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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Pinkbear (Julie) on August 04, 2007, 19:09:34 PM
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I've done quite a few home checks this week, and i was wondering whether other HC people have the same experiences as me?
I find I get offered a cup of tea around 50% of the time. In those homes I do get tea, only 25% offer biscuits as well. But the Vicar taking our Josh did give me Tesco's Finest choccie bickies so that does restore the tea/biscuits disparity. ;D
But what I do find irksome is the places I seem to travel furthest to don't concider the fact. Today I drove a 60 mile round trip and I didn't even get a glass of water.
Of course, I'm not complaining as it's all about the best thing for the cats... but Mum always taught me that as soon as a visitor comes to the house, you put the kettle on. ;)
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Not done a home check or ever had one.
But being from the US I still get a bit uneasy about the whole offering a cup of tea to folks.
In the heat we'd always offer folks a drink but tea and biscuts just seems so odd. Plus I'm rubbish at making tea and we can only use creamer. So never ask me for tea ;)
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I'm with you on that one Pinkbear ... my friends all take the "P" out of me cuz it's the first thing I say when people come into my house ... "want a cup of tea?"
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They are probably soooo nervous they forget about a drink :rofl:
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The way round this is when you are nearly there, give them a ring and tell them to get the kettle on, coffee, 2 sugars.....it works for me ;) I think T was horrified the other night, I know it wasn't a homecheck but when we were trying to sort the ferals out, I asked the security guard if he could do us a drink.......he brought me a glass of water which I kindly refused and told him I wanted a cuppa :innocent: He promptly came back with 2 cups of tea for myself and Teresa :evillaugh:
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:evillaugh: I must say I can picture T's face. Bless her.
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I do ask politely :innocent:
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Dawn, you are my hero! :evillaugh: :evillaugh:
It never accured to me to just outright ask. I must remember to do that. ;)
I suppose some folks are nervous, and of course it doesn't effect the outcome of the check, but it is one of those pleasantries you tend to look for.
My mum even had a special set of china reserved for visitors. We weren't allowed to touch it. :tired:
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If you don't ask, you don't get and the worst they can do is tell you to p*** off, but I can handle that :evillaugh: and yes, I have been told to on occasion :evillaugh:
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I think T was horrified the other night, I know it wasn't a homecheck but when we were trying to sort the ferals out, I asked the security guard if he could do us a drink.......he brought me a glass of water which I kindly refused and told him I wanted a cuppa :innocent: He promptly came back with 2 cups of tea for myself and Teresa :evillaugh:
T was horrified and I think I told you so :)
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but it got me a cup of tea, so I was happy ;)
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I've got my homecheck tomorrow should I buy biccies as its not something I keep in the flat :)
edited for spelling :)
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I've got my homecheck tomorrow should I buy biccies as its not something I keep in the flat :)
edited for spelling :)
It's not necessarily the biccie aspect that's important, but if you do decide to supply them, can I suggest a good quality Rich Tea so as to avoid melted choccie on the pinkies in our sudden 4 days of summer? :wow: :evillaugh:
Good luck with the home check.You'll breeze through it, I'm sure! ;)
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hobknobs can't go wrong with them surely
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Hobknobs work for me..! :wow: I know places in Europe where Hobknobs are used as currency to bribe people with. :evillaugh:
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Now if I was doing the homecheck, a big bar of choccie works wonders ;) Only joking, biccies not necessary but depending on homechecker, could be a nice touch.
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Tea/coffee.biscuits and choccie bars?
I am sooooo in the wrong job,I need to become cat homechecker :evillaugh:
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I've got my homecheck tomorrow should I buy biccies as its not something I keep in the flat :)
:luck: Got everything crossed for you, I'm sure it will be absolutely fine :) Let us know how you get on ;D
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I am sooooo in the wrong job,I need to become cat homechecker :evillaugh:
I'm sure your local CP will be glad to help in your quest to increase the tea/biscuits opportunities in your life. ;) :sneaky:
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I've got my homecheck tomorrow should I buy biccies as its not something I keep in the flat :)
edited for spelling :)
Good Luck with home check I had a case of the wobbles when I was waiting on mine. Did offer tea, but it was refused, I was also told to put kettle on for visitors, but my friends now come in and say 'NO before I even open my mouth now :rofl:
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Homecheck postponed :( the home checker doesn't drive and her daugter was bringing her, but the daughter is getting married next weekend and its all bedlam (I can well imagine :))
so postponed to later in week, next monday'ish :(
still gives me another week to panic eh! lol,
went and bought a packet of hobnobs too they will never last till then lol :)
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Homecheck postponed
That is a shame, fortunately it looks like you will wait, but so many people won't. Whilst we know our cats are worth waiting for we find that if we don't get back to the person immediately and arrange a home visit as soon as humanly possible so many people get a cat from elsewhere.
I am afraid if someone volunteers to be a home checker we do ask that they have transport because as you have found relying on a lift does not always work out.
We also don't take on fosterer's who have no transport as no one else has the time to do all the fetching and carrying that fosterers need to do. e.g food, litter, constant vet visits often at at stupid o'clock and taking the cats out to their new home.
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blumin' eck if we didn't take on fosterers who didn't drive we'd be down to 2 fosterers, Mind you it is a pain sometimes having to drive back and forth with supplies, trips to vets, home visits and new cats.
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and yes we've lost out (to CP!) by someone not phoning quick enough - still as much as it annoys, at least 2 cats still got a nice new home. :)
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That is a shame, fortunately it looks like you will wait, but so many people won't. Whilst we know our cats are worth waiting for we find that if we don't get back to the person immediately and arrange a home visit as soon as humanly possible so many people get a cat from elsewhere.
Its not too bad the kittens are not ready yet anyway they are only at the 7 to 8 week stage
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There are houses where you are glad they don't offer tea. There was a house I collected a cat from last week that I would have chosen dehydration over drinking tea there :evillaugh:
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Mind you it is a pain sometimes having to drive back and forth with supplies, trips to vets, home visits and new cats.
The fosterers just cant do other peoples as well, some work full time and the others are already doing at least a 12 hour days with all that rescue entails, trapping, taking cats to vets for people who cannot be bothered etc. Recently Donna had a neighbour who could not drive foster, however, the demands on her where just too great e. g Donna would just get back from the vets and the neighbour would want a cat taking to the vet. Fortunately the neighbour is having all her home altered and will not be fostering after today.
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There are houses where you are glad they don't offer tea.
Do you mean the houses where you have to wipe your feet when you come out? I must say though that what I have often found in those types of homes is an abundance of love and they don’t seem to mind if a cat wants to sleep on the furniture.
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ha ha we've already worked out mark is abit of a snob, he put his lidl stuff in his sainsburys bag for life :) LOL
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ha ha we've already worked out mark is abit of a snob, he put his lidl stuff in his sainsburys bag for life :) LOL
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Good Luck with home check I had a case of the wobbles when I was waiting on mine.
:rofl: :rofl: It took ALL of us to calm you down while you were waiting for your HC, Angie! :evillaugh:
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Homecheck postponed :( the home checker doesn't drive and her daugter was bringing her, but the daughter is getting married next weekend and its all bedlam (I can well imagine :))
so postponed to later in week, next monday'ish :(
still gives me another week to panic eh! lol,
went and bought a packet of hobnobs too they will never last till then lol :)
If you drive you maybe you could offer to pick her up? She might not accept thinking that you could be a mass murderer or something but if you don't shoot you don't score ;)
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Maybe will give her a ring in the morning
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Very few people get offered hot drinks at mine as I dont touch them, so generally dont have milk in the house. And I dont have biscuits in most of the time either, as a full pack is too much for me on my own.