Ours get fed on a schedule that we set...show up on time to eat, or wait for the next meal.
They can whine, meow, and pull at the bottom of the door...but we open it or not to suit our plans, not theirs.
They do not get on tables, counters, or kitchen chairs, though easy chairs, couches, footstools, and beds are made for cats to lounge on, IF a human doesn't wish to use the same...then laps or bellies are substituted.
Along the same lines, scratch posts, not furniture or humans, are for scratching.
The low windows with window ledges are okay to bask in, but not the higher, ordinary windowsills.
Crawling headfirst into a sweaty, smelly boot is always fine, especially if accompanied by an ecstatic squirming.
Wrapping their bodies around the bald spot is especially welcome on cold winter nights; nothing beats a purring nightcap to put one to sleep.
Twenty plus years of raising and showing dogs was great training for civilizing kitties.
Told you to say that, did they?