I was late for work this morning because it was far more difficult than I'd
hoped and took a lot of time.
I apologised when I got in 20 mins late and explained the situation to the
senior practitioner, Steve, that I had a very old cat who was ill, which he
knew, and it was proving time-consuming to give her medication.
He asked me how old she was and I said 24. He said "isn't that outside the
lifespan of most cats?" I said yes, probably.
He said "why are you keeping such an old animal? She is destined to get
iller and iller, surely?
Another colleague, Tom, rolled his eyes at me and said "Steve, shut up now"
He did not shut up. He kept on and on and I got annoyed. I asked him if he
thought I was not giving my cat the best veterinary attention possible. He
said no, but he still kept on about the wisdom of keeping such an old cat
alive. It seemed that he thought it was time that KFC was put down.
I rose up from my chair and everyone ducked.

He is senior to me in the workplace but what do I care? I stood in front of
him, rose my hands and said "please do not tell me how to look after my cat,
you know nothing about it"
He kept on. I said "you'd better not continue with this subject, or I will
get very angry."
Tom nudged him and said "Tina very rarely gets angry but when she does it's
spectacular so STFU"
He did.
That's the trouble with social workers, they sometimes think they are the
most ethical people in the world ;-)

Tweed