I don’t get what is the problem people are trying to solve by not allowing cats on the counter. If you are doing food prep, you need to use the cutting board. If you are doing it on the counter, you need to clean it first, whether you have cats or not.
“i need to set this down for a second and i don’t want the cats messing with it”
dirty dishes
Not to say i just leave knives or food out, but I want to reduce the chances of them getting into something by making the counters unappealing to them (via the usual tricks of aluminum foil, sticky tape, precariously perched baking trays, or as a last resort, cat zappers (electrified mats))
I don’t get what is the problem people are trying to solve by not allowing cats on the counter. If you are doing food prep, you need to use the cutting board. If you are doing it on the counter, you need to clean it first, whether you have cats or not.
Not to say i just leave knives or food out, but I want to reduce the chances of them getting into something by making the counters unappealing to them (via the usual tricks of aluminum foil, sticky tape, precariously perched baking trays, or as a last resort, cat zappers (electrified mats))