Cat registration, a stupid saga

I’m going to continue kvetchy here – the early start to winter seems to have harshed my mellow.

I have to re-register my cat before the end of the year. Last year I left it till after January 1 and had to pay an additional penalty.

There are 2 choices. I can go over to the borough Accès Montreal office on Ogilvy Avenue, or I can download a PDF file, fill it in, print it out, enclose a cheque and put it in the mail.

Accès Montreal has these hours: Lundi à vendredi : de 8 h 30 à 16 h 30. My job keeps me at a distance from this location during the hours indicated.

The borough page says “en remplissant le formulaire et en le retournant à l’adresse indiquée” but there is no address indicated on that page or on the form itself. Maybe it has to be mailed to Ogilvy Avenue or maybe to some other animal control location, who knows?

Also, I don’t have a printer, and no longer use cheques, envelopes and stamps for most kinds of payment, so I’ll have to gather those things together to do it.

Why the hell is this kind of thing not doable online? My cat has been registered before so the borough already has a copy of her sterilization papers and her description. I don’t have to present those again, so I just need to give the city $12. Intelligent city?