
My cat knows how to manipulate me.
Whenever he feels I’m not paying him enough attention, he’ll head over to whatever stack of page proofs I have sitting on or near my desk, pick up the top piece of paper and rip it in half. When I hear the sound and look frantically around he stares at me and then makes to pick up the second piece of paper. I pick him up and cuddle him to save my work. He wins every time.