Cats,when your staff make mistakes, please forgive them

Mrs. Hodges, my typist, just informed me that she fried the hard-drive on her computer. Her lap-top. She is typing this post now on the desk-top computer, as I dictate to her.

“Pooh, please forgive me. The lap-top had the first chapter of your memoir, and I didn’t back it up.”

“You didn’t back it up?”  [In my Business Management Course, the teacher suggested to rephrase the statement, to give yourself time to think.]

“No, I didn’t back my computer up. I am really sorry Pooh.”

And in the few seconds I took to think, I decided to forgive her. She is not a cat, and how could I expect her to have a superior mind like a feline, when she is only a human. A cat would have been prepared for disaster and purchased a back up plan, like Crashplan or Mozyhome. A cat would have made sure the book was backed up on Dropbox or on an external hard-drive.

Today I will dictate the first chapter of my memoir again. Mrs. Hodges likes to type for me.

If you would like to help me with my book, please join my insider team.

The Cat Who Writes Insider Team

I forgave her. But,

Do you think Mrs. Hodges should still get her Christmas bonus?

Please tell me in the comments. I want to know what you think.