Stuart McDaniel, owner of GuRuStu marketing firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, had a problem one day. Their first-floor office was infested with mice. Stewart visited a local animal shelter after deciding to get a cat. A six-month-old kitten was taken from there and settled in the office of the company.
The kitten has settled down perfectly in its new home. Throughout the day he walked around the office, climbed onto computer keyboards and helped employees send unfinished emails, and caught mice. The company’s employees discovered something strange one day. In front of the closed glass doors leading out of the building, a pile of small banknotes lay on the floor, and their cat sat nearby.
People were perplexed. How did the cat get so much money?
The situation repeated itself the next day. To find out what was happening, employees closely monitored the cat and discovered the following. He spends a lot of time basking in the sun in front of the glass doors during the day. A passerby put a banknote into the slot, and the cat snatched it with ease. There are many entertainment centers and footpaths near the building. Many people who are not in a hurry pass by the office during the day. By the end of the evening, a large amount of money has been collected. The company’s employees and owner decided to donate the money the cat had earned to a center for the homeless instead of spending it on themselves. An office door notice was posted. People began sending money to charity by mail and the Internet as soon as the cat-philanthropist’s fame spread.
A cat addicted to cash was given the nickname CASHnip (from the English CASH – cash and CATNIP – catnip
