Sharon told me this story today - this is a shortened version.
A woman phoned and said she had a long-haired stray in her garden. Her husband has been kindly clipping bits of fur as the cat is so matted. They don't mind looking after it but they are moving soon so it will need rehoming. Sharon asked if it had a name and the woman said her & her husband have been calling it Maisie.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks later when Sharon & Caroline have decided that a long haired stray will not do well outside so they will somehow manage to shoehorn the cat in even though there is a waiting list. It had been arranged for the woman to drop the cat off at her local vet in Herne Bay. Sharon phoned to see if the cat had been dropped off and she hadn't. Leanne, the VN decided to do a bit of detective work. It turns out the woman was a client of theirs and it was their own cat they were getting rid of - we assume, ready for their move
It is quite funny that she didn't even have the common sense to change her name or the cat's name or take it to a different vet
Anyway, as it turns out, the vets managed to rehome Maisie on Monday themselves
I suppose all's well that ends well but I cannot believe some people's gall