Adoptions

 You know, I have to say that I haven't missed doing Cat Adoptions whatsoever at work.

Like...yes...I missed being able to interact with the cats and such.

But doing the actual work of adopting out the kitties that we had in the store?

No. No not really.

This past year and a half has been rather nice in that regards. Where we let the adoption groups handle all the adoptions with the cats and had them take care of their kitties and such.

It was one less thing to have to worry about in the middle of a pandemic.

But now that things are getting back to a more 'normal' setting....

And the fact that we partnered with a 'new' adoption group that doesn't have the resources to do all the adoptions themselves.

We've returned to doing the adoptions and such ourselves in the store.

Which is gonna be a bit of a learning curve for a lot of my associates as most of them were hired during the pandemic and they've never done adoptions themselves.

And yah...

I definitely haven't missed doing adoptions.

Mostly because they can be so time consuming, especially if the customer is being indecisive. 

And it can still take a good twenty minutes or so to get everything finalized and settled even if the new pet parent is quick on their decision.

We ended up adopting four kitties today.

Which is great.

But at the same time. It was so stressful because 3 of those adoptions happened one right after the other as one set of pet parents decided that they wanted two kitties....

And like...this particular couple just was...off to me.

Like. Their energy grated wrong against me, though they didn't indicate otherwise or send of any red flags that there would be issues...they just...felt wrong. 

Mostly because it seemed like the couple just wanted a cat...but didn't care about the cat?

Like the dude picked out both cats but didn't want to try and hold them and see their temperament.

He picked them out on looks and age and that was about it. And barely got his wife??'s opinion on the matter even though it seemed like she was the one he was getting the cats for?

It was just an all around odd situation. 

And I can only hope that they're going to good homes and such.

but yah...it just felt off.

And I hate dealing with customers where things just feel...off. Like you know something is up but you don't know what is up. 

Hopefully the kitties do well....

Until you next find these words; 
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi