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Ginny, Roomba

Everything is Alive

CHAPTER

The Human Eating Experience

"I don't get paid for my labor typically," says the cat. "The only time I feel valued is when I get to vacuum up some money" He has eaten a dime, a quarter and a dollar coin but they're rare. If you were to add up all the money you've vacuumed up, what would be your net worth? 4.75.

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Speaker 2
What did that feel like when the dime went into you?
Speaker 1
It feels like a million bucks. It's great. It's really funny. I mean, I don't get paid for my labor typically. Right. I don't have any word that I can spend it but that's not really the point. The point is that I want to feel valued for the work that I do and the only time I feel valued is when I get to vacuum up some
Speaker 2
money. Is that the highest denomination you've ever vacuumed
Speaker 1
up? No, I can do them all. I can do a quarter. I can do a dollar coin. They're rare but I have, yeah, I have eaten a
Speaker 2
few. Where do they end up going? Do they get reclaimed by the humans or?
Speaker 1
I mean, yes but one side vacuum them up. They're mine and just because I do need to get emptied, I mean, we all need to get emptied every once in a while. I am the one who acquired those coins, you
Speaker 2
know? So what would you say if you were to add up all the money you've vacuumed up, what would be your
Speaker 1
net worth? 4.75.
Speaker 2
You said eating, eating the coins. Is that what it feels like doing what you do? Eating? Well, I wouldn't know what a human
Speaker 1
eating experience is but I will say that I only have one whole and it all goes down that whole. I like hair. I think hair tastes pretty good. I know that there are some people who enjoy eating hair but it's considered something of a pathology or a habit to unlearn. Not for
Speaker 2
me. So when you observe the humans in your home eating, does it look to you like what you do when you see a human eat?
Speaker 1
I think I'm much neater than they are. I never get anything on the outside of me. Everything I eat ends up fully inside of me. I'm not covered in dust at the end of meals. They're quite a bit messier. I can also tell that they seem to enjoy it more and I think that it is in part because they have a choice. I mean, I don't like to compare myself to the cat but in some ways the food is just set out for me on the ground and I have to accept what I am given.

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