Cleaner’s complaint gets Scribbles, the campus cat, barred from dorm rooms, so crafty senior student forces administrators to soften the ban: “I was upset by the college email, but Scribbles was more so”

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    During my final year of university, I lived in a room in the main court of my college grounds that was often. frequented by the college cat, owned by one of the professors.
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    I never found out her real name, but I always called her Scribbles. She would often spend entire days (and nights!) hanging out in my room; I loved having her round and grew quite attached.
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    "Scribbles found the warmest place in the room"

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    The cleaner who cleaned my room was also in love with Scribbles, and would sometimes bring treats for her to snack on.
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    But then the cleaner went on holiday, and someone else came to replace her. The new cleaner evidently didn't like the idea of there being a cat in my room, because the very next day there was an email from the college administration:
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    "Animals, such as cats, are not permitted to be in students' rooms".
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    "Scribbles ruining a game of Dobble"

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    I was upset by this email, but Scribbles was more so. Whereas previously I had left my door ajar so as to allow her in whenever she wanted, now my door was locked, and she would spend hours clawing at it and mewing to be let in.
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    Whenever I wanted to leave my room, I had to be careful not to let her dash past me when I opened the door - and that gave me an idea.
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    The next day, in the morning, while the cleaners were doing their rounds, I stayed outside my door with Scribbles - playing with her, giving her all the attention she wanted.
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    "Scribbles sleeping on my now wife"

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    Everything short of actually letting her in.
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    "Scribbles helping with my coursework"

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    Once the cleaners had almost arrived at my room, I parted with her and went to breakfast.
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    My cleaner came up the stairs to see a cat scratching at my door, begging to be let in.
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    And, of course, when they let themselves in to clean the room, she would have bolted in ahead of them.
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    Knowing Scribbles, it would not have been easy to convince her to leave my room once she was in there.
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    The following day there was another email from the college administration: "To clarify our earlier email, animals are not to kept *unsupervised* in students' rooms, or kept overnight".
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    The cat is not to be allowed *into* students' rooms

    "The new cleaner evidently didn't like the idea of there being a cat in my room" Okay Scribbles, play it cool... see you later! Huh... did the cat just break in
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    "Well", I thought to myself, "I can live with that".

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