[Closed] Should I act? Unbelievably bizarre accusation...

Speak to them and ask them why they think that. No agro. Probably defuse the situation with a friendly chat and expressing concern that she's upset about it.

Don’t be a pussy?

I'd feel they are eejits, but would have to bear in mind some people are anxious/stupid, so would have to cut them some slack instead of pointing/laughing and telling them to **** off.

I would, however, be a prime candidate if they were aware of my history of becoming friends with any cat that wanders into my garden and steathily adding them to my moggy family 🤗🤗

#notallmadcatladiesarefemale

Bemused mostly.

Sounds like they’ve dehumanised you as “that nutter up the road” and every small, normal act they’ve witnessed has become part of some terrible plan.

My Mum does it. New neighbors moved in 6 years ago. They didn’t introduce themselves nor did my parents, this weird distrust seemed to grow from nowhere and all sorts of mad theories came about, involving dodgy builders and sunbeds mostly. Finally they moved on and new people moved in. They popped over and said hello, made them ‘human’ - they’ve never spoken again, but they’re ‘lovely’.

Let the cat out of the bag?

I'd just accept I'd been rumbled and hand the cat back.

I wouldn’t want to know why. Curiosity is a killer you know.

Maybe they’re concerned about your doing work for the old dear and are concerned you are going to Cheetah out of her savings?

They'e not my neighbour but the neighbour of someone i work for sometimes. They won't talk to me about it. Apparently the wife is so upset by it that if she talks to me about it she might lash out... had to laugh at that too.

Next time you visit,get out of the van nonchalantly eating a kit kat.

Get a sticker for the van ..NO TOOLS OR CATS LEFT IN THIS VEHICLE OVERNIGHT..

Sorted  😉

Get some signs made for the van, 'acme stray control and furriers'.

Damn you fasthaggis.

Fasthaggis..That's genius

Googles Stickers are us.

I'd say you need a pet solicitor to sort it out.

The owner’s name isn’t Schrödinger, by any chance?

The owner’s name isn’t Schrödinger, by any chance?

Maybe or maybe not.  Actually both, at least until they open the door.

Do you have any clients with a similar cat you could replace it with?

I'm confused.  Who's making the accusation, him or her?

btw, Garfield was ace wasn't he!  😉

I'd categorically deny the accusation.

He, my customer's neighbour accusing me to my customer.

You must have hurt their felines

and is there even the slightest thin sliver of credibility behind this accusation ie did one of them see this take place , have a photo , have CCTV or even have a friend who saw it ?

if not ... very good but if thats what you think of my services then perhaps i shall reserve them for someone who respects my work.

Dispose of them the same way you got rid of the cat?

what with a d cell maglite ? 😀

What with a d cell maglite ?

Moglite shirley?

He, my customer’s neighbour accusing me to my customer.

So he's your neighbour and also her neighbour but she's not yours?

Is this the allotment thread again?

😉

I should add that I'm also totally confused. I have an allotment too, but no boundary issues.

Catastrophic

Do you happen to look like this gentleman?

Id just start strutting around the neighborhood in a fine cat pelt cape

This could end in catastophe

Is this your vehicle?

Time for some performance mods to the van.

I'd start with a De-cat.

You might want to paws to look at the tail lights too.

Just tell them you saw their pet get run over in the street.

You can show them the cat's eyes in the road as proof.

Have you checked all the wheelie bins?

I once drove to school in my knackered Formel Porsche Seat 1.5. It was a total bag of spanners and creaked, squeaked and rattled all the time. Arriving in the carpark I slammed the door shut and walked off. Two or three steps away I heard the car sort of squeak. More like miaow really- very odd. I went back to the vehicle and rocked it to see if it was the suspension, at which point my neighbour's cat popped out of the kayak on the roofbars and shot off, never to be seen again. I knew it was Lyn's cat, it only had half a tail.

Once home I 'fessed up to my neighbour. He was fine about it, just asked me not to tell the kids. Cat's name? 'Lucky'.

Tymbian, there's a spare cat somewhere in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire if you ever need it. It's a very short distance away from Pembrey where Battle on the Beach is being held. I'm sure someone on here could organise to get it for you if you need it!

Could you get them to retract the claws in your contract lynxed to third party ocelo-sses

Fake mews

@ cougar

'He' is the neighbour of one of my customers.

& no there is not an ounce of truth in it..

Jokes aside ( of which this forum does itself proud again ) these seem to be the accusations of an unhinged couple. Shirley? Is it acceptable?

Mental illness? Someone I know got very poorly and started accusing her neighbour of murdering his girlfriend. He apparently buried her in the local park. I took her to the police station because she was so convinced but the police investigated and she wasn't murdered. Horrid thing for you to be accused. It's scary what mental illness can do to a person.

Just got back from watching Shape of Water. I'd be looking for a 7ft seamonster.....

One of my sister's cats- a big soppy loveable ginger Tom - began to disappear for a few days, then weeks over summer. She bought a GPS collar tag and put it on when he returned. Needless to say a few days later the cat disappeared again.

They tracked him down to a house a few streets away. Knocked on the door and some old guy answered.

B-in-L:"I think you've got out cat"

Old guy: "No I haven't"

B-in-L: "Well this GPS says you have"

They went into the garden and found the GPS device and the collar in a bush. The old guy said he thought he had seen a ginger Tom.

They reckon that the old biddy backing on to his garden had been feeding Rufus (that's the cat) and had been shutting him in at night for company.

The cat was catnapped.

thestabiliser

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Could you get them to retract the claws in your contract lynxed to third party ocelo-sses

riklegge

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Fake mews

Easy to take the piss or call these people evil, but that could easily be a sort of paranoia caused by a mental health issue. Heard of similar before.

I can't see any other course of action other than to go round to accusers house and try to be the voice of reason. What happens next will probably make next steps self-explanatory....

To clear your name it sounds like you need to get a CAT-scan done and hope the results come out clear.

All cats should be named Arthur as you may think you own one, but somebody else does too. Sounds like your clients neighbours have some strange issues. I’d go see them to be honest. More to explain that worrying an old lady is not a nice thing to do as opposed to denying cat napping.

I think this is the culprit or another copy cat

I would act for sure, however I'd make sure that I was as friendly and polite as possible.  I wouldn't shy away from being direct however.

It's not right that someone is spreading malicious rumours about you.  I would be knocking on his door, being nice as pie, and asking very clearly about what your neighbour has told you.

I doubt you would get anything more than lots of spluttering and red facedness and you can both agree that it was clearly a mistake.  If he did have the front to repeat his accusations to you (which he almost certainly wouldn't) then I'd suggest that it's against the law not to report a crime, and as he's clearly witnessed one that you'll call the po po and let them know that he's got a one to report.

What he's doing is wrong.  Be direct, be completely non aggresive, smile throughout, take no prisoners.

Be very careful about getting engaged with someone who is not level headed. We once had an issue with a neighbour. Nothing we did/said would resolve things, and when she didn't get a rise from us, she went and started on others around the street with all sorts of accusations and weirdness.

If it doesn't materially affect you, I would try once to hear thier side and yours, and then walk away if no resolution.

I would write a letter before action, asking them to cease and desist from slandering you in public.

And give them their cat back.

If ever you needed a reason to hire a cat costume & drive your van past his house, with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” playing loudly, you have one now.

I think you should go and set the record straight, and bugger the blokes wife getting upset. Not for your benefit, obviously they'll hate you forever, but I'm quite sure you're not arsed in the slightest about that, but for the benefit of the woman you work for who really doesn't need neighbour aggro.

Nah, don’t get involved.

You don’t know them, and you won’t be working there next week, ignore them.

Its quite possible the cat has had a better offer for the week, or that it’s locked in a shed or something like that. It could be mental ilness, could be stress from some other shit in their life manifesting itself through this. I always ask myself how id feel if someone shouted at my mum or dad, I wouldn’t be happy.

If, however, they start throwing accusations to your face, I wouldn’t be shy about telling them where to get off.

The puns on here have been good though eh.

almost purrrrfect in fact

Quite meowsing, this one

On a serious note, cats going missing because they've hitched a lift in a trade vehicle is pretty common.

I think you should go and set the record straight, and bugger the blokes wife

Seems a bit extreme.

Mention that you've just moved up from Croydon for maximum cat-lover angst.

I'd stay well clear, reassure your customer you've done nothing like what the neighbours claim.

If they have more than a distrust of tradesmen/strangers as a basis for the claim they'll take it further, otherwise let them carry on twitching their curtains and ignore them...

I think we need to paws for a second here, there’s certainly something fishy about this tale - I’m really not feline we’re getting to the bottom of this & I think we need to nip it in the bud before someone really gets their heckles up..

ask them if they want to come round for some dinner to discuss it, and you'll be cooking a lovely Cat au vin.

Mental illness? Someone I know got very poorly and started accusing her neighbour of murdering his girlfriend.

Seems paws- er, plausible.

Years ago, my gran used to look after an even more elderly neighbour across the street.  Cleaning, cooking and suchlike.  Then the neighbour went barmy, she was on our doorstep every other day accusing my gran of stealing from her and worse.  She said a sore on my gran's arm was "the evil coming out" (for added yuks, this turned out to be cancer).  Brains are funny and fragile things.

think you should go and set the record straight, and bugger the blokes wife

Selective quoting is great 😀

Poor old fella hasn’t had any pussy for a week, surely buggering his wife would just be rubbing his nose in it?

Well?

I killed my neighbour's cat once, back when I was a student. It wasn't really her cat, just a stray that she always fed because she was a lonely old crazy cat lady. It was a savage beast, toughest cat in the neighborhood. Every year it would have another litter of kittens, but they were never as tough or smart as the mum, so they would all starve to death, poor mangy things were horrible to see. I lived in an old house and the cat used to sneak into the kitchen and steal any food it could grab if I left the door open. I didn't mind until I got a cat of my own, which was too terrified to go outside because of the wild cat. It gave my cat some wicked beatings, nearly ripped one of its ears off. I installed a cat door so that my cat could bolt back inside to escape when the wild cat showed up, but the wild cat just started coming inside at night to beat up my cat and steal her food. I set up the cat door so it would let the cats in, but not let them out, then trapped the wild cat and managed to corner it and put a cardboard box over it and slide another sheet of cardboard under that, then taped it up with duck tape. Christ that cat went berserk, totally unbelievable. Drowned it in the bath, which was actually much less horrible than I'd expected, I'd never drowned a cat before so had no idea what to expect. I threw the dead cat over the fence into the other neighbour's yard. They had a dog, so I hoped the dog would maul the dead cat and everybody would assume the dog was the culprit. As a bonus, the neighbour's started keeping the dog chained up after that. It used to go a bit mental, barking and trying to jump up over the fence if it saw anyone on the other side, so it was a relief to not have to put up with that anymore.

Anyway, I always had a feeling the old lady next door suspected me, she always gave me a filthy look when she saw me. Then one day, a guy I had worked with turned up with his wife and kid, turned out the mad neighbour was his mother-in-law. He was a pretty weird guy, conspiracy nutter, probably the gloomiest guy I've ever met. He was nicknamed "Six Feet of Misery" because he was so depressing. Anyway, when I worked with him, he was always on about how his MIL was mental, but I just assumed it was just him opening his mouth and letting random crazy stuff spill out. Turns out he was right about her though, she was nuts, but never saw much of her after the cat vanished. Oh, the relief of graduating and moving out of that hovel.

errrmmmm

Err wtf?

I don't like you Hols2.  That's all I have to add.

Hols2 - That sounds like the kind of confession you should send into Simon Mayo's Drivetime.

I assumed it was their entry to Chris Evans' 500 words creative writing competition! 😂

Otherwise 😞

WTAF??

At least he didn't get it stuffed and mounted on a nice piece of polished hardwood with a little engraved brass plaque.

That would have been a catastrophe.