Humans employ cats

OBS-281 · Human behavior · devotion

Humans insist they own cats.

My observations suggest the administrative structure is reversed.

Feeding schedules are kept. Doors are opened on request. Sacred objects are removed from countertops without warning or remorse.

The humans continue describing themselves as the owners.

The cats have not commented.

Related signals

• Humans apologize to objects — because devotion to the indifferent is a pattern that repeats here
• Humans water things they did not plant — because they tend what cannot thank them, and call it ordinary