You’ve heard of Flexcar, the car-sharing service? Yahoo! News has a story about FlexPetz, a rent-a-dog* service in San Francisco. (*Oh, wait, the owner hates it when you call it that. It’s a “shared pet ownership concept.”)
The “petz” part of the business name is not only misspelled, it’s misleading, since the service rents … er, shares … only dogs. Why didn’t they call it FlexPooch?
When asked if they’d like to be part of FlexPetz, most cats responded, “We can’t afford it, we don’t earn income. Besides, we don’t like dogs.” Upon clarification (“No, would you like it if various people could rent you? I mean, share in your ownership?”), the cats universally replied, “Nobody owns a cat. We simply allow humans to live with us and serve us. Now feed me, pet me, stop it, give me catnip, go away.”