How Your Dog and Cat Feel About Your Working From Home

From a Wall Street Journal story “Stay Home! Back to Work! A Dog and a Cat Debate Reopening American” by Jason Gay:

America Needs to Get Back to Work
By a Cat

Enough is enough. American business has taken a historic plunge over the past month. It’s time to consider a practical plan for protecting public health—while also allowing for a return to work and, hopefully, a revival of the economy.

Oh, who am I kidding?

On behalf of cats everywhere, I’ll just say it: We want everyone out of the house. . . .

Sheltering in place? That’s a cat’s job. Cats invented sheltering in place—sleeping in the windowsill, the corner of the couch, the sock drawer. . . .Cats know what it takes to stay home all the time. . . .

The other day I walked into the kitchen and saw someone standing in my 9 a.m. sun spot. So rude. That sun spot is only there for 15 minutes a day! . . .

The vast majority of cats are ready for you to get back to work. Or just leave the house for longer than 15 minutes.

Why Not Work at Home Forever?
By a Dog

As America debates a return to work, it’s important not to rush. We need to balance the economy against the extremely valid concerns about public health and protecting lives.

And walks. We need to think about all of the walks.

And ball. We need to also chase the ball. Lots and lots.

Look: I’m a dog. I’m not some public intellectual. . . .

The important thing is: Dogs want you to stay. These past four weeks, they have been some of the greatest weeks of our lives. You’re there in the morning. You’re there in the evening. You’re there at lunch. It’s the best.