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Cat's Suspicious Surveillance of Owner Compared to Racist Retail Monitoring

By

The Onion Staff

6mo ago· 2 min readen

Summary

A Seattle man describes how his cat, Arlo, followed him around his apartment in a suspicious manner, comparing the cat's behavior to that of a racist Walgreens employee who monitors customers for potential shoplifting. The cat owner, Joshua Rice, notes that the 3-year-old cat trailed him through multiple rooms, peeking around corners and maintaining constant surveillance as if Rice might steal something from his own home.

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That asshole thinks he's being discreet, but I can see him staring at me as though I just pocketed an $8 deodorant
In an effort that was intended to be subtle but was clearly targeted, local cat Arlo reportedly followed pet owner Joshua Rice around his apartment Friday like a racist Walgreens employee making sure a customer wasn't going to steal anything
I could feel him singling me out
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SEATTLE—In an effort that was intended to be subtle but was clearly targeted, local cat Arlo reportedly followed pet owner Joshua Rice around his apartment Friday like a racist Walgreens employee making sure a customer wasn’t going to steal anything. “Tha

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