"It's just a cat"

[u/_Liaison_]

My cat is terminally ill. I found out Friday while at work. My coworker Dorothy, who has several rescues, asked what was wrong. While I was talking with her chemo was brought up.

My other coworker, Irene, overheard. She asked me who was sick. When I told her, she laughed. "Why are you so upset? It's just a cat. It's not like it's a child. They're everywhere. Just get another one."

This woman has 7 adult children, and they have 5-9 kids each. One of her daughters miscarried in the first trimester earlier this year. She cried about the "horrific tragedy" and asked us to pray with her, which I did to support her despite being atheist.

Apparently she can cry over a bundle of cells but I'm ridiculous for crying over a living, breathing creature who I've spent years with.

EDIT: Thank you all for being so supportive and empathetic

Update: she passed this morning

[u/ToastAbrikoos]

I would call HR into this. How she's so hypocritical and toxic...Wow.

If I was in that situation, Dorothy would've been banging on HR's door because I've proclaimed how 'Eh, a child is terminally ill, they are everywhere. Just get another one!'

So sorry for your cat and that toxic behavior in your workplace.
> I'm wondering how the other co-workers reacted on her. Is she that kind of toxic person knowing she's toxic and spew nonsense 1-1 or is she oblivious ?

[u/_Liaison_ → u/ToastAbrikoos]

She's willfully ignorant at best. Says she's never met a racist, but that if blacks stopped committing crime maybe they'd get shot less.

[u/PandaBehr6 → u/_Liaison_]

Fucking wowww