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This Twitter Account Collects Photos Of Cats In Small Shops Looking Like They Own The Place (50 New Pics)
Dropping by a bodega to get some eggs for tomorrow’s benedicts, more often than not, results in meeting its master. First, it’s the piercing eyes in the chips aisle that stare deep into your soul. Then, it’s the meow coming from nowhere. There may also be a furry tail lurking behind the stacked cartons of milk. If you see any of these, it’s a sign you have stumbled upon a bodega cat.
Call it a breed of its own accord, a sub-category of atypically social felines that dwell solely in convenience stores, not too big, not too small. Thanks to the Bodega Cats social media project, which has 462.5K Twitter and 298k Instagram followers, the internet can now sleep well with a seemingly endless collection of cats that totally own their bodegas.
So scroll down for the newest batch of pics featuring felines in the process of... nodding off, shamelessly chilling, or staring at people. We all know very well that it’s they who have total control of the bodegas, and not the bodega owners who have convinced themselves the place is in their hands.
Psst! More adorable cats captured on camera in small shops can be found in our previous posts here and here.
More info: BodegaCats.nyc | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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Perfumista Perfumista 4 years ago
Is your name White Claw? Do you have white claws? Clearly these are for me.
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Nola Dorothy 4 years ago
You didn't spend enough to keep him in quality kibble. Shame on you.
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Candace Fitzpatrick 4 years ago
This cat looks like a human that painted their face to look like a cat...
Rob Hitt is the man behind the widely popular Twitter account Bodega Cats, which currently has 468.9K followers. But it’s more than that. Bodega Cats is now a multi-social media project that also has its own merch collection featuring shirts, tote bags, hoodies, and socks, all engraved with a fan-fave staple—a pure-bred bodega feline.
According to Rob, there’s no such a thing as a universal kind of bodega cat. Just like at home, so in the bodegas, every feline is different. “Cats will just be cats in terms of Bodega Cats vs. House Cats. They all have their own personalities. Feral cats, on the other hand, aren’t conditioned to seek out human interaction, so they act more secluded," the creator told us previously.
This time, Bored Panda has reached out to Rob to find out where he’s at with the Bodega Cats project, and it seems like it’s been growing ever since. During the times of pandemic, when most animal welfare organizations are facing a shortage of donations, Rob has decided to give Bodega Cats a philanthropic twist.
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Layla Corman 4 years ago
I bet if there was a $100 luxury cat bed right next to the box, this love would still choose the box.
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Raine Soo 4 years ago
If this cute little floof sauntered up to me like that, I'd be a customer for life.
Teresa Spanics 4 years ago
Same here, but it would be so hard to not pick up that dear sweet little kitty and start cuddling and kissing him/her.
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“We decided to make a shirt for one of our favorite videos of all time and it's been incredibly fun to see the responses and happiness it's been able to bring to the supporters.” Profits from the shirt go to organizations like Flatbush Cats, Greenpoint Cats, Trap King, and Trap Queen.
Rob explained that Greenpoint Cats “have helped find feral / community cats in the North Brooklyn area to help get them TNR’d (Trap, Neuter, Return) and also help find the 'friendly' cats new homes.” The organization now takes volunteers and is looking for temporary foster adoption applicants, so if you’re interested, check them out right here.
Meanwhile, when it comes to Rob himself, he said that he’s been “inside mostly, trying to stay safe and appreciating the Brooklyn parks for some fresh air.”
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Perfumista Perfumista 4 years ago
Anyone can pull a bunny out of a magic hat, he pulled a kitty
Janine Hunt-Jackson 4 years ago
What a lovely look between this tiny fluff-ball and the man carrying the box!
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DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
I like to imagine he's rocking out and there's a little kitty off camera playing some wicked sweet air guitar.
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Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
High five, high five, high five, customer after customer after customer, just leave me alone, please.
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Myxomatosis 4 years ago
difference between cobra and upward dog? is it the toes? (sorry, new to yoga but chronic meditator)
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Em Watson 4 years ago
Oops BP mustn't like emojis, I didn't put the question marks on there!
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Artoonist Corine 4 years ago
Just woke up from me nap...time to streeettttch and take another naps.
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Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
The horror of realizing you forgot your shopping list at home and it's also a buy 2 get 1 free sale
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Myxomatosis 4 years ago
I see what you did there... thanks for my 0630h chuckle!!
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glowworm2 4 years ago
"All unsupervised children will immediately be adopted by the store."
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Hilary Mol 4 years ago
"Hey Fred, hand me the wire cutters and the electrical tape, would you?"
Livia Paikos 4 years ago
“No wonder the lights are flickering! They cords were clawed by someone who was definitely not me.”
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Kim Irving 4 years ago
Are we just going to ignore the fact that TicTac makes an "Apple Pie" flavour?!?
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Catherine Brady 4 years ago
I love how this sweet baby is color-coordinated to her playground.
Susan Lighon 4 years ago
I can't believe nothing being knocked off the shelf. What are they bribing him with?
Demon Deadly Dragon 4 years ago
the cat award? did they step on a lego and survive? the cat award is the most prized award anyone can get
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Simzabandz 4 years ago
"I just took 3 paw shorts of the Smirnoff and 4 coronas now I'm pissed, going to sleep thank you"
Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
I'm learning from these pictures that if they can't *have* the box, they stake claim on them and try to call "dibs" on the boxes.
John Kamau 4 years ago
Aaaah I shouldn’t have listened to Dominic Toreto about the Corona stuff...
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Catherine Brady 4 years ago
The ninth wonder of the world, "the great convenience store sphynx."
Demon Deadly Dragon 4 years ago
they just robbed the shop and now the meme police are after them
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Lucy Skinner 4 years ago
“Clone still loading, now at 50%. Please wait 5 years for clone to fully load.”
Mustn’t eat the mango 🥭 4 years ago
Why are all of these cats on alcoholic seltzer water and some not alcoholic?
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Mishka Katira 4 years ago
yep. She really wants frozen burger patties, or it looks like that
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Zoe Hoesley 4 years ago
No Dave I wasn’t drinking your white claw i just have a headache and hate the sun
Mary Peace 4 years ago
I wonder why so many like to sit on top of the White Claw. Do they know something?
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Bored Little Panda 4 years ago
My cat would sit up there and hit everyone in the bead as the walk in
Layla Corman 4 years ago
So that's who the fees go to. It all makes sense now. The ATM Overlord!
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RavenClaw 4 years ago (edited)
Is this cat a stray? .. cause if it is im surprised this cats gorgeous.
Mary Peace 4 years ago
Why did you ask if he/she is a stray? May have been a stray ONCE, but isn't now.
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Layla Corman 4 years ago
And finally, we see a floof that doesn't understand all the White Claw fuss.
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Sue Clasen 4 years ago
To live in a bodega in Manhattan by the looks of it has it's advantages.
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Sue Clasen 4 years ago
Here goes another purrfan of White Claw, I'm starting to suspect that here we have a 'closeted cat'
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
Is there some contractual obligation from Two Robbers that if you stock White Claw you must have cat guards, or are they all shots of the Two Robbers' factory/warehouse and the dozens of cats they have there?
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Chris Miller 4 years ago
This cat Does own this store. Look at the old grumpy clerk face! "Buy something or get out!"
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John Kamau 4 years ago
Are you sure you’re telling her the truth man. Saw you here with another cutie… you know.
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Joyce Deering 4 years ago
"Back up! Tail curled! And hold in that tummy! Good job. Class dismissed."
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Just getting up from the floor where I was restocking the shelves.
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Bored Little Panda 4 years ago
We is the boxes of noodles on the floor!!! They surely knocked some over
Mary Peace 4 years ago
There are medium shells, tri-color penne, and medium tri-color pussy-cat.
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PjandBolt 4 years ago
That would be a cute idea, getting a store cat and then laying out different brand's boxes everywhere and whichever one they like to sit in the best is their name
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Joyce Deering 4 years ago
"Yes. I'll have one of these nice watermelons."
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Joanne Haywood 4 years ago
If those are chestnuts please send me an emergency supply. Sainsbury’s only sells them during December.
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Tye Dye Llama 4 years ago
I was about to comment that the cat in post 58 was the biggest chonk I’d ever seen... not so.
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Michelle Brandt 4 years ago
Yes, there is a bite missing from this bagel. It...erm....wasn't me.
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Jessica Hollinghead Marcus 4 years ago
But then he knocks it off again. :) :)
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Uncommon Boston 4 years ago
A woman was berating the staff at a local hardware store because she still had mice, even after trying their mice control items. I told her there was an effective mice killer where I was. She races over, accusing the staff of hiding products from her, to see the store cat.
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
You don't need to go to a small shop to see a cat believing that they own the place. Cats believe they own the place where ever you see them. They DO own the place. We just feed them, care for them and pay the bills.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 4 years ago
"Cats In Small Shops Looking Like They Own The Place" Missleading title. They OWN the damn place.
Uncommon Boston 4 years ago
A woman was berating the staff at a local hardware store because she still had mice, even after trying their mice control items. I told her there was an effective mice killer where I was. She races over, accusing the staff of hiding products from her, to see the store cat.
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
You don't need to go to a small shop to see a cat believing that they own the place. Cats believe they own the place where ever you see them. They DO own the place. We just feed them, care for them and pay the bills.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 4 years ago
"Cats In Small Shops Looking Like They Own The Place" Missleading title. They OWN the damn place.
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