Yesterday we ordered grocery delivery and the only slot we could get was between 8:00 and 9:00 pm. Normally, the grocery delivery person texts us right away after dropping our purchases off on the porch by the front door. This time the text took a little bit to arrive, maybe 10 minutes. I don’t know if there was an interruption of service or what happened, but eventually my phone dinged.
I go outside. I start picking up groceries. The eggs are still cold, the butter is still firm, so not that much time passed.
And then I see this.
Somebody clearly clawed whatever this is open. What is this? Is this a meat tray? No, all my meat is still intact in the bags.
I check the sticker. $5.00. Hmm, what kind of meat costs $5.00 for a tray that size? Oh wait, it’s not meat. It’s sliced watermelon.
The two raccoons that sneak around at night to nibble on the left-over cat food stole our watermelon and ate it.
Look. Here are the watermelon juice stains.
And I found this.
Boots, the semi feral cat that mooches off us, saw the whole thing, the lazy bastard, and didn’t do anything.
We have four – count them, four! – dogs in the house and nobody barked while the watermelon was stolen. We have three inside cats, who run to the window whenever anything moves, and they failed to detect the thieves.
There can be only one punishment for this. Public shame.
THE WALL OF SHAME
These are the lazy beasts who have failed to protect the watermelon.
Shame, shame, shame!
The wall of shame is full of such cute faces. How could you possibly hold it against those cutie pies?! I’m sure they felt that barking or meowing about raccoon bandits exceeded their scope of responsibilities! UPS deliveries or mailmen (or skunks) on the other hand… They pose true danger. They only bark/meow to protect you! Also, I love how the cats have such bitter expressions on their faces. Like how dare you require anything of them…
This is utterly hilarious!
I am sorry … I know you lost your watermelon to the racoon thieves … but this made me laugh! 🙂
Thank you for making my morning I laughed like a loon on my break. But where is Arfa? Is she ok or just living with her mom your daughter?
Coons love watermelon. Maybe if it had been meat, the guards would have objected.
Oh so funny! There isn’t a look of shame on any dog or cat on that shame wall.
Having a stressful day at work and opened this email. Thank you for lifting my
spirits. Love the wall of shame.
Speaking of beasts that need shaming, I need to add my two cats. I gave them fearsome names: Kate Daniels and Vlad Tepesh in honour of you guys and Jeanine Frost. However, they couldn’t be more different than their namesakes. They are both afraid of EVERYTHING, including bugs! BUGS, I tell you. They jump on my bed to escape them. It’s ridiculous and from now on whenever they do that I’ll be chanting: SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! *with bells ringing*
Sadly, they are indeed shameless. Just look at their innocent faces:
How about this guy/gal? He was caught eating chicken eggs instead of watermelon. We have volunteered to have him released on vacant land that we own because we think he is go neat looking.
Whoa! So pretty!!
I love this. Made my day. Thanks for sharing.
Those cats don’t look very repentant…
Uh oh.
READER SHAMING, Nalini Singh today, I my feed just after dog shaming..
Sigh. No photo showed. Sorry. No option to delete. Double sigh.
Oh my! They fell down on the job shame
… ha ha
I just had to come to the blog to see pictures of your furry friends(FF). I’m sure you already know very well how vicious midnight bandits are…. They could drop almost all of your FF with bites, scratches and kicks. And they know how to fight together. You are lucky they (FF) are so smart and unlucky that the driver didn’t send that note immediately (not knowing your racoon situation). Best regards and better luck upcoming
I suspect our critters would ignore such a thing, too.
This made my day! I laughed out loud when I compared the remorseful expressions of your dogs, who obviously felt the shame of their inaction, to that of you cats, who decidedly couldn’t give an eff. This. Is. My. Life. Lmao.
ROTFLMAO. So, so funny! And, now I’m craving watermelon!
I don’t think the shaming worked. Even the dogs don’t seem to get it.
Bad dogs. Lazy cats (Finger shaking)
I think they all are trying to look innocent except for last Kitty. Seems to be telling you what you can do with the camera.
I need this laughter! Thank you.
Oops! I guess they thought there food was safe so no food no foul! Otherwise they would have been all over it!!
I need to know your secret— how your floors are so clean with the pets?
I have tumbleweeds of fur, mocking me after I sweep, as I helpessly watch them flit across the “clean” floor.
This made me laugh so much and I needed it! Thank you!
I have one dog.One.And apparently now is this time of the year when its shedding is on max. After a minute of petting (maybe less) there was a mound of hair on the floor.So I am wondering how is it with 4 dogs and 3 cats? I can`t imagine.No,wait.I can.
🤣🤣🤣
Clearly the guard animals need better training, shorter work hours, more pay and holiday and vacation time, or you can vote the lot of them out of their jobs and install beasts from post shift Atlanta. Your call of course. I have attached a picture of a likely candidate. resume to follow if you are interested.
I love how annoyed the cats look at being added to the wall of shame. Expect some hairballs on the carpet in your immediate future. Cats always get the last laugh!
Likely a downwind approach executed with good noise discipline. Window of opportunity likely just before moonrise. A nearly perfect raid (the one rind left behind is a tad sloppy). Artha’s ears might’ve detected the raiders despite their stealth capabilities, but without a dedicated picket, the rest of the (adorable) crew might’ve been hard pressed to pick them up.
Sorry about the watermelon! Glad the meat made it through!
Haha oh man that gave me a good laugh. You can see the guilt in the dogs’ eyes but the cats really dgaf.
Shamming was never so adorable. I wonder if this means they see those raccoons as part of the family group now?
Such a lovely menagerie! Sorry you missed out on the watermelon, but you certainly gave me the best smile of my day. 😁
Raccoons like grapes too, just so you can order them some for next time!
They are looking a wee bit too innocent. You may have stumbled on to a conspiracy. You should question your neighbors to make sure there isn’t a watermelon stealing gang operating in the area. Raccoons trading watermelon for trash can tipping so the co-conspirators can feast. We all know that nothing taste better to cats and dogs than days old garbage can food.
( yes, I do need a life)
I hope that your next order is un- pillaged.
Oh my gosh, I just burst out laughing, and I am still tickled!! Hilarious! The wall of shame! Ahaha haha haha, I love it!! The cats look so unbothered, the dogs look like oh, picture time! Still giggling…
Good luck with shaming cats! You have to work with what you’ve got, though, and raccoons have no shame. I came home one night to see a raccoon on top of my garbage can, struggling mightily to remove the bungee cord I had put in place specifically to foil its garbage-loving ways. It looked up, stared right at me for two seconds, then continued its evil work. No fear. No shame. The pair got to the point where they would wander next door – during the daytime – to raid the dog food bowl.
And, damn, they’re all pretty relaxed about it too!!!
OMG, how innocent the dogs look! And how, “It isn’t my fault!”, the cats look! Lol
Oh my gods, I needed that. I don’t think I’ve laughed out loud all week. Thank you!
That made me giggle… not much does these days. So thank you.
Also, thank you for Emerald Blaze, I was so sad it was done. Because I had to leave the world you built.
OMG! This is soooo funny! Too bad all 7 pets don’t understand the public shame and learn. 🙂
Oh my bad mood mood goodbye! I love that story! 😂😂
It’s because they’ll only exert themselves when it’s a skunk they can corner. I had 3 dogs and 3 cats and this is exactly how they would behave. They all got skunked twice in 3 weeks, at 3 am, but protect the groceries or deliveries? No way!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Denial! That is so typical 🙂 I forget the feline culprits’ names. Would House IA please oblige?
😂 ur doggies look either puzzled or vaguely guilty even if they have no idea why while the kitties are just giving you the “…and your problem is?” raised brow of inquiry 😅😅😅
Obviously, they don’t care for watermelon and felt it wasn’t a loss if the trash Panda’s got it. Now if it would have been the meat? That might have been a different story.
And your Wall of Shame is an Exhibit of Adorableness so I don’t think it worked quite the way you may have wanted it to.
Well, you can’t blame them. Raccoons are renowned in some circles for being deadeye shots spitting watermelon seeds.*
*not really.
😂🤣😂
I have had a really awful last couple of days and this was such a nice break from it. Thank you for sharing this with us and giving us peaks into your lives.
ROTFLMAO! Thanks for the fun start to my day! 😀
Sitting on the couch with Bombur the cat in my lap, a chipmunk swarmed up next to me. Bombur the cat: Yeah. Me: EEEEEEEE. She had no shame.
No Wall of Shame there! Just the Wall of Adorable Friends
Too cute to punish.
Consider this post upvoted, +1. Thanks for the laugh
I shared this post with a couple of friends, and I absolutely have to share back one response. I hope you find it as funny as I did:
“Sure, just drop the food outside in my raccoon-infested neighborhood.”
After the inevitable happens:
“Stupid pets – this is all THEIR fault! Shame!”
Don’t get grapes either, raccoons LOVE grapes.
Well to be fair, you do have a one eyed dog, I would give that one a pass.
Cats don’t care unless there are treats involved, and you didn’t tell the raccoons that the watermelon was yours. Anything on the steps is fair game.
My skunks, opossum, and raccoons are all in competition with each other for what ever tidbits that they can find under the bird feeders. Sometimes the skunks come look around in the early evening around suppertime. If I am grilling, I think that they think that I will drop a tasty morsel if they come visit early enough.
love your pets
Ha! As if cats could be shamed.
EXACTLY
OMG. I needed this laugh. I needed this very badly.
I am over here in tears laughing at the wall of shame. Boots to .
Oh my word. Forgive the lazy beasts for not guarding the watermelon, they are so unbelievably cute. Lol.
In their defense, raccoons are mean and wily. They were just saving themselves.
The raccoons are either very stealthy or they bribed all your guards in advance.😂
I adored this post more than I could possibly say.
It’s a good looking wall of shame. 🙂
They must be southern raccoons as they went for your watermelon .
At least they left the meat alone.
From what I’ve heard They’re vicious fighters and cats will usually avoid them.
OMG! Cutest degenerates ever! I bet they get away with everything.