Cats don’t ask for permission; they do as they please. They sit where they’re not allowed, steal food off your plate, and train you instead of the other way around. When you let a cat into the house, that house is no longer yours; it’s the cat’s.
Keeping cats off the kitchen counter is a hard task that has inspired a thread of cat owners sharing their mutual frustrations. Apparently, aluminum foil is highly suggested, but as revealed in this thread, good luck with that.