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Be Right There: Cat Work Excuse Meme

The meme features a plump black cat lying lazily on its back on crumpled light beige bed sheets, appearing sleepy and relaxed. Two hand-drawn paper cutouts are placed on the cat: a blue cutout of a necktie positioned on its chest to look like it is wearing work attire, and a pink cutout of a briefcase held under one of its front paws. Text overlaid at the bottom of the image reads 'sending photographic proof to my boss that I\'m on my way'. The joke is a sarcastic, relatable reference to employees lying to their employers about being en route to work when they are actually still at home resting, using the absurd 'dressed for work' cat as fake evidence.
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sending photographic proof to my boss that I'm on my way

Overview

The meme features a plump black cat lying lazily on its back on crumpled light beige bed sheets, appearing sleepy and relaxed. Two hand-drawn paper cutouts are placed on the cat: a blue cutout of a necktie positioned on its chest to look like it is wearing work attire, and a pink cutout of a briefcase held under one of its front paws. Text overlaid at the bottom of the image reads 'sending photographic proof to my boss that I\'m on my way'. The joke is a sarcastic, relatable reference to employees lying to their employers about being en route to work when they are actually still at home resting, using the absurd 'dressed for work' cat as fake evidence.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Reddit:Meme RSS feed, with its original posted title being 'Be right there'. A watermark for mememaker.ai is visible in the bottom right corner, indicating the tool used to edit the image and add text. It is a popular relatable workplace humor meme shared across Reddit and other social media platforms, leveraging the widespread appeal of cat content and relatable work frustration jokes.

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