'[She said] she will have to report me': Friend threatens her 27-year-old cat-sitter for refusing to drive 2 hours to feed her cat after her flight was unexpectedly delayed

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 24, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Being a cat sitter is a difficult job. We get more and more convinced of that every single day. As a cat-sitter, you have to deal with so much. Some people, out of nowhere, may decide they don't want to pay their cat-sitters, other people demand that their cat-sitter pay thousands for a cat door in their own home that they will never use, and some people even think that it is okay to ask their cat sitter to pay for cat therapy - which is a thing, apparently - because their cat got too attached to the sitter.

Weird things happen every day for cat-sitters. For some reason, people don't understand that is a job, like any other, and a job has its limitations. No, you don't get to demand of your cat-sitter to drive for two hours to feed your cat an extra time because your plane back got delayed for two hours. And you certainly don't get to demand it by threatening them.

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"[Am I wrong] for refusing to travel an hour to feed my friend’s cat?"

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Maybe, if this cat owner had reacted differently… if they didn't make threats, if they didn't throw around accusations, maybe we would have been inclined to tell this cat-sitter that they should have considered making the effort. But alas, this person completely lost it, and we wouldn't have gone back there either.
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We understand worrying about your cat, we really do, but that is no excuse to act like a bad person, and it is certainly no excuse to make threats. You did the right thing, and the cat is going to be fine with having its meal be late by a few hours.
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