Six years at a company, two performance awards, strong relationships across the board, and it all ends because one guy knew how to format a document

The credit stealer is a workplace archetype that does not get enough serious analysis. The move is almost elegant in how simple it is. You find someone competent and generous, you let them do the work and explain their thinking out loud, and then you take what they produced and put it in a nice template with clean fonts and consistent margins. Suddenly, the work looks like yours because the presentation is yours. The person who actually built the thing is standing in the room watching someone else get nodded at by managers who cannot tell the difference between substance and formatting.

When the world gets to be too much and you just want to disassociate and hide, there are not too many places you can go. But thanks to these cute cats, we now have the purrfect hiding spot that has been sitting in the corner of your house all along…

Ok, we cannot say that hiding in a bag can actually help you hide from the world. To begin with most of us hooman would struggle to fit into any kind of standard bag, even the giant Ikea ones. But mostly because there is no holding back the rising tide of responsibilities. At one point or another we are all going to have to face up to the things that we have to get done and the situations that we have put ourselves in.

But for the next few moments, we are going to be putting all of that on hold to indulge in the delight of cats hiding in bags so that we can live vicariously through them, imagining that we too have the ability to hide from the worries and woes of the world by putting our heads in a bag…those lucky cat children.
 

"It felt so good!! I've never had the desire to flex numbers before, but this was the perfect occasion for it."

Whenever someone tells me they are an "influencer," I see them as Ken in the Barbie movie when he explains his job. It's not saving lives as a lifeguard or doing necessary beach jobs, no. It's just beach… Like, what does that even mean? Your job is to what? Look cool on the beach? That sounds like what an influencer does. I'm not saying all influencers are bad. There are some influencers out there with huge followings and for a good reason, because they are helping out the community. I'm not a big influencer follower, but there is that one guy who goes around the world to small mom & pop restaurants and has a lovely meal, PAYS FOR SAID MEAL, and then posts about it, gaining the struggling shop tons of new customers. He never demands a free meal; he always pays and encourages his followers to tip well when they come. He even ends up becoming friends with many of these restaurant owners. 

However, I would say that most influencers aren't trying to help humanity. They just want free stuff… And in this economy, who can blame them? But like, come on, guys, don't be entitled and most definitely don't try to get free stuff from small businesses! 

A self-proclaimed "micro influencer" recently tried to get a free stay at a small bed and breakfast in a touristy beach town. What is a micro influencer? I have no idea, but I guess just… Someone with a normal amount of followers who is still posting like they have a huge following? I'm not 100% sure, but it sounds very cringe. 

Since this was a beach town, there were tons of places that this person could have stayed at, but she wanted this quaint bed and breakfast. It is usually totally booked out for the summer due to its limited space, so it was a miracle that it was even free for that weekend. The couple who own and run it were excited for the break. But then they got the call from the influencer…

She asked for a free night's stay in exchange for a short vlog she would do for them on her socials. Little did she know that the owners actually run a pretty successful YouTube page on the side as a fun little hobby. They don't make money off of it, they just like to have some fun. They have about 250,000 followers. This "micro influencer" only had 5k followers… 

Sufficed to say, they did not give her a free stay, but they did give her a free reality check. 

It was always known that cats are mysterious creatures, but we didn't realize just how much meowstery they bring into our lives. Just think of the scenario that you might already be a pawrent to two cat siblings, inseparable, living their best famioly life under your roof. And then, out of nowhere, a third stray with adoption pawtential appears in the same spot you adopted your previous cats from. And on top of that, this newcomer looks suspiciously just like the other two adoptees, who live the current comfy indoor cat life. That's exactly what happened to this pet-friendly family, who plans to gain the trust of the third sibling, and adopt him as well.

We can has memes, if you can has coin.

Hey you. Yes, you. The gamer with the cat who stole their entire lap, while you make yet another Khajiit character to start yet another Skyrim playthrough. Exactly you. We know what you're thinking - there are not enough hours in the world to play Skyrim, to listen to its amazing gaming soundtrack on repeat, and to spend time with your favorite feline family member. So while you're at it, and by "at it" we mean looking for Khajiit memes to fill the time until you start the 207th playthrough, let us recommend some games where you actually get to play a cat for real.

The best cat game of recent years is definitely Stray, the third-person adventure where you navigate a neon-lit robot city, solving puzzles to find your family. Another one that we absolutely love is Night in the Woods, where you play as a cat named Mae in a narrative-driven adventure exploring a decaying town. Then there's Little Kitty, Big City, the cute and cozy, physics-based game focused on causing mischief in a city while trying to find your way home.

If you play as a cat, you both game and spend some cat-time. And, of course, your cat will always be on your lap while you game. That's just the law of having a cat if you're a gamer. The cat sees an open lap - the cat conquers said lap. Just as you would conquer all of Tamriel if you could (a full Elder Scrolls strategy game when?).

This employee's manager spends most of his working hours playing golf on the company's dime, while at the same time enforcing strict new in-person work policies. Make it make sense!

Ah yes, another employer has made it his mission to put a policy in place that he himself cannot even follow. We understand that several generations of workers were socialized into thinking that in-person work was the only proper way to get things done professionally. 

Despite plentiful evidence to the contrary, not to mention various world events that had forced the occasional pivot to remote work, some folks even still refuse to admit that there are alternative ways to approach work.

This manager turned out to be one of those stubborn individuals, but the irony was that he was well-known for being absent during the work week. As you can imagine, it was laughable to watch this dude even try to enforce this new policy.

"I reminded her that everything in their house is broken because of the boys, and they don't even take them to movies themselves because they know they can't sit down and shut up for more than 90 seconds, let alone 90 minutes."

When it comes to be the fun uncle, aka the "funckle," you gotta be mentally and physically prepared. You didn't sign up to be a babysitter, but the universe kind of made you one. Not obligated to babysit, of course! We're not talking about entitled family members who demand free childcare. We mean, if you want a bond with your nieces and nephews, you should spend some quality time together. 

Now, that can be difficult, because for someone who was not preparing to have a kid, now you have to figure out how to care for a kid, even if it's just for the day. And not all kids are easy peasy lemon squeezey to take care of. Some kids are rambunctious and out of control, or as this uncle put it, "a walking tornado."

This uncle has both kids of kiddos as a niece and nephews. The niece is a sweet angel little girl who is civil at the library and enjoys a calm walk through the museum. His nephews are wild children who jump on everything, break everything, and scream weird inside jokes only 6 or 7-year-olds understand. That is perfectly normal for boys their age, but that's a lot to handle, especially for someone who isn't even their parent. 

So, when the sister-in-law found out that he was babysitting his niece on a regular basis and not her rambunctious boys, she threw a fit. She tried to spin it as if he is playing favorites and didn't want to spend time with his nephews. In actuality, he just doesn't want the responsibility of having to care for two boys who will most likely break something the second they get their hands on it… 

Well, he told her that, and things did not turn out well… The grandma had to come in and separate the two from the conversation. Who is in the right here, though?

I'm gonna soak up the sun, I'm gonna tell everyone to lighten up. 

Sung by the iconic and indelible Sheryl Crow in 2002, a hit that we still chant to this day. This type of mantra is sure to brighten your mood, motivate your day, and make life all the more manageable. Now that spring is here and so very present, we can take it as a gift (pun intended). The sun kisses us in all sorts of ways; it doesn't just manifest as freckles on our skin, or as lines on our faces (yes, they're beautiful!). It also could be in the soft and serene smile of a cat. A cat that is smiling in the sunshine, smiling and appreciative of the life he has, appreciative of the weather brightening and lighting his soul. 

There are many connotations of sunshine and spring, and at I Cat Has Cheezburger, we're here to bring all that pawsitivity front and center. To love life, to embrace everything post winter drear, and to scroll happy-go-lucky cat memes to add a dash of brightness to your day. A day can feel empty without light, and whether that light is in the form of the sun, a person, a cat, or even cat memes, we're here for it. Enjoy the shine of cats in your everyday.  

Thoughtful gestures don't always need money. Financial struggles shouldn't create tension in friendships, but for some people, birthday gifts can become an exception.

Birthdays are a nice opportunity to make someone feel special, and it's great to feel noticed by your loved ones and know that a friend is listening and really cares about your wishes. There's no need to buy something expensive to make someone happy. Sometimes, the smallest details are the most meaningful ones. Just showing that you care and being there for your friend can be enough. But what happens when your friend's gift expectations are a bit over-the-top? I mean, almost materialistic or superficial. 

That's what happened to a 24-year-old woman who recently lost her job and is now struggling financially, which made it impossible for her to afford items on her friend's expensive wishlist. Now I'm just asking for common sense here. How could you expect gifts from someone you know can't afford it? And then, after your expectations aren't met, you even feel entitled to GET MAD at her? It isn't really reasonable to take offense; it's absurd and ungrateful. Your friend tried to do something nice for you, and you're acting like an entitled Karen for creating conflict out of this. 

What's worse, her entitled friend didn't even get her anything for her birthday a week earlier. And yes, you can do better if you truly value your friendship; there's no need to pay evil for evil. Friendships aren't about 'paying back' or keeping score; they're about mutual understanding, being there for each other, and both people putting in effort to make it work, because you enjoy having them as friends, and you choose them. 

She spots a rare void amongst flowers and greenery, and takes her in as her own. 

Feral cats are pretty common. This woman saw several litters of kittens around her place, and after some time and energy she was able to catch the mama to get her TNR'd. She thought her problems were over, but then her husband spots a void kitten all alone in the shared outdoor space. She already knows that her neighbors don't have a black cat, and no one knows where she came from. She's socialized, which points to her having been abandoned, as unfortunate as it is. Though it's difficult to comprehend why someone would do such a thing, she knows she has only one option. She has four cats already, but that doesn't stop her from doing everything in her power make sure this void kitten finds a home. Read the full story below for the details and photos of this kitten. 

There's always a bigger fish, and in this case, an HOA's overzealous enforcement of their own made-up rules over a homeowner's ability to put a satellite dish on their own roof came into direct conflict with actual FCC guidelines.

This homeowner received a $750 fine from their HOA for an "unauthorized exterior modification." This was specifically referring to a satellite dish that they had had sitting on their roof for two years without issue. It was almost as if some busybody HOA board member had just been out for a walk and decided to take issue with a sight that they had likely witnessed dozens of times. 

The homeowner initially intended to pay the fine and move on, just to avoid the hassle of dealing with it. But they decided to quickly research the situation and discovered that there was an actual FCC rule that protected satellite dishes under one meter in diameter from HOA restrictions. Score! Brimming with confidence and motivation from the fact that this quick bit of research was going to save them a serious bit of coin, they decided to dig deeper. 

This landlord ran a months-long construction experiment through someone's home, complete with unannounced water shutoffs, a sink in the hallway for four days, workers showing up on their own unpredictable schedule, and dust on every surface, and collected full rent the whole time. Then, as a bonus, kept texting the tenant to ask if things looked finished yet. Unpaid quality control on top of the inconvenience. The audacity has a certain completeness to it.The beta tester framing is accurate and also kind of incredible when you sit with it. Tech companies at least give beta testers the product for free. You know what they say about landlords. Can't live with 'em, absolutely. 100%, no question about it, CAN live without them.

"To be loved is to be changed."

It takes a lot of courage to allow someone, a stranger, to uproot your entire life and change it, even if they promise it's for the better. You don't know them, and they don't know you, but both of you know that help is needed, and you are willing to do what it takes to make a change.

That is what feral cats feel every single day, in places all over the world. They find themselves in need of a helping hand, a kind hooman who is willing to take a leap of faith and help a stray feline they just met. Both of them, the hooman and the cat, need to take a chance on each other in order to change the situation and offer a better life for the cute cat that just needs a loving home. 

For the feral cat in the story below, the leap of faith was even bigger, since she was also pregnant. She needed to trust this woman who met her in a grocery store parking lot, otherwise she would have had to deliver her baby kittens outside in the cold and all alone. While the woman had to give a piece of her to this stray cat, who looked so scared and so alone.

Eventually, both the lovely hooman and the soon-to-be mama cat decided to trust each other, and later that day, mama cat gave birth to a whole, healthy litter of baby kittens.

Scroll down for the full tale, and to read what the wholesome hooman had to say about the entire experience.

"Get a cat", they said. "They're a low-maintenance, cheap pet", they said.

Any sort of child, be they one with two legs or four, is a very expensive investment. For hooman kids, you have to pay for diapers, babysitters, school, and more meals than you ever imagined until they're at least 18-years-old. For a cat, you have to pay for bags of food, more litter than you ever imagined and those emergency vet visits you never planned for. And trust us, those vet bills are always much higher than you wish they would be. 

Hopefully, they don't happen very often, but every pet pawrent has had to rush their pet to the emergency room because of something they did. Purrhaps they ate something they weren't supposed to, they stopped eating entirely, or something else that would send any of us into a feline frenzy while worrying about their health. If you're a first time pet pawrent, you're much more likely to rush to the vet if something is wrong, but don't take it too hard - it's natural! It's your first time caring for another living being, and you worry that every little thing might be the end of the world. The more pets you own, the more you understand what a real emergency is.

Whether or not it is a real emergency, you get charged life-saving fees regardless of if your cat needed its life saved. Sometimes, you pay thousands of dollars just to find out that your cat is mad that you left them alone for a few days, or in today's case, you learned that you need to child-proof your trash can to avoid your food-motivated black cat from rebelling against their diet. 

Cats do have a tendency to be dramatic, so if there was any animal that would take the "die" in "diet" too literally, it would be cats. Well, they didn't succeed, but after a $6000 vet bill, this feline is alive and kicking. His pawrents' bank account, however, is not.

A workplace is nothing like school, and you don't have to remind your coworker when the "homework" is due tomorrow.

When we were in school, we felt a sense of camaraderie and responsibility for our friends. We enjoyed doing homework together and studying for exams in groups. If your best friend were bad at math, you would stay up all night with them to study for the test they were dreading, and they would have done the same thing for you for history, or whatever subject you struggled with.

At the end of the day, it was a common goal for all of you to get through school with the highest GPA, and you were willing to help each other along the way so that everyone would get to the finish line.

In the office, things don't work the same way. Sure, you have a team and coworkers, and it is in the best interest of everyone involved that work gets done as fast and as well as possible. But it is not one's responsibility that their coworker gets their tasks done, and there is not really any sense of camaraderie between everyone in the office.

Adults should be able to get their job done without the help of their coworkers, and each is responsible for their own tasks and deadlines.

Still, the employee below wanted to give their coworker a heads up when they noticed that she still hadn't completed one of the tasks in the project. But the coworker didn't appreciate the help and insisted that she got it covered. So, the employee let it go, and when it was time to submit the project, it was clear that the coworker did not complete the task she insisted she didn't need to be reminded of. 

After handling the aftermath of the missed deadline, this coworker decided to blame the employee for not reminding her of the tasks again. Suddenly, this coworker thinks "teamwork" is all that matters, and is mad that she was basically left behind.

This homeowner had a bright idea for getting his neighbor to stop driving all over his lawn… but the neighbor took things way too far

Irritating when someone routinely drives on your grass, isn't it? Once is an accident, twice is forgivable, but when a neighbor uses your lawn as their driveway every day, that's a pattern. When they're intentionally digging up your lawn, making it look less nice, they're not giving you the respect you deserve. Over time, it'll leave the lawn with a big tire-shaped stripe. 

It was bothering this guy that his neighbor was doing this, so he conjured up a very simple solution

"Now she's acting like everything's fine and nothing happened."

Living with roommates is tough. Every single purrson on this Earth has had a terrible experience with a roommate before. Some of them have probably been milder, like them leaving their dirty socks all over the house, but some people are just impawssible to live with. We're not talking about just not washing their dishes, we're talking about throwing parties at 1 AM and climbing in through the window because they constantly lose their keys. Or even worse, the roommate that "accidentally" lets your cat out.

You have two choices when moving in with someone you don't know - you either decide to be friends, or be two ships passing in the night. We prefer the second option, because the first is always a shot in the dark, and has the potential for disaster if they end up being a worse friend than they are roommate. We tried to be friends with a roommate we didn't know before, and let's just say it did not go well. It ended with a broken window and lawyers.

But, we don't fault anyone for trying to go the friendly route. As much potential as it has for failure, it has a similar potential for purrrre awesomeness. You get a cool friend, and it makes living together easier. That is, if it works out. If you both share a love for cats, then you would think that you would be purrfectly compatible, right? Wrong!

After a seemingly banal incident where one roommate's cat got into a very interesting kitchen item, said roommate began icing out her fellow roommate and cat mom for something that was not her fault at all. She flipped a switch, instantly writing her off and looking down on her like she was a terrible purrson. When, really, if you read the story, you see that she is the irresponsible one. 

One thing you can't teach someone is how to take responsibility, and usually, the more money you have, the less responsibility you think is yours.

A lot of people don't know the best way to get rid of bacon grease, but this entitled curmudgeon decided to pour some over the fence and into the backyard of the guy next door. What exactly was the message he was sending?

Well, it turns out that much of the conflict between these two neighbors began over the rather large forsythia growing on one homeowner's property line. The resident who shared this story online acknowledges that he likes the plant, although it existed long before he purchased the property and moved there. Still, he had no plans to cut it down any time soon… that is, until the neighbor started stirring up a fuss over it.

After a heated exchange between the two residents, the curmudgeon next door began showing signs of pettiness, and none of them were subtle. He threw the remains of his dog's outings (if you know what I mean) over the homeowner's fence and into his backyard. That was certainly a nuisance for the homeowner but nothing he hadn't dealt with before. The discovery of bacon grease, however, ended up being a bridge too far for him.

From outdoor stray to total house cat in no time. 

Bea's update is such a good one. She went from being outside and struggling to fully settling into life indoors, and now she just fits. She's figured out the rhythm of the house, gets along with her two older sisters, and knows when it's playtime and when it's not. Most of her "outside time" is just watching through the window, and she seems completely content with that.

Her health has come a long way too. Nearly doubling her weight since October says everything about how much better she's doing. She's not just getting by anymore, she's clearly thriving and feeling good.

The biggest change might be her fur. It went from rough and sparse to thick, soft, and fully fluffy. Now she needs regular brushing and even needed a trim, which is kind of wild considering where she started. She's also picked up on all the good house habits, like finding the warm spots and claiming her space on the cat tree.

It's hard to imagine her back outside now, especially with how harsh the winters get. Taking her in made a huge difference. She's safe, comfortable, and exactly where she's meant to be.

Cats have turned procrastination into an art form. 

Cats are the undisputed masters of procatstination, and they treat it like a full-time pawfession. The second there is something important to do, they suddenly have a full schedule of much more urgent priorities. Grooming for the fifth time, chasing imaginary dust, or loafing in a sunbeam all take precedence over anything remotely productive. It's not avoidance. It's carefully curated chaos.

They have a very paws-on approach to doing absolutely nothing. The moment you try to focus, they step in to "help," usually by planting themselves on your keyboard or swatting at your pen like it personally offended them. Productivity gets clawed to a halt, and they sit there looking purrfectly satisfied with the outcome.

Even when they seem busy, it's all part of the act. Sitting still, watching nothing, maybe a dramatic tail flick. It gives off the illusion of focus, but there are zero num-purrs being crunched.

Somehow, they never stress about it. No deadlines, no panic, just a calm, unbothered vibe. Everything can wait, especially if there's a nap involved. Honestly, their timing may be questionable, but their commitment to doing nothing is impawccable.