Author Topic: Tea and home checks  (Read 7734 times)

Offline Desley (booktigger)

  • Cat Rescue
  • Purrrrrfect Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 18069
  • Molly, my wonderful babe
  • Slave to: Lucy
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #34 on: August 06, 2007, 08:03:42 AM »
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.
Please spay your cat



Offline hOrZa

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5482
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #33 on: August 05, 2007, 22:17:46 PM »
Maybe will give her a ring in the morning
Cats are like little bundles of razor blades wrapped in soft fur.

Offline Tiggy's Mum

  • Save a life draw/Commercial Assistant/Moderating Staff
  • Royal Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 9376
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #32 on: August 05, 2007, 22:09:25 PM »
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  ;)

Offline Pinkbear (Julie)

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 6840
  • Where are we supposed to sleep, then?
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #31 on: August 05, 2007, 20:15:22 PM »
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:

Offline Dawn (DiddyDawn)

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5613
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #30 on: August 05, 2007, 19:21:57 PM »
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

 :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:

Offline hOrZa

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5482
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #29 on: August 05, 2007, 19:20:40 PM »
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
Cats are like little bundles of razor blades wrapped in soft fur.

Offline Ela

  • Royal Cat
  • ******
  • Posts: 9651
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #28 on: August 05, 2007, 19:01:02 PM »
Quote
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.
RULES ARE FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FOOLS AND GUIDENCE OF WISE MEN.

Offline Ela

  • Royal Cat
  • ******
  • Posts: 9651
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2007, 18:57:08 PM »
Quote
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.
RULES ARE FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FOOLS AND GUIDENCE OF WISE MEN.

Offline Mark

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Purrrrrfect Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 33326
  • Clapton
    • AnimalAid - Support Humane Charities
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2007, 18:53:53 PM »
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:
DO NOT BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER ANIMALS DIE

I believe I am not interested to know whether Vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't. To know that the results are profitable to the race would not remove my hostility to it.  Mark Twain

Offline hOrZa

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5482
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #25 on: August 05, 2007, 18:49:12 PM »

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
Cats are like little bundles of razor blades wrapped in soft fur.

Offline Angiew

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 3995
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #24 on: August 05, 2007, 18:48:00 PM »
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. :)

Offline Angiew

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 3995
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #23 on: August 05, 2007, 18:46:17 PM »
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.

Offline Ela

  • Royal Cat
  • ******
  • Posts: 9651
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2007, 18:28:00 PM »
Quote
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.

RULES ARE FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FOOLS AND GUIDENCE OF WISE MEN.

Offline hOrZa

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5482
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2007, 18:07:26 PM »
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 :)
Cats are like little bundles of razor blades wrapped in soft fur.

Offline Ralph's mum (angie)

  • Super Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 2425
  • Rainbow Bridge Babies Bob, Max and Ralph 🌈💔
  • Slave to: Harvey and Ruby the mutts!!
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2007, 16:47:06 PM »
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:
Cats don't come when they are called,
They take a message and get back to you later.
                           Wilfred P. Lampton

Offline Pinkbear (Julie)

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 6840
  • Where are we supposed to sleep, then?
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2007, 16:14:23 PM »

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:

Offline Tiggy's Mum

  • Save a life draw/Commercial Assistant/Moderating Staff
  • Royal Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 9376
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2007, 15:35:10 PM »
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

Offline Gwen

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 6161
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2007, 15:23:29 PM »
Tea/coffee.biscuits and choccie bars? 

I am sooooo in the wrong job,I need to become cat homechecker :evillaugh:
Love me,love my animals.

Offline Dawn (DiddyDawn)

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5613
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2007, 14:17:01 PM »
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.

Offline Pinkbear (Julie)

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 6840
  • Where are we supposed to sleep, then?
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2007, 12:27:44 PM »
Hobknobs work for me..!  :wow: I know places in Europe where Hobknobs are used as currency to bribe people with.  :evillaugh:

Offline hOrZa

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5482
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2007, 12:23:00 PM »
hobknobs can't go wrong with them surely
Cats are like little bundles of razor blades wrapped in soft fur.

Offline Pinkbear (Julie)

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 6840
  • Where are we supposed to sleep, then?
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2007, 11:49:49 AM »
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!  ;)

Offline hOrZa

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5482
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2007, 11:29:32 AM »
I've got my homecheck tomorrow should I buy biccies as its not something I keep in the flat :)


edited for spelling :)
« Last Edit: August 05, 2007, 11:30:13 AM by hOrZa »
Cats are like little bundles of razor blades wrapped in soft fur.

Offline Dawn (DiddyDawn)

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5613
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2007, 21:05:00 PM »
but it got me a cup of tea, so I was happy  ;)

Offline Teresa Pawcats

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Royal Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 8643
  • www.pawsinncatrescue.co.uk
    • Paws Inn Website rehoming page
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2007, 20:51:52 PM »
  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 :)

Offline Dawn (DiddyDawn)

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5613
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2007, 20:45:19 PM »
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:

Offline Pinkbear (Julie)

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 6840
  • Where are we supposed to sleep, then?
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2007, 20:42:59 PM »
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:

Offline Dawn (DiddyDawn)

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5613
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2007, 19:35:22 PM »
I do ask politely  :innocent:

Offline Kittybabe (Ruth)

  • Purrrrrfect Cat
  • ******
  • Posts: 10867
  • Lexy - Queen of all Kittydom
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2007, 19:31:11 PM »
 :evillaugh: I must say I can picture T's face.  Bless her.


Offline Dawn (DiddyDawn)

  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5613
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2007, 19:27:25 PM »
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:

Offline Millys Mum

  • Purrrrrfect Cat
  • ******
  • Posts: 11930
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2007, 19:13:56 PM »
They are probably soooo nervous they forget about a drink  :rofl:


Offline Sam (Fussy_Furball)

  • Marketing/Lost&Found/Moderating Staff
  • Purrrrrfect Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 17471
  • Foxy (RIP), Zephyr (RIP), Rosina (RIP) & Oliver
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2007, 19:13:12 PM »
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?"



In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Offline Sabrina (Auferstehen)

  • Super Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 2276
    • Bywater Paws
Re: Tea and home checks
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2007, 19:12:51 PM »
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 ;)

Offline Pinkbear (Julie)

  • Purrs Registered Cat Rescue
  • Honorary Cat
  • *****
  • Posts: 6840
  • Where are we supposed to sleep, then?
Tea and home checks
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2007, 19:09:34 PM »
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.  ;)


 


Link to CatChat