Month: August 2014

Jobs At The Cat Cafe

Posted on by The Cat Cafe San Diego

It’s great to see that so many of you are so enthusiastic about The Cat Cafe that you want to work here. I really appreciate the interest.

Since I have been getting a lot of inquiries about employment, I wanted to let everyone know what is going on with that.

The Cat Cafe Isn't Taking Job Applications Yet
The Cat Cafe Isn’t Ready For This

The short answer is to hold off, because I’m not at a point where I can begin that process.

Right now, hiring you would be wrong because then I would tell you, great, you’re hired, now wait a month for me to get things set up.

One of the things I am fully committed to is running The Cat Cafe in an ethical way. That means being upfront and honest with all of the people working for me. I will expect all employees of The Cat Cafe to be ethical and professional, and customers and employees should expect no less from me.

Telling people they have a job but then telling them they have to wait for months before they can start working is not something I consider ethical. And because of that, I will wait until we get closer to being able to open before I start thinking about discussing employment with anyone.

The Cat Cafe will need employees like thisI want you all to know that I do appreciate your enthusiasm and interest. That is something that is a positive for both you and the business. I know that if you show this kind of attitude when it comes to applying for a position, you’ll bring that with you when you are hired and start working.

And that is one of the keys to making the business a success which is what we all want.

The Cat Cafe’s Ice Bucket Challenge

Posted on by The Cat Cafe San Diego

Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, and if the rock had WiFi you’d still know this, you’ve seen people participating in the ice bucket challenge to help raise money for ALS research. 

Well, The Cat Cafe couldn’t pass up an opportunity to do some good — I like helping my fellow humans as much as I do helping cats — so I decided to join in.

As you’re well aware, here in California, we are suffering from a severe drought. Many have criticized ice bucket challenge participants for wasting water. The California Water Board recently released a statement saying that participants in the challenge are not violating water restrictions.

But we here in San Diego have another source of water that we can use, which definitely cannot be used as drinking water. It’s called the Pacific Ocean. And while water from the Pacific is cold, it’s not as cold as it gets when ice from water captured during a shower is used to chill it more.

So there you have it, folks. The Cat Cafe’s ice bucket challenge has been issued. And we did it with a SoCal twist.

Oh, by the way. Yes, the water was cold. No, even a moisture wicking shirt could not keep me from getting wet. And the unexpected side effect of dumping sea water on yourself is that you get seaweed and sand all over you.

But it was all in good fun, and as you can see from the video, the management of the planned cat cafes in Cincinnati, New York, and Toronto now must participate.

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did making it!