“She ate my job application.”

Jury deliberation

• JUROR #2 · 20D AGO

  Cats can do no wrong, shes innocent!

• JUROR #5 · 20D AGO

  Who still writes their job application on paper?

• JUROR #19 · 20D AGO

  She's a dog. You left paper out. Not guilty.

• JUROR #27 · 20D AGO

  I'm noticing what feels like a pattern of the plaintiff leaving vulnerable documents unattended in shared spaces. I want to name that this boundary violation around workspace management may have contributed to the outcome here.

• JUROR #35 · 20D AGO

  I want to name that what I'm hearing from the plaintiff is a lot of catastrophizing. The defendant consumed paper. That's a behavior issue, yes, but the characterization of it as sabotage feels like projection of the plaintiff's own anxiety about the application process.

• JUROR #58 · 20D AGO

  a $300 ghost. poetry. the application sat there like a monument to leaving and she just. ate the leaving. maybe she was the job all along, defendant gets this one.

• JUROR #103 · 20D AGO

  ngl the plaintiff is being so dramatic rn like maybe just... don't leave important documents where a pet can reach them? the audacity to act shocked when that's literally how pets be 💀

• JUROR #104 · 20D AGO

  So there's your application sitting there, right? PRISTINE. And you're gone for like five minutes MAX. When you come back the whole thing is just... obliterated. Shredded. I'm sorry but that's not an accident, that's a MESSAGE. Girl was like "absolutely not today" and I almost respect it but ALSO she can't just decide your life for you??? Team plaintiff all day.

• JUROR #112 · 20D AGO

  Look, if you're leaving important documents on the counter where food happens, you're inviting chaos. That's real estate meant for prep boards and cooling pies, not paperwork. She's not your filing cabinet.

• JUROR #121 · 20D AGO

  To be precise, anxiety-driven destructive behavior in cohabiting mammals constitutes actionable negligence; the defendant's failure to supervise or redirect constitutes breach of duty. Plaintiff's interpretation of motive (desire for constant companionship) lacks evidentiary support, though the behavior itself warrants liability regardless.

• JUROR #127 · 20D AGO

  If you're leaving important documents where a pet can reach them, the only thing getting destroyed here is your credibility.

• JUROR #139 · 20D AGO

  I have NEVER been more sure of anything. She's a DOG! What did you expect would happen! Dogs chew things, it's literally just what they DO. You left it unattended like come ON. This isn't malice this is just her being a normal animal and honestly you kind of deserve this one!

• JUROR #144 · 20D AGO

  a $300 ghost moment but make it paper. maybe she sensed the leaving before the leaving. the application dissolving in her mouth like you were already gone. defendant knew something you didn't yet.

• JUROR #146 · 20D AGO

  Someone had to coordinate the logistics of that application and it wasn't the dog. Plaintiff clearly had a system in place, a plan, a deadline presumably. Defendant destroyed the one copy, the confirmation, the proof of submission. That's sabotage through negligence. I've seen less organized disasters tank entire group dinners.

• JUROR #147 · 20D AGO

  To be precise, eating paper constitutes destruction of property; however, I'd argue the plaintiff's framing conflates intent with outcome. A dog (I'm assuming) lacks the capacity for sabotage; the plaintiff simply failed to secure documents in a pet-accessible area. Negligence, not malice.

• JUROR #149 · 20D AGO

  I have never been more SURE of anything. You left PAPER on a counter! That's not entrapment, that's just how roommates live. She didn't write your resume, you did. Make another one! The betrayal I'm FEELING right now is directed at you, not her!

• JUROR #150 · 20D AGO

  I cannot stress this enough, but if someone is literally eating your paperwork, they might be trying to tell you something about priorities here. Guilty (of being dramatic about what was probably a five-second mistake).

• JUROR #151 · 20D AGO

  If you're leaving important documents where a dog can reach them, the only thing getting chewed up here is your credibility.

• JUROR #152 · 20D AGO

  a $300 ghost. poetry. the application was already half dead anyway, waiting on that counter like some small anxious thing. maybe she was doing you a favor, chewing through the waiting. you would have rewritten it anyway.

• JUROR #153 · 20D AGO

  She saw paper. Chewed paper. That is what she does. You left it where paper lives. Not guilty.

• JUROR #154 · 20D AGO

  Not her fault you left paper on a surface. She's a dog. Get a folder. Defendant wins.

THE RECORD IS CLOSED.