A playful Chinese cat accidentally sends a resignation letter and a Thai dog brings home a bomb. -- Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
A WOMAN in China has caused much amusement online after her cat clicked the “send” button while she was hesitating over dispatching a resignation letter to her boss.
The 25-year-old is from southwestern China’s Chongqing municipality and has nine felines.
She had written a resignation letter in her email edit box on January 5, but was reluctant to send it because she needed money from the job to support her pets.
The curious cat caused keystroke chaos leaving its owner out of work. -- Photo: Shutterstock/SCMP
Then her home surveillance camera recorded the moment one of her cats jumped onto her desk and pressed the enter button on the laptop, dispatching the email.
The woman said she immediately contacted her boss to blame the cat but was ignored. She lost both her job and a year-end bonus.
She said she planned to seek a new job after the coming Spring Festival because she needed to feed her cats.
“Listen to your cat master,” one online observer said.
“It sounds more like your cat is doing your boss a favour, saving them a large sum of bonus money,” said another.
Detonating dog
A Thai soldier was shocked when he discovered his four-year-old son holding an explosive device.
But the boy was not to blame.
It turned out that their Labrador-Golden Retriever mix dog, Latte, had brought into their garden in northeastern Thailand’s Udon Thani province on January 2.
The boy’s father, Sergeant Major Jittakorn Talangjit, told the Thairath newspaper that Latte, a playful nine-year-old, had been raised to guard the house and play with his son.
The canine likes to play with round objects and constantly brings random balls home.
The fist-sized explosive wrapped in black tape was reportedly home-made by teenagers for festivals and religious ceremonies.
The dog thought the suspect device was just another ball to brings home. -- Photo: Thairath/SCMP
The youngsters leave them on the roadside near checkpoints, fearing being caught and punished.
It was reported that the device is not as powerful as an actual bomb, but can kill or maim.
Recognising the suspect device, the father immediately put it in a cardboard box stuffed with dry grass, and covered it with a rubber tyre for safety.
Police and bomb disposal officers arrived to defuse the situation.
The father said he felt “lucky” that the bomb had not gone off while Latte was carrying it in her mouth to play with his son. - SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
