27 Examples Of What It’s REALLY Like To Work From Home With Your Pet Around

Working from home can feel like an endless struggle against distractions, especially if those distractions happen to be cute and fuzzy.

Our animal friends just don’t understand why we would be home all day and not spend every second of that time with them. My cat loves to squeeze himself between my laptop and pin my arms down…and then look at me like I’m the rude one when I try to keep typing. If only they could understand all this annoying work stuff is what gives them their treats and toys!

 

1. “Next thing on your to-do list: snuggle me.”

 

 

2. “No, no more typing.”

 

 

3. “You’ve been working for five whole minutes! Let’s play!”

 

4. Making sure her human meets all those important cuddle deadlines.

 

 

A photo posted by Dacey Calisura (@redcalifornia) on Oct 22, 2015 at 2:21am PDT

 

5. “We’ll get through this expense report together, buddy.”

 

 

6. “You must answer my riddle* before you can have your laptop.”

 

*The riddle is chin scratches

 

7. Finally, an organization solution for your fuzzy files.

 

 

8. “Are you done yet?”

“…how about now?”

 

9. “Dude, ever hear of spellcheck?”

 

10. He ordered decaf.

 

 

A photo posted by Julie Laskowske AAAAAAAA (@juliene11) on Oct 21, 2015 at 1:48pm PDT

 

11. “That last email was ruff, let’s sleep on it.”

 

 

12. “I’m way cuter than a spreadsheet.”

 

13. Adding some helpful clipart to your presentation.

 

 

A photo posted by Munchkin (@munchiesthehibble) on Oct 21, 2015 at 1:15pm PDT

14. “Seriously, how is it not nap time yet?”

 

 

A photo posted by Marcus (@marcusortegaphotography) on Oct 21, 2015 at 1:41pm PDT

 

15. Good thing they spent all that money on an ergonomic chair.

 

 

16. “Could you type a little quieter?”

 

 

17. The post-lunch crash can be so brutal.

 

 

18. “Jenkins! I said I want that report right meow!”

 

 

19. “Told ya I wouldn’t be in the way.”

 

20. “Thanks for warming it up for me, man.”

 

 

A photo posted by Mark Phillips (@markedanimation) on Oct 21, 2015 at 12:26pm PDT

 

21. “You really just spend all day staring at that box?”

 

22. “It’s after 6 p.m. and I did not approve you for overtime.”

 

 

A photo posted by Gina Martin (@beuniquej) on Oct 21, 2015 at 5:42am PDT

23. “You don’t really need this job anyway, right?”

 

 

A photo posted by @lwdw_eol_doula on Oct 21, 2015 at 12:39am PDT

 

24. “Why do you keep moving my pillow around? So rude.”

 

 

25. “See, it says right here, ‘Stop working, play with the kitten.'”

 

 

26. He takes his proofreading duties very seriously.

 

 

27. They’ve been arguing over using a pie chart vs a bar graph for over an hour now.

 

For reference, this post took me three times as long to complete as it should have with my little dude demanding my attention. There’s just no compromising with these persistent cuties.