Gets nearly kicked to death on accident while doing this

Lemme just get right back in there

I'm convinced that one of my cats tries to get kicked, so then she can get tons of attention.

Cat tax

Especially when human is in kitchen carrying large knife or boiling water

This is entirely accurate, holy hell.

and while standing in front of them look at them like why did you stop?

I call this "following from the front," and some dogs and humans seem to love it, too.

The worst is that they do this going down stairs too...

Get yeeted

I would happily keep walking, pushing my cat out of the way with my foot. He's light and resilient, and I don't usually walk fast inside. However, I don't want to step on his paw, which will actually hurt him.