My dads first bonding experience with one of our cats was when he got a new printer. They got it set up and running as a team effort. That cat loved watching paper come out of the printer, and when they were done my dad set the printer to pump out 50 blank pages.
Heck, I even followed the neighbours cat when he came and approached me clearly upset about something, on my way to the shop.
To be fair there was a slight drizzle, and he needed someone to ring their doorbell so he could go inside.