How many times do you find yourself doing work that has nothing to do with your job description?

Most employees have to accept that when they're working for someone else, they are going to find themselves doing a job that is not 100% what they imagine, or even not 100% what is written in their job description. Whether it is the occasional desk job or even making your boss their coffee at lunch, sometimes you just have to accept this new role and, well, just roll with it.

That being said, when it comes to a point where all you do is somebody else's job, and you don't even come close to fulfilling your own role, you might want to have a serious conversation with yourself, and with your boss, to understand how to make it right. Sometimes, you might find the solutions and fix the problems. Other times, the only solution you have left is to find another job.

When we covered the story of the employee below last week, we thought that they were on their way to find a solution. You see, they were hired as a data analyst, but when they started the job, they quickly discovered that they were there to fill in for the retiring finance employee. Every day, they would come in and learn all about this guy's job, which had nothing to do with what they were actually hired for…

As the days in the new job went by, the employee was pushed further and further away from doing what they were hired to do. New tasks came in, and new responsibilities, but none of them were in the job description. At least not in the job description of a data analyst.

The most recent update was posted on Reddit's r/antiwork Subreddit, and it seems like this employee has finally reached their breaking point. There is simply too much work for them to take on, and it's time their new employer understands it.

Isn't there something extra special about leash-trained cats?

Thinking about skittish domestic cats, they seem like the norm in everyday life. Sure, they might be brave in the face of a bird perched outside the window, while they ekekek away pretending to be a menacong hunter, but… that's where it ends. That's why when you see a cat walking on a leash, it's almost jarring. Very impressive, for sure, but for a split second it feels out of place, like you've been transported to a parallel universe where… cats walk on leashes.

That's why we love it when people on the r/adventurecats community show the world how it's really done, like this one cat dad and his gorgeous cat. He didn't stop at posting the absolutely beautiful cat pictures with amazing nature views, but he also gave some very useful tips and tricks for people who want to leash-train their own cats.

That's why we love cat people, and definitely the online feline family - it's like everyone is at the ready to lend a hand and help. Whether a person needs advice on raising neonatal kittens, or someone else wants to know the best local food brand for senior cats - a cat person with an answer will always be there. Just as this cool cat dad was with his adventure advice.

Nobody plans to blow up their entire office's morale on a Tuesday morning, but somewhere between printing the quarterly report and grabbing a coffee, someone at a Midwestern engineering firm in the mid-90s managed to do exactly that by leaving a face-down stack of papers on every single desk containing each employee's full name, job title, start date, and annual salary, which is the workplace equivalent of pulling the pin on a grenade and then walking around very calmly placing one in front of each person before anyone arrives

There is a version of salary transparency that is thoughtful and gradual and helps close pay gaps. Then there is the version where someone accidentally prints the entire company's compensation data and thinks that the direction a physical printed page faces changes the privacy setting

I swear the fact that the thing was face-down is everything. Someone walked through that entire office placing papers strategically so each person would flip their own little grenade. Whether that was deliberate drama or just the most neutral way to distribute information, we will never know, but the effect was the same. A room full of engineers sitting in total silence doing math on who was getting turned into the stress-test sample.

I personally can see it in my mind's eye. The first few minutes, everyone is just staring at numbers. Then the calculations start. You find someone with your exact job title who has been there six years longer and makes less than you. You find out the principal who micromanages your lunch breaks is somehow earning less than you expected. You find the one guy nobody can stand whose number makes the entire room inhale sharply. By noon, everyone has done the math three different ways, and the results keep coming back wrong.

Cats have ruled the internet for so long that even some cat memes have become standalone memes.

That's the result of a years-long reign with an iron paw - cats rule the internet, and there's no denying it. Cats appear everywhere from the classic "cute cat video" genre of Millennial brainrot, all the way to the most wholesome cat adoption stories that could leave a cat-hater in tears of joy, through specific cat memes that are internet pillars of humor - like Grumpy Cat. Who doesn't love Grumpy Cat?

As we're very proud to exist in the online cattosphere, as I Can Has Cheezburger is a cat meme all in its own right, we thought to bring you here what we think are the modern-day cat meme classics. These memes are going to be what the "cute cat video" was on the 00s internet. The staples of current cat humor online that every cat lover, or otherwise, should know.

Not all villains wear capes. Some shed on your clothes and knock things off shelves. 

Cats don't become villains overnight. It starts with something small. A pen gets pushed off a desk. A houseplant mysteriously ends up on the floor. An unattended sandwich loses a piece when nobody is looking. Before long, a full-fledged feline criminal mastermind has emerged.

Some cats specialize in psychological warfare. They'll stare at their humans from across the room until someone gets uncomfortable and moves first. Others prefer direct action, like sprinting through the house at top speed, stealing food, or launching surprise attacks on unsuspecting ankles. The most skilled villains know how to commit the crime and then immediately act like the victim.

Of course, every great villain needs a signature move. Maybe it's knocking objects off shelves one by one. Maybe it's sitting directly on a keyboard during an important task. Maybe it's waking everyone up at 4 a.m. because the food bowl is only 97% full. Whatever the method, cats approach mischief with a level of confidence most humans can only dream of.

The worst part is that they're almost impossible to hold accountable. One innocent blink, one tiny meow, or one perfectly timed stretch and the case falls apart. Witnesses forget what happened. Evidence is ignored. Charges are dropped. They may be agents of chaos, but they also happen to be extremely cute, which has apparently been their legal defense strategy all along.

What are the ethics behind reserved spots at the gym?

There are plenty of differing opinions on this matter, but in this case, it's hard to argue with the facts of the squash court rules. This gym member reserved the court for 7:00 PM and, upon arrival at around 6:58 PM, she saw that another person was using the court. Of course, the member waited until it was officially time for her reservation before saying something, in case the other person was just finishing up and was planning to leave at 7:00 PM on the dot.

Well, it turns out that the other person was not planning to leave, and she didn't exactly take the news that she was being booted off the court well either. The gym member with the proper reservation related her account of what happened on Reddit's r/EntitledPeople subreddit community, and was met with mutually commiserative frustrations from other folks who had more or less been in similar situations.

There is something bizarre about decorum in the gym, and that, despite clear rules and regulations, the most egotistical members (of which there are always few) decide that they are above policy. Such individuals should not be humored. More often than not, these folks behave in this manner because they have previously gotten away with it, or no one told them otherwise.

In this instance, we are pretty certain that this lady knew what she was doing. Her defensiveness and resentment speak volumes. If she really did not know about the rules, she would have been apologetic. Instead, she was grasping at straws, trying to find something she could use in her defense to make herself seem like the victim here. Because the facts were not on her side, she ended up opting to critique the other person's attitude. 

Anyone who has encountered an entitled person and has called that person on their nonsense when they are out of line knows that a common response is denial, deflection, and anger. These folks cannot handle being wrong, and when they have no legitimate reason to defend their actions, all they can do is turn into a child and throw a tantrum. Unfortunately, the culture today seems to condone this behavior. Regardless of whether or not we're on the squash court or elsewhere in our lives, it's up to decent, rational individuals to tell these delusional figures with "main character" energy that they need to follow the rules just like everyone else!

When was the last time you put in your PTO?

Come on, it's been too long. It's vacation season, so it's time to use that PTO! The spreadsheets can wait. They won't create happy memories for you. Only having several days in a row where you can do whatever you want can do that. And if you get to spend those days with the people you love, even better! PTO is a provided benefit at your job for a reason. Because we work to live, not live to work. People will barter to have more PTO over a raise sometimes, because that can be more beneficial. Taking time for yourself is important, and your job should know that. If you can't keep yourself happy and lively, then your work is going to be subpar or not good at all. Like, come on, everybody knows that. And if your job doesn't, still request that PTO that they contractually promised you and send them one of these memes with it. That'll have them getting the picture! 

The phrase "I absolutely cannot keep this kitten" rarely ages well.

The morning was supposed to start with letting the chickens out. Instead, it started with the sound of a tiny kitten crying for help. As shared on Reddit's r/CatDistributionSystem subreddit, the homeowner stepped outside and quickly discovered a kitten estimated to be around four weeks old waiting to make her presence known.

The timing could not have been worse, or better, depending on your perspective. The household already included a dog, three cats, and twelve chickens. By any reasonable standard, the family was at full capacity. The kitten, however, seemed completely unconcerned by that fact.

Things became even more complicated when the family dog immediately fell in love with the new baby. The resident cats were wary but not hostile, which is often about the best reaction a new kitten can hope for. To make matters even more interesting, the little furball reportedly looks a lot like the family's existing cats and may even be related to two of them.

While the homeowner joked that the universe was punishing them, the kitten appears to have landed in exactly the right place. Between the warm reception from the other animals and how naturally she fits in, it is hard to picture her anywhere else. Sometimes a kitten shows up and needs time to earn a place in the family. This one seems to have skipped that step entirely.

Are you a cat parent familiar with the "universal cat grab?"

If not, then you just haven't eaten around your cat yet, have you? If you are a cat parent who has eaten around your feline fur babies, then you are very familiar with the "universal cat grab." That is when you need to hold your cat back from eating your food, but since they just dive right in, headfirst, the outcome is usually one hand moving the food away, and the other holding the cat's head back as they try to squeeze out of your grasp. It is hilarious, or as I like to say, hissterical. 

It turns out I'm not the only cat person who finds these photos of cats' heads trapped in the grasp of their owner as they try to eat their food. A cat parent who goes by @ttv.catsngats on TikTok recently posted a video of their cat trying to muscle their way out of their parent's grasp to get their meal, and instead created a relatable and LOLable clip. Cat parents from all over the web came to the comment section to share their own pictures of their cat baby doing the exact same thing. It created a beautiful bonding moment for the cat community online! Check it out below. 

The job? Break into a human house. The plan? Skedaddle into her home and her heart. 

Some cats are just friendlier than others, and this meowzer in tabby cat trousers was the friendliest, sweetest feline on the street. The problem was that she was a street cat, beholden to the outside world without a place to lay her head at night. However, this clever kitty learned that she could guarantee her nightly safety and secure a forever friend by playing up her snuggly demeanor. All she had to do was hunt down the purrfect human and concoct a break-in plan. 

Wanda knew what she was doing when we Wanda'd into the house; she was making it her home. 

Does CEO lingo make you cringe? 

Good, because no normal human being should ever be talking about shareholder value, margins, low-hanging fruit, and workshopping without stirring up a little cringe. For some reason, the corporate world has become a parody of itself. At first, office jobs and managerial positions seemed like the only way to get ahead in life, but in a world that's increasingly rewarding to tradesmen and craftspeople, the paperpushing types are straying farther and farther from reality… in the worst way. 

A part of this dissociation from the real world starts with the corporate lingo: aligning, putting a pin, and becoming "thought leaders" was never meant to mean anything. But in the corporate world, being a thought leader or a thought aligner of sorts is like being Eddie V himself (aka: a god amongst mere mortals). 

Alas, the perfection behind corpo-speak is that it's become completely devoid of meaning. 

As the meaningless words of the workplace mingle, middle management and higher C-level jobs retain their meaning. Because without the managers and bosses to explain away the problems into dissolution, how will they maintain the front that they actually work during the day instead of attending a series of fluff-piece meetings and convention-style "think tanks." What if these "think tanks" did less thinking and actually achieved a function? It's hard to imagine, huh? 

Well, while there are many parts of office work that have become menial and feel useless, there is at least a consensus surrounding the futility of corporate jargon. These buzzwords may not make you believe your boss when he says you're a "family" in the workplace, but at least you'll know exactly what he's actually trying to say: Nothing. 

So let's all rally together on a TEAMs call and put our heads together on this one, because office workers of Reddit have come together to collect the stupidest, most infuriating corporate buzzwords of our era, and it's almost enough to make us want to leave our resignation letter in the communal printer. Sorry, boss, but I won't be circling back this time; this is the beginning and end of cheap corpo-talk.

Have you ever had a date because of a cat?

We know it's possible because one young woman vacationing in Europe didn't just have a great time on a holiday, but met a cat who changed her life. The story she tells the r/notmycat community is really the closest thing to a real-life princess faitytale thing that we read in recent times. Usually, when we bring you a glow-up or rags-to-riches heartwarming story that we can all "aww" around together, it's about the cat becoming a house prince or princess after graduating from being a stray on the streets. But here the cat is the true hero MVP, being the best wingcat to a woman who potentially met her prince charming.

As all cat lovers do, she stopped to pet an extra-friendly cat. She didn't want to leave him alone, and even considered taking him all the way with her, despite being on vacation. She wouldn't be the first woman who adopted a cat from overseas, but in this case, it wasn't really necessary. This cat was already living the comfy and pampered house cat life… right in the European villa that hosted her. The owner of the place owned the cat as well (in the lack of a better term, because we all know the cat owns the human, obviously).

Before we dive into this ameowzing real-life fairytale, let us give you a little spoiler: you saw that we wrote "a second date" in the title, right? Well… there was a third, and this cat-induced romance just keeps getting better and better updates. We're smiling so wide here.

Hey cat people, you've come to the right place to nom on some memes.

While cat memes and food memes mostly exist on two different internet humor lines, parallel, never meeting - they sometimes do intersect. And this intersection is nothing short of a funny feline feast of humor, seasoned with the spice cats naturally have in their lives. And their absolute obsession with food, of course.

Cats are incredibly food-motivated creatures, so it's only natural that if they control the vast spaces of the internet with endless cat content, some of it will be about their relationship with food. Cats are like that because their wild ancestors relied on hunting for survival, and food triggers strong natural instincts to nom immediately. While they are fully domesticated (even if some will pretend that's not the case), their brains are still hardwired to prioritize acquiring food over everything else.

Just as cats are hardwired for food-searching, we're built to endlessly search for bits of humor - getting it in huge sample dishes, like a tapas restaurant. And we couldn't be happier that it's all feline funnies featuring the foodie nature of our cats. Yum, but also lol.

Did you know that 1-year-old cats are considered "old" in shelters? Their odds of being adopted are lower. Now, imagine what happens to an old cat in a shelter. 

Cats who are in shelters for a long time usually have very sad stories. They never deserve to be there for that long. They are never "bad" cats. They are cats who've been dealt some rough cards in their lives. Oftentimes, they are cats who have been abandoned by their previous owners, cats who have lost their owners to old age, or cats who have managed to get old as strays or ferals and have simply allowed themselves to get caught, wanting to finally get off the streets and into a warm home.

All of these cats deserve a chance at a forever home. But usually, people don't look at older cats in shelters, and "old" in shelters starts as young as when a cat is 1-year-old. The real problem happens in the shelter. The longer the cat is there, the worst the cat's reputation becomes, the more difficult it is for the cat to find a home. 

We don't know why exactly the cat whose story was shared on r/blackcats was in the shelter for as long as he was. All we know is that he was in there for 9 years. But he's not there anymore. Finally, he's found the home he deserves. 

What's giving these boat-owners a sinking feeling? 

It's their brand-new boat! 

There's that jokey line that people like to say that goes: The best two days of your life are the day you buy your boat, and the day you sell it. 

Why is that? Well, these parents can now tell you firsthand. 

Have you ever looked at your cat's face and wondered, what are they thinking about? Cats can be lying on your couch, completely relaxed, with a ray of sun hitting their face, and look like they could be reflecting on serious life questions. If you know the feeling, you'll probably find inspiration in these existential cat memes. Get ready to grow older and wiser, learning from the wisdom of these philosophical cats. 

These cats have more than one thing to teach us… Just scroll down to immerse yourself in so much feline wisdom. You can thank them later. 

Can one compliment change your entire career?

For this man, a junior employee in an enormous office, getting noticed and complimented for his hard work was enough to make him reconsider quitting. He sprinted to Reddit's r/office subreddit to share his wholesome story, hoping to inspire others with a tale of a boss who's clearly one in a million. As many of us know, those good bosses are few and far between…

Honestly, I get that, though. Companies nowadays expect employees to dump their heart and soul into their jobs without as much of a gold star (or a meager pizza party) to reward them. Although I'll gladly accept a room-temperature, sliver slice piece of pizza at the end of a hard week, that's hardly the recompense that many employees deserve after spending late nights finishing briefs and getting their projects ruthlessly torn apart by management. Usually, workers are too busy bending over backwards to fight the fight against complimentary notions, so when a boss actually takes the time to give you a high five or call out your good work, that feels like a win, and tastes better than a pepperoni and cheese pie. 

One compliment can change everything. 

Stealing is a favorite activity for many sneaky cats, and we want to know what your cat's favorite thing to steal from you is.

Our two little cats each have a favorite item to steal from around the house. Our big, chubby orange boy loves to steal plastic spoons, Q-tips, and random tissue papers, which are all pretty mild things. He will play with them for a while until he has had enough, which is why our floor is littered with random papers and plastic utensils that have become his toys. 

Our tiny calico, on the other hand, loves to steal food. If there is any type of food left unattended on the kitchen counter or even on our plates, she will make a grab for it, and most of the time, she will succeed in taking it. The funny thing is, she is almost never interested in eating it; she just likes the challenge of taking something she knows she's not supposed to touch. And she loves it even more when we run around the house after her, in an attempt to keep her from hiding random pieces of food where we won't be able to reach them.

We love our naughty little babies, even if they love to give us a hard time.

We know that the art of stealing is appealing to most cats, not just ours, which leaves us wondering what kinds of crimes are happening in other feline owners' homes. Do other cats enjoy taking their owners' shoes, or maybe hair ties? Are there any cats out there who are particularly interested in their owners' home decor? And how many cats feel the need to steal a sip of water out of their pawrents' filled glasses just for the heck of it?

There is no way of knowing without asking these important questions, which is why we are bringing it up here. Please let us know in the comments below what the funniest thing your fiesty feline ever stole from you. And in return for your hissterical stories, enjoy the collection of silly cat memes that you get to scroll through on your way to the comments.

This Philadelphian discovered their block is covered in construction dust, and they're taking action to stop it. 

As if construction work wasn't disruptive enough already! 

This person went outside and found that their entire block was covered in dust from a construction project. 

You might think that that's irritating, but not necessarily a problem, right? 

Wrong. It's actually a huge deal. It is not allowed, and this person is determined to take action to stop these contractors in their path. 

No matter how many pictures of cats you have seen in your life, some of them will still end up surprising you with how uniquely purrfect they are. 

We say this as people with vast experience when it comes to cat content: cats will always find a way to surprise you. We have been writing for ICHC for a long time. We have seen many, many pictures of cute cats. We have put together whole lists of cool cats with unique features and unique colors. Really, there was a point in time when we thought that we have seen it all. And then, we saw some new and unique cat again. And then again. And after if happened enough times, we stopped thinking that we know everything, and we started expecting the unexpected. 

Today, once again, cats have managed to surprise us. We have seen many cats with unique fur patterns. Cats half one color, half the other. Cats with vitiligo, whose black fur gets dotted with white over time. Cats with special shapes in their fur. But none - none - of the cats that we have seen have looked quite like the cats that the person who shared this story on r/kittens is fostering.