You are farang, cannot adopt cat. It’s our policy

[AustinRacing]

Visiting a cat show the boy liked a kitten that was up for free adoption. Mum at home saw the kitten via Line. Ok we’ll take it, I said feeling good about myself giving home to a kitten. Sorry, foreigner cannot adopt was the reply. So I handed the phone to wife (Thai) while the boy asked questions in Thai about the kitten. Sorry, cannot was the reply despite explaining that we have a house here and live here (ie not tourist). You guessed it, she didn’t change her mind. Following a few choice words where people nearby could hear it we walked away. Of course couldn’t explain to the boy why we couldn’t take it. No big deal we got one elsewhere eventually. The experience didn’t bother me, rather felt good about making her lose face a bit (I could tell) in front of the crowd. 
Just another example of their inability to assess circumstances and make decisions for themselves. Sticking to policies blindly and not able to think rationally. 

[AustinRacing]

There is new addition. He named her Jelly. 

[petermik]

1 minute ago, AustinRacing said:

Just another example of their inability to assess circumstances and make decisions for themselves. Sticking to policies blindly and not able to think rationally. 

The vast majority here are unable to think/act rationally........

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, AustinRacing said:

Just another example of their inability to assess circumstances and make decisions for themselves. Sticking to policies blindly and not able to think rationally. 

 

The response from the cat place is nothing short of absurd. It seems rooted in the ridiculous assumption that every foreigner is a transient tourist likely to abandon a cat.

 

One can only wonder at the logic behind such a profoundly foolish reaction from the cat place. I'm not even convinced this reflects an actual policy; rather, it appears to be the product of one individual's utterly blinkered mindset, incapable of seeing past their own irrational bias.

 

As maddening as it may be, sometimes there's nothing for it but to shake your head and walk away.

In this case, you simply had the misfortune of encountering an unfiltered, unadulterated fool.

 

 

 

 

[Packer]

An excuse they made up after meeting you. 🙂

[billd766]

We never had a problem adopting a kitten/cat.

 

It turned up a few months ago meowing for food.

 

My wife fed it and she adopted us.

 

Now I am the one that feeds it in the morning and opens the kitchen door at odd times if the cat is hungry.

 

She is an outside cat and very sociable but on her own independent terms.