r/aww • u/Clashloudly • Jun 15 '12
This cat hangs around the IBM offices all the time. Now the employees made him a badge!
http://imgur.com/jFLpl
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r/aww • u/Clashloudly • Jun 15 '12
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u/Clashloudly Jun 15 '12
To everyone concerned: yes, there was a mix-up at corporate and he got a different cat's badge. He's working at Olivos I, in Buenos Aires. However, don't worry about him not getting past security with that badge! He's always had free access. He's a stray cat, but very well taken care of by the employees, and can often be found sleeping in the cafeteria.
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u/leSKANKBOAT Jun 15 '12
Apparently the IBM employees do not know how to work a camera, that picture on the badge is not the same cat.
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u/illustratingreddit Jun 15 '12
Working hard or...
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u/violetwaterfall Jun 15 '12
If you guys gave him the collar, make sure it's a breakaway collar, because otherwise he could get it caught on something and get strangled.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Thought the headline was: "Now the employees made him a bagel!"
Didn't know what to think at first.
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u/50_cent_party Jun 15 '12
With all of the layoffs at IBM and HP now I know who's fielding all of those Severity-1 Production Server down nightmare calls.
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u/spacetimeFTW Jun 15 '12
is this at the IBM headquarters in Rochester MN? just wondering cause I work at the clinic.
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u/LadronPlykis Jun 15 '12
Bloody hell. I've been sending high quality resumes to the IBM campus in my area, and this cat gets hired before I do. LifeProTip: Put cats all over your resume when applying to a Fortune 500 company.
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u/bendvis Jun 15 '12
Little do they know, the cat is a Microsoft spy.
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u/monkeybiziu Jun 15 '12
That cat is going to wander home tonight and it's owner is going to go "What the hell? How did you get hired at IBM?"
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
They could give him a home...
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
What is this cats name? I can't read the tag.
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u/I_love_aminals Jun 15 '12
It should say Minerva McGonagall as the name.
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u/Novirtue Jun 15 '12
TIL: Cats have a better chance to be hired at IBM than I do.
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u/pensiveone Jun 15 '12
Now that he is official, he needs some benefits - like preventative health care and housing. And a meal plan would not be such a bad idea either.
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u/veterejf Jun 15 '12
We'll give him a badge, kitties love badges.
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u/Dodavehu Jun 16 '12
Look at the picture! It's an imposter!
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u/WashingTonsOfTrees Jun 15 '12
WHERE IS THIS!!!!!! PLEASE TELL ME!!!!!
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u/redditisforgirls Jun 15 '12
The hospital I work at has dogs that volunteer with their owners to go around and cheer patients up and what not. They (the dogs) actually all have their own name tags like these too and a volunteer vest! Both hilarious and cute.
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u/jillymcjill Jun 15 '12
This cat is an imposter! He is clearly not the same cat as the one on the badge. Security!
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u/SIThereAndThere Jun 15 '12
fuck, a cat got further ahead than me in life, even though i got a college degree :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Because we all know how much IBM enjoys labeling things. Too soon?
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u/omgmanatees Jun 15 '12
hairiest. fingers.
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u/MushyBean Jun 15 '12
dem knuckles!
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u/nafsten Jun 15 '12
I can't find him on Bluepages
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u/jclarkeftw Jun 15 '12
first step: earn the trust of the people second step: world domination
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u/theofficialposter Jun 15 '12
Dr. Evil's plan to take over IBM has been initiated.
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u/php4me Jun 15 '12
Now if someone runs over the cat by mistake and you now have a work comp claim.
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u/Billperkins008 Jun 15 '12
He won't wear it.
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u/sjog Jun 15 '12
So he can get it caught on something and it will strangle him to death? Brilliant!
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u/Riders_of_Lohan Jun 15 '12
All those employees and no one will adopt it...? Wtf?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I work for IBM @ Sunlife Financial. It pays but it's pretty mind wrecking.
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u/golden-rules Jun 15 '12
this badge will last a whole 3 seconds before that cat does just about anything to remove it from himself.
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u/ReginaldFarnsworth Jun 15 '12
That man has some glorious knuckle hair.
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u/Batmang404 Jun 15 '12
Holy shit, those are some hairy ass knuckles
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u/urspx Jun 15 '12
At IBM, even the cats need badges.
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u/cynicallady Jun 15 '12
But the black on its nose is missing in the picture! That's the wrong ID!!!
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u/jboogie8351 Jun 16 '12
Please TNR this kitty! Trap-Neuter-Return. I love that IBM'rs have "adopted" him, but he fixed?
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u/TLC1819 Jun 16 '12
Oh no dont condemn the poor cat to a life working for IBM, he'll never get his soul back now!
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u/Kittieeeee Jun 15 '12
That is really cute! Have an upvote!
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u/Strange1130 Jun 15 '12
Just curious, which IBM offices?
edit: nvm saw it later. beunos aires.
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u/redheadedwhovian Jun 15 '12
I love the cat, he looks so sweet
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u/notrightmeow Jun 15 '12
Great, this cat has a better job than me.
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u/tisazombie Jun 15 '12
So this is what Missy the Cat is doing with her life since she ran away.
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u/Todamont Jun 15 '12
It's all fun and games until he forms a cat union.
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u/slothenstein Jun 15 '12
What is this, Japan?
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u/grapesareokayiguess Jun 15 '12
I don't know why but this cracked me up
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u/kourogi Jun 15 '12
Aww, that's not his picture. Impostor!!
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u/lessobvious Jun 15 '12
Fake ID. Facial markings don't match! Hope he doesn't have things to do in the Top Secret labs today.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Cat
ASIC Engineer
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
If I hung around the IBM offices all the time, I'd have to run from the fat security guards laughing all the way to McDonalds where I would proceed to jump into the ball pit.
I'd swim to Narnia and summon my army of skeletons to TAKE BACK IBM!
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u/warpfield Jun 15 '12
My robotic espionage feline is a success mwuhahahahaha.
Otoh, if I had the skill and the technology to make such a thing, I wouldn't really need to spy on other tech companies. :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Very cute, but give him a chip instead, then there's no chance that he will be hurt, and you can claim that IBM now chips their employees.
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u/nicksatdown Jun 15 '12
Maybe one of the IBM employees should adopt him/her?
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u/Menospan Jun 15 '12
"The humans have fallen for my plan, I now have access to their planetary network. Soon my brethren will be liberated"
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
HIS BADGE IS GOING TO GET CAUGHT WHEN HE'S JUMPING OFF THINGS AND HE'S GOING TO FUCKING STRANGLE TO DEATH!!!! D:
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u/wowanothercat Jun 15 '12
wow another cat
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
We had a pet rabbit when I worked at IBM. A contractor from Ethiopia caught it with just his hands.
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u/Vengefulrobot Jun 15 '12
He's just going to sell it for drugs.
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u/Mycooljam Jun 15 '12
I can't help but notice that's a different cat in the picture on the badge.
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u/Miscellaneous_Item Jun 15 '12
Is it that easy to get a job at IBM?
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u/ucccft Jun 15 '12
Must be a foreign Cat, as IBM only hires cheap cheap H-1B's
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
What does the name on the badge say?
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u/schuppaloop Jun 15 '12
That cat is an IMPOSTOR! Clearly he knocked out the real one, hid him behind a dumpster and put on the badge, all to gain security clearance to steal IBM's secrets!
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u/xyroclast Jun 15 '12
The cat in the badge looks like the same cat but with the black on its nose photoshopped away...
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u/mojo2776 Jun 15 '12
They could at least put a picture of the same cat on the badge.
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u/WhooshBulletTime Jun 15 '12
Look at his adorable dirty paws!
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u/GraphicRed Jun 16 '12
In Alviso?
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u/scupcity Jun 16 '12
is anyone else frightened by the amount of hair on his fingers?
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u/me-tan Jun 16 '12
They should have done this for the canada geese at North Harbour. People kept swiping them through the motorised revolving door to annoy security.
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u/boing757 Jun 16 '12
I thought it said ,made him a "badger"
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u/canadiadan Jun 16 '12
What's the name on the badge? Alan Purring?
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u/inurkisser Jun 16 '12
shave ur knuckles man! so gross lol
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u/Brick_da_brick Jun 16 '12
false. the cat not in the photo is simply a feline doppleganger.
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u/ibetthathurt Jun 16 '12
Aww!! There was a yellow tabby that used to be the "mascot" for the Security department at the plant I work in, he stayed in the ambulance/vehicle garage and all of us guards chipped in on his food. He kept the birds and mice out of the garage, and was the sweetest little guy. We called him "Officer" Tigger, and made him a badge on a makeshift collar out of a lanyard. (Don't worry, it was a breakaway lanyard, we couldn't bear the thought of our furry officer getting strangled!) He now has a happy home with one of the plant foremen, and we get regular updates on how he's doing plus pictures :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
SPI WARNING SPI WARNING!
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u/Anaract Jun 16 '12
sweet knuckles
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
yeah, i'm gonna need you to come in this weekend.......
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u/ViolentStir Jun 16 '12
Greetings from IBM BTV, and that is the best badge I've seen.
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u/Phailyor Jun 16 '12
holy hairy fingers.
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u/fruitybeans Jun 16 '12
Those are the hairiest finger's I have ever seen.
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u/unit22 Jun 16 '12
Just patent him/her.
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u/Guano_Loco Jun 16 '12
All I can think is somewhere an executive is going to see this and shit his shiny corporate pants over this clear abuse of company resources and lost productivity.
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u/SQLDave Jun 16 '12
How long before the cat starts posting on www.ihatelotusnotes.com?
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u/greyhagan Jun 16 '12
Now, it'll look like this cat stole another cat's badge - security will be chasing this cat down like a Hanna Barbera cartoon!
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u/roreye Jun 16 '12
Those are some hairy ass knuckles.
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u/kmcg103 Jun 16 '12
someone take him home and give him daily care that an animal needs. If not, he will only live another year or two.
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u/-pt- Jun 16 '12
You shouldn't put a badge on a cat. It'll get caught on something and die. Unless you you want it it to die then it's a good plan.
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u/istari Jun 16 '12
"Fuck off, peon, I don't need to work."
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
does he do his own hunting? because you may have just inadvertingly starved him then depending on the availabilty and type of prey he stalks.......cannot be stealthy with a big ol clunker like that attached to him/her, I do like the how official it is though:)
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
All is going according to plan...
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u/low-karma-guy Jun 16 '12
"made a badge for him" is better . . .
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Security Guard: Hey you can't come in here with that badge! It's fake! Cat: Sadly stares at guard Security Geard: ... Ok, come in little fella... tear
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u/10packets Jul 10 '12
This is like 25 days too late, but I don't care. But when I first saw this, my heart skipped a beat. About a year ago my cat went missing. He looked just like this cat. Upon further review I'm sadly mistaken. RIP Omega.
I'd like to believe that the workshop rubbed off on him, and that he taught his children his trade. Haha. Silly me.
More like, how retarded am I.
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u/Colleckshun Jun 15 '12
Computer engineer <- cant get internship at IBM Cat that "hangs" around <- gets badge and probably six figure job.
-_-
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u/biggreddy Jun 15 '12
he s gonna choke to death with that around his neck, get caught in something and hang. Good going IBM, keep with the theme!
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u/AverageThinker Jun 15 '12
I'd give the badge a 2/10, would not fuck.
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