Ok guys, you got to tell me if this is bad, because the guilt is kind of getting to me now. Last night, I stopped at Sheetz (a 24 hr convienance store/gas station) after work because I really needed to fill up. I pulled up to the furthest pump from the door...and sitting off to the side was a scratching post! Just a small one, about 2 ft high, but it looked fairly new...the siesal (?) didn't have a lot of wear on it but you can tell it had been used. The carpet at the bottom and on the top was in good condition. Well, I filled up, went inside to pay, which took about 10 minutes and when I went out it was still there. So, I put it in my back seat and took off!
Now, I'm feeling guilty. I doubt that anyone put it out for any outdoor cats (that's why god invented trees, right?), especially in a busy parking lot. But, I can't understand how it got there...unless it fell off someone's truck or something. What if someone was moving and while unpacking realized they lost fluffy's favorite post? But, I don't want to take it back and leave it there because it could have caused an accident (ok, very low possibility of that, but it's possible!). What should I do? I am entirely too paranoid. I kept expecting the cops to track me down the whole way home.....
"um...Miss? You have something in your car that we thing doesn't belong to you. I need DNA samples from all your cats to match to the furr and claw shavings on the post. You could be in deep trouble"...
Now, I'm feeling guilty. I doubt that anyone put it out for any outdoor cats (that's why god invented trees, right?), especially in a busy parking lot. But, I can't understand how it got there...unless it fell off someone's truck or something. What if someone was moving and while unpacking realized they lost fluffy's favorite post? But, I don't want to take it back and leave it there because it could have caused an accident (ok, very low possibility of that, but it's possible!). What should I do? I am entirely too paranoid. I kept expecting the cops to track me down the whole way home.....
"um...Miss? You have something in your car that we thing doesn't belong to you. I need DNA samples from all your cats to match to the furr and claw shavings on the post. You could be in deep trouble"...