Cat Cafe

I come from a family that dislikes cats. I always used to get a bad feeling from cats too; whenever I entered a room where there was a cat, the cat would dash out. I took this as distrust and had been ambivalent toward cats.



My girlfriend is very much a cat lover. Because she was down a bit last week we went to a cat cafe. It gave her a big smile and gave me a chance to play with my camera and shoot some film.



I can't imagine a cat cafe opening in England. I think the main obstruction would be the health and safety madness: we have laws that allow litigation for the slightest thing so most businesses have to be over-cautious. It's a shame, because I'm sure it's the closest some people will come to owning a pet. I suppose it's like a hostess club or English language school where rather than sitting with a beautiful lady or a strange foreigner you sit with a docile cat. Marvellous. And probably cheaper.