When you select a blender, youB次元官网网址檙e probably worried about how well, it, well, blends. Does it chop up ice? Spinach? Frozen bananas?
The Vitamix, at a cost of around $400, undoubtedly does all three. Unfortunately for one Victoria couple, it also functions as a cat attractant.
In a post to the companyB次元官网网址檚 Facebook page, Jessica Gerson-Neeves laid out the issue. Jessica and her wife, Nikii, had long coveted the Vitamix to help the former get enough fibre and because the latter just loved smoothies.
On Black Friday, the couple found a great deal and ordered the device. But while it arrived safely, things took a turn for the worse shortly after in what Jessica describes as their first mistake.
B次元官网网址淲e are the devoted servants of a trio of cats who go by the names of Max; George, Destroyer of Worlds; and Lando Calrissian. Mere seconds after setting down the Vitamix box, in the moments before we wouldB次元官网网址檝e opened it and happily put our exciting new blender to use, Max (also known as the sentient soccer ball) spotted the box and, assuming it was for him, hopped right up on top,B次元官网网址� Jessica wrote.
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Since then, Jessica said, the Vitamix box has been B次元官网网址渙ccupiedB次元官网网址� by at least one and sometimes two cats at a time.
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She first posted the saga to a Facebook group and after more than a million people showed interest, faithfully documented the sage on the catsB次元官网网址� own social media page.
One of the most recent posts involves a video showing a B次元官网网址渟hift change,B次元官网网址� where the trio of cats ensure that the Vitamix box is never left unattended.
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And on Jan. 4, the coupleB次元官网网址檚 plea was answered as Vitamix sent over three empty boxes. The first of the three boxes arrived just three days later but alas, as Jessica described on Facebook, the cats were not fooled.
Stay tuned for the next update in the cat and Vitamix chronicles B次元官网网址� and whether or not Jessica and Nikii will ever get their smoothies.
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