Joey the cat - pictured with the SPCA's Michelle Potter and owners Annie Wihongi and John Davies - follows his people into town each day but only ever visits one store. Photo / Tania Whyte
A Kamo op shop's favourite customer is one who never buys anything and needs to be forcibly removed come closing time.
Cat Joey has become the mascot at Kamo's SPCA Second Chance Shop, where he spends his days sleepily socialising with customers from his favourite chair among the bric-a-brac.
The
cat dutifully follows owners John Davies and Annie Wihongi on their almost-daily walks from their Lilian Ave home down to the corner, where he assumes his post at the SPCA shop while they carry on with their shopping.
The visits started when it became clear Joey had no intention of being left out of the family errands, but his owners were concerned he would follow them across the road, so shop manager Michelle Potter offered to look after him.
Six months on he is considered part of the furniture and often visits of his own volition, despite the fact he is never fed at the store.
