, and branches prepared on the doorstep of that contractor's office. 

Although they had a decent relationship with the neighbor, this homeowner caught tree cutter workers throwing away their branches, leaves, and foliage trash into his limited garbage cans. Not only were the workers illegally dumping, but they were hopping the fence and galloping over his property to do it. Perhaps it was about time that the neighborhood watch did more than just "watch," taking action against inappropriate property invasions right at the source: With the contractor himself. 

Contractors are always quick to defend their employees. While there's no harm in that directly, if a contractor isn't willing to accept responsibility for when his workers flub up, they could be looking at a pretty serious stack of consequences. In this case, the owner of a tree-cutting company got extremely defensive on the phone when a neighbor complained about illegal dumping on his land, and if he'd been nice about it or apologized, maybe the situation could have been diffused. Instead, he dug his heels in, leading to a potentially exorbitant fine between $1000 and $5000 for illegal dumping and trespassing on private property. 

There are moments where employers should back up their workforce and moments where they should humbly accept responsibility, and this tree-cutting company is going to learn the hard way where they stand on that spectrum. 

One tiny cat nose is all it takes to completely destroy a purrson's self-control.

Some cat noses are simply too boopable to resist. The second a tiny pink or black little snoot appears, every human instinct immediately says boop the nose. It doesn't matter if the cat is loafing peacefully, staring dramatically out a window, or pretending to be a fierce little hunter. One tiny nose wrinkle and suddenly the urge to gently tap the snoot becomes overwhelming.

Cats also somehow make nose boops feel like very serious business. Some react with complete confusion like their personal space has been violated in the most offensive way possible. Others lean into the boops like they know their nose is one of their strongest weapons in the cuteness department. Tiny little sniffles, twitching whiskers, and sleepy blinks only make the whole thing even more pawsitively irresistible.

Every cat nose also has its own personality. Some are tiny pink jellybean noses that look almost too cute to be real. Others are dramatic black noses sitting right in the middle of fluffy faces like little charcoal buttons. Then there are the freckled noses that somehow make cats look even more boop-worthy than usual.

At the end of the day, cats may pretend to be graceful hunters and mysterious little creatures, but their tiny boopable noses completely ruin the tough act every single time.