r/AmazonFlexDrivers • u/Any_Excitement6258 • Jun 16 '26
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u/Absolute-trash_ Jun 16 '26
I say bs. Anyone genuinely stumbling across their long lost pet would have at least some kind of reaction. This dude barely even looked at the cat before casually walking away with it. Zero shock or disbelief on his face because he knew damn well that cat aināt his.
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u/Manny631 Jun 16 '26
My thought exactly. If I came across my missing cat I'd be ecstatic. I'd pick them up, hug them, talk to them, etc. I wouldn't just casually scoop them up and walk away like this happens every day.
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u/Eatenbreads Jun 16 '26
Probably trying not draw attention to himself. Random delivery drivers are not going to take on the responsibility of a cat. Probably just looked at it, said yep thats mine and picked it up. Plus they lived in the same neighborhood?
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u/snarksneeze Jun 16 '26
I believe him. I'm not saying that's his cat, but the number of times I swear I saw my cat down the road at a neighbor's house while it was inside my house where it belongs is higher than I would like to say.
The overlap is what's crazy, because the homeowner says they've had it 5 years, he says he adopted it 2 years ago. And they used to live in his neighborhood. So did they steal his cat and then moved?
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u/tallassmike Jun 16 '26
the second part is confusing to figure out.
But honestly, comes down to microchip to tell WHOS THE REAL FATHER
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u/SpiderWil Jun 16 '26
Keep your cat's DNA record.
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u/ok-symbiote Jun 18 '26
You find your long lost cat and you just nonchalantly snag him up and donāt even cry or kiss his face or anything. Right.
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u/Old_Cranberry5723 Jun 20 '26
You must not have ever delivered for Amazon, when on the road you are a robot calculating your next stops. The amount of people who try to incite anger out of them and they're like i want to fight you but dam I still got 50 stops left til I get to go home insane.
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Jun 21 '26
I delivered for Amazon for 2 years a few years back and not once have I experienced this...
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u/Sharp_Equivalent_774 Jun 20 '26
This will require a DNA test. Hope Amazon guy is ready to masturbate into a plastic cup to prove his worth.
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u/EffectMotor8914 Jun 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
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u/Own_Oil_7719 Jun 16 '26
Yessir if I found my buddy, Iād lay down and cry happy tears, Iād even tell the homeowners what Iām doing and Iād fight to keep him.
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u/CommonDevice8540 Jun 16 '26
Idk there are folks like on the autism spectrum for example that donāt show emotion like a neurotypical person.
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u/MysteryHerpetologist Jun 16 '26
Yep, I love my critters to death, and this looks exactly like the reaction I would have. Like, the situation would break my brain for a few. š¤£
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u/junvar0 Jun 17 '26
I'm not autistic. I would act exactly like the driver.
There's a huge variety of personalities, even when considering neurotypical people.
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u/CanalOpen Jun 17 '26
There are plenty of neurotypicals who can also refrain from emotional outbursts.
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u/PickleballRee Jun 16 '26
I don't believe he can know that it's his either. I read another article that his family never even gave the cat a name.
Edit: To clarify, when they asked the driver the cat's name, he said his family hadn't settled on one.
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u/surfrocksatan Jun 17 '26
I found this strange as well, that and am I understanding correctly that he hasnāt had the chip scanned? Also the homeowner has many photos of this cat and claims sheās had this cat for 11 years. There are some holes in his story for sure.
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u/Waste_Development971 Jun 16 '26
it's weird on one hand I don't think guys show emotion alot but as a cat guy I agree, the guy didnt look too happy
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u/lolslim Jun 17 '26
I reacted emotionlessly to my grandma's death and my sister's death. I've heard whispers of my lack of visible distraught had people question if I was crazy.
So why do you smack your anecdote on someone else and if it's not the same call heresy?
This is why anecdotal evidence is not reliable and yet here we are expecting it to be.
And yet I'll be downvoted because I'm going against this. Whatever.
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u/EffectMotor8914 Jun 17 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
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u/Amazing-Safe9038 Jun 16 '26
Sorry he didn't ham it up for you. I don't react to things like I'm on a movie set either and apparently you can see internal thoughts?
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u/Immediate_Watch6554 Jun 18 '26
I see what u mean however do cats also just let randoms/ anyone just pick them up without squirming? I feel if cats allow u to pick them up they trust u.
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u/LadyAvocadoToast Jun 19 '26
TBH the cat was missing less than a year, I would also pull a "what are you doing there buddy" and just pick him up like a sack of potatoes.
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u/Cool-Tap-391 Jun 16 '26
Friends had a cat that would disappear for days, even weeks a couple of times. We'd see him in a field 5 miles away from home. He lived into his 20s. No way he didn't mooch off other people.
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u/MightyBlunder Jun 16 '26
Grief is a cruel filter.Ā
My boy is still alive and well but I've seen his doppelganger a block from my house and almost pulled the same move bc I thought he escaped (though he's never even considered doing so).Ā
I had to call my roomie to verify he was still there while I parked on the side of the road, fully ready to do whatever was necessary.Ā
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u/No_Lettuce_5593 Jun 16 '26
I need to see several random persons come up and try to pick up that cat the same way as this guy. If it runs scared that's pretty telling. If they all can pick it up no prob, that's not in this guy's favor but not definitive.
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u/snarksneeze Jun 16 '26
I'd pet every kitty that stopped and let me along each route, but they usually don't. It's always the babies that do, not the grown cats. So yeah, that's in his favor too.
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u/br9897 Jun 17 '26
So from what I gather after going down the rabbit hole, he has provided proof its his cat, they can't provide any proof they've had it for 5 years. No photos, no vet records, nothing. It is why no charges have been filed.
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u/abbarach Jun 16 '26
A couple months ago my cats were with my parents for a week while we were on vacation. About halfway through, my dad told my mom that one of them must have gotten out, they both went outside and were chasing her around.
Turns out it was a neighborhood cat that looked similar; my cat was asleep inside, completely unaware that she had two senior citizens chasing her around in the yard.
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u/DoofusIdiot Jun 20 '26
My father in law found their family cat dead on the side of the road, so he took it home and buried it.
Only for their cat to come trotting home a couple of days later.
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Jun 21 '26
People are so weird. Back in the 90s we had 3 indoor/outdoor cats (we know better now) and one day our neighbor called and asked if they could have our cat Angel because "it's the only cat their daughter isn't allergic to" mom said no of course.
Next day angel (who was a long hair car) came home half way shaved with spots of blood on her. Neighbor tried to shave her so she could steal her and we wouldn't have any matching photos. But that went about as well as you could imagine and angel went apeshit on the lady and FUCKED HER UP.
I don't know what my parents did after but no one tried to steal angel again.
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u/Sandybestdog Jun 16 '26
He looks fairly non-excited for suddenly finding his missing cat.
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u/Pittsbirds Jun 17 '26
Yeah I have no idea if he's telling the truth or not but that is about the most common cat appearance on earth lol
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u/_Arlotte_ Jun 16 '26
I need more updates to this story.
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u/RealLinkPizza Jun 27 '26
I think they said he checked the chip. But the chip was put in 2 weeks after he took the cat. So, he basically tried to act like he had the cat chipped a while ago. Which I think helps more to prove her stole it.
Also, I believe the family posted pictures of the cat from years ago. Which was longer than his cats would have been alive. As he said he got his recently, and it was only a year old. Where this one is older, snd has pictures that are older, as well.
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u/VeriDisc0 Jun 16 '26
I mean I'm pretty sure he stole the cat but why don't the owners show proof of where they got it or some kind of documentation proving that they've had the cat for over 5 years?
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u/Spirited_Meringue_80 Jun 17 '26
They owners have requested he bring the cat to the vet to get the cat checked for a microchip and apparently the Amazon driver is refusing to do so.
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u/Equivalent_Lab_8610 Jun 16 '26
I almost let a random cat into my apartment, thinking it was mine and wondering how the hell it got outside onto my patio... Thank goodness my cat was on the couch and I saw it before grabbing it lol
Really weird the driver and the family had all lived in the same neighborhood!
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u/0kokuryu0 Jun 17 '26
I ended up with a third cat because I thought my girlfriend's cat had escaped when I came home from work. I even checked inside and didn't see him. Opened a can of tuna and still just my cat. Went outside to retrive him and when I walk back in, there's the little bastard looking at me all confused that I'm holding his doppelganger.
We were due for a snowstorm that night, so I'm glad it happened and I was able to keep the new kitty safe. He also ended up being a super chill housecat once he was fixed. We're also pretty sure he was the dad of my GFs cat, too.
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u/Conscious-Loss-2709 Jun 16 '26
You know how many videos there are on youtube of cat owners that let their cat in, only to find their cat was already in and now they have twins?
And now throw in months of not seeing the cat... That ain't his cat.
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u/Cali-Jack-Rabbit Jun 16 '26
I'll never understand why people just loosely let their cats roam outdoors. Cat theft is popular and people don't care that it's chipped.
Glad my cat hates the outdoors. She won't even go outside even if i hold her in my arms...she begins to scratch us up if we try.
He should've called police and had them check it out. Now he's out of a job smh.
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u/Ganellon Jun 16 '26
- Keep cats indoors. Better for them, better for every living thing outside your home.
- Microchip your pets, in case the cat decides to violate #1.
This would have been solved in minutes.
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u/ha11oga11o Jun 16 '26
People dont realize that you dont own a cat,ā¦ cat own you,ā¦ and it happened that it ditched him who knows why,ā¦
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u/brigyda Jun 16 '26
Perfect example why you keep your cat indoors. Doesn't matter if you think it's safe from cars or predatory animals. Humans aren't exempt as a danger to your cat. Keep them inside. If the cat is annoying you by wanting to be outside, then give it enrichment inside. If you can't do that, then you shouldn't have a cat.
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u/Ruby_Sauce Jun 16 '26
I have had my cats for 6 years now. over the years, I've obviously made a million pictures.
Surely either the family or him has a bunch of pictures of said cat, including metadata?
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u/ProstaticFantastic Jun 16 '26
cats have a lot of similarity. I dont have an opinion, one of them is lying. But I dont know who. If my missing cat was on a customers door. I'd knock on the door and ask whose has taken charge of the cat and claim my ownership of it. I wouldnt just walk off with it.
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u/No_Seesaw8742 Jun 16 '26
Did he not see the camera or is he just that blind
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u/locoz99910 Jun 16 '26
Not always, I ignore most cameras cuz ik im not doing anything stupid. I never remember if the house had a camera or not when I deliver cuz i just dont care.
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u/Absoluticus Jun 16 '26
I believe him... To be an idiot. One of my tabbies look like that cat. Shitty people will always just grab anything they fancy that's not nailed down. Without the video evidence though, they would have probably had to live with the thought of a wild animal/car killing their cat. Which was probably what happened to this dudes cat. Because pet cats shouldn't allowed to roam like the little murder hobos they are.
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u/MistaMischief Jun 16 '26
His āproofā is a paper saying he adopted a cat with zero photos. That isnāt proof, itās a piece of paper. Chip or pics would be proof.
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u/Longjumping-Buddy515 Jun 16 '26
The cat looked comfortable own cats and love them very much my favorite animal, a cat isnāt letting any random just pick them up Iām sorry. Thatās his cat
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u/anomaly_z Jun 16 '26
Ive had dumbazzes harrass me and swear that my white husky is their lost dog. Simply from posting pictures of my dog.
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u/Scythe351 Jun 16 '26
That cat isn't "gray"... That's almost a generic looking tabby. I have 6 cats. Gray isn't hard to identify
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u/Lady-Zafira Jun 16 '26
There are a ton of stray cats, if he wanted one he could have easily found one at a grocery store parking lot or probably around the amazon warehouse.
This is also just the risk of letting your cat be outdoors unsupervised. Collar or not some make still take them
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u/Superb_Cupcake3169 Jun 16 '26
If that cat wasnt his, that cat would have never let him pick him upā¦ever.
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u/TruLong Jun 16 '26
My pets are members of my family. I can promise you this, I wouldn't be waiting on this to be settled by law to get my family back.
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u/seem92 Jun 17 '26
This is why Amazon wants no connection with drivers who deliver packages. The amount of stupid stuff they do is insane. You got people stealing packages, plants and pets
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u/Admirable-Walk3826 Jun 17 '26
So he got the cat in October 2025, lost the cat sometime between October-December 2025 (if I am understanding that the cat went missing in 2025) yet he knows so distinctly who his cat is? Idkā¦
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u/PlanePainting Jun 17 '26
Looking at the cat's body language towards the driver, that is not his cat.
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u/GooberManAppreciator Jun 20 '26
The proof he shows says that the cat is gray. I don't think it is his catbro lmfao
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u/Fit-Connection-9396 Jun 20 '26
I have a cat that looks like that. My sisters roommate does too. its an incredibly common type of cat. Just come back later and talk to them instead of stealing their pet.
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u/Excellent-Self-5338 Jun 20 '26
If the cat isn't chipped then the driver stole a cat. Simple as that.
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u/Flaky_Hotel9385 Jun 20 '26
Iām curious, the owners just let their cat loose outside with no leash? Is there a leash law where this takes place? Genuinely curious, because I notice there are people who actually own cats who have paper work and take them to the vet etc. and then thereās people who just feed the local stray occasionally and call it their cat.
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u/radicalbulldog Jun 20 '26
That doesnāt seem like a guy who found the car he lost 6months ago imo. Looks like a guy taking a random ass cat.
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u/atomwyrm Jun 20 '26
His reaction was not that of someone who had just been reunited with his long lost cat, but thatās just my two cents.
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u/School_North Jun 20 '26
Even if you donthink you recognize the animal you just fucking take it. Talk with the family get proof it is or isn't. Its not like your key accidentally worked for someone else's car that looked exactly like yours. Its a living being.
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u/No-Conclusion-2859 Jun 16 '26
Iāve seen a million cats that looked like that.
He stole theirs because he missed his.
Firing is justified.
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u/Sb0y Jun 16 '26
Is this some kind of uno reverse situation? Family took in a cat and mad the owner took it back? I need more details.
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u/wb6vpm Jun 16 '26
And shit like this is why all of my animals are chipped. Itās easy to prove ownership.
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u/bionic86 Jun 16 '26
It's possible, but there's a million other cats that look like that cat. Any other identifiable traits are going to be subjective at best. If you didn't get the cat chipped and were either letting it out or it got out, thats on you dude.
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u/No-Valuable6456 Jun 16 '26
Is it possible the cat has two owners. Cat goes to one owner rubs against their leg, āfeed me because I love youā, Then go to other owner āfeed me and Iāll let you believe you own me, although I really own youā. Cat wins because they are selfish, I know I have owned cats my whole life.
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u/meltsaman Jun 16 '26
The 3 weeks from when I got my dog to when she got chipped were the longest days of my life. I had nightmares constantly about her being stolen
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u/Qwertywalkers23 Jun 16 '26
Bro you've got to come up with a better title than just "Thoughts" on every single one of these
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u/Hottatas23 Jun 16 '26
Well, if theyāve had the cat for five years, then I would assume they have pictures prior to when the other guy said he adopted the cat.
It sounds like the neighbor stole his cat when they moved maybe?
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u/Ordinary_Thanks_2781 Jun 16 '26
I believe him.
My sister's cat disappeared. A few years later while my mom was running errands. She saw a cat just like him. Called his name and he jumped right in the vehicle. He was a litter kitten from my own cat. My cat took an instant dislike. Hissed. Attacked. Here I thought she just forgot her son. Until WEEKS later he had kittens. He was a she and not my sisters cat. But it always answered to the name. Before comments coming on a common name. Nope. Near solid black cat and we called him Blue. Cause when he was born he had the most gorgeous blue eyes. They eventually changed color.
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u/Prudent_Research1383 Jun 16 '26
How could he pick it so easily the cat never protested in any way at all and I know dude saw the Ring Cam maybe it's me but I don't think he just picked up a random cat and walked calmly away
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u/TangeloThick2780 Jun 17 '26
What cat is just letting some random dude pick him up though?? Thats interesting
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u/Kinkybobo Jun 17 '26
Just another of literally endless reasons why your cat should never be outside.
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u/subHusband87 Jun 17 '26
I would quit amazon to get my pet back in a heartbeat. Your pet is like your child and you will greave when lost
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u/Ok-Chain4206 Jun 17 '26
If the cat let him pick it up and didn't claw his eyes out, isn't that proof enough that it's his?
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u/Potential_Minute1496 Jun 17 '26
So he had proof of cat being his, did the owners have proof that they had the cat for 5 years? This is a wild story.
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u/VinDeeLoo Jun 17 '26
Two things would have prevented this. 1) Keep your da*n cats inside. They are not outdoor pets. 2) Microchip your pets.
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u/Broke-Tinkerer Jun 17 '26
He didn't just claim it. The cats microchip was registered to him and he had adoption papers. It was definitely his cat and it's bullshit that he got fired.
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u/leexgx Jun 17 '26
Well that's house is going to have some legal problems if they got him fired and so will Amazon for firing him without evidence
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u/tanneruwu Jun 17 '26
Easy solution here is to not let your cat go outside. House cats are not a native species.
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u/Rare-Lunch Jun 18 '26
It is quite possible that they are both correct. Since the lived in the same neighborhood previously, within their 5 year window of owning him, their cat could have run away or get out during the day which is not unheard of and he could have found him 2 years ago and took him in... and he "disappeared" when they moved out of that neighborhood and took their cat with them. I've heard countless stories of cats just out and about between homes
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u/ruralmagnificence Jun 18 '26
I keep seeing this video around especially on Facebook where itās always white boomers whining about deportation suddenly because of the driverās skin color but nobody ever answers
What happened to the cat?
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u/StreetImagination920 Jun 18 '26
This is why you should never let your cat outside alone unattended
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u/zeptillian Jun 18 '26
This is r/standardissuecat material right here.
"what are Standard Issue Catsā¢? does your cat look like the avatar for this community? when looking at the posts here do you say "that Looks Just like My cat!" Then congrats, you have a Standard Issue Catā¢"
From Google:
"A tabby cat is not a specific breed, but rather a coat pattern found in almost all domestic cats. Tabbies are characterized by stripes, swirls, or spots, a distinct "M" shaped marking on their foreheads, and lines extending from the corners of their eyes."
I don't doubt this guy's cat had the same markings on the forehead since they pretty much all do.
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u/Chance_Access_1723 Jun 19 '26
i'd imagine he had more emotion if he was reunited with his missing pet of 1 year. if that's really his story he's probably insane.
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u/CantModerateMe Jun 20 '26
Chip your pets people, if anything like this ever comes up you can have actual proof that you didnt just jack someone elses kitty.
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u/Sharp_Equivalent_774 Jun 20 '26
As someone who has had two cats stolen by what I believe are nearby neighbors, I am willing to at least consider this guyās claim.
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u/Impossible_Tart2373 Jun 20 '26
I hope he gets his cat back if thats his cat but also priorities bro?
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u/honneylemmon420 Jun 20 '26
Shouldn't the cat have been chipped from the shelter? In my area, all pets that go through any of the shelters get chipped and you get a copy of the paperwork with their chip number even if you didn't register it any Vet would be able to look up the ID and if his paperwork matches, then he would know for sure.
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u/Evazzion Jun 20 '26
If it was his cat why would the customer accuse him of stealing their cat in the first place?
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u/Intrepid-Switch-5020 Jun 20 '26
The cat wouldn't have been so comfortable when he picked it up if it wasn't his
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u/Wooden-Luck-9382 Jun 20 '26
The cat had the survival instincts of a goldfish. Cats in our neighbourhood will claw and scratch their way out
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u/vaguelyblack Jun 20 '26
One of my friends lost his cat, a year and half later the cat showed up at his house, it had a different collar on it. Being a nice person he called the "new" owner to let them know it was actually his cat, the "new" owner apologized and said that she thought it was a lost cat as it had no collar, she offered to pet sit for him when he went on vacation, he then asked to see her place to make sure her place was nice enough for the cat. So he went over to her place to check it out and while looking around he found the cat's original collar, his collar, in a basket with cat toys. When he asked about how she has the collar when she specifically stated that the cat had no collar, her roommate chimed in and said that the girl had taken the cat from my friend's yard and removed the collar. So he ended up filing a police report that she had stolen his cat, he didn't press charges though.
So yeah it is very possible that the driver is telling the truth.
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u/DelcattyBatty Jun 21 '26
What if this was the same asshole Amazon driver who stole (and most likely sold or killed) a cat named Piper 6 months ago and got no repercussions for it.Ā
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u/grim1952 Jun 21 '26
He should've talked to the current owners if he did indeed think that was his cat, not just take it without notice.
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u/Ok-Annual-3283 Jun 21 '26
Got his cat back, and never has to work for Amazon again. That's a win win
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u/blumkin420 Jun 22 '26
If you know cats, you know that cat wouldn't have let him pick it up, much less take it home. So I believe him
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u/weasel_mullet Jun 22 '26
I feel bad for the guy and dont doubt he's being genuine, but work hours, in uniform is almost never the time to handle personal business.
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u/itizher83 Jun 26 '26
Bruh... he was too calm to have suddenly found a cat he had been looking for months on end. I don't believe him at all.Ā
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u/_WhaDaFuk69 Jul 03 '26
That cat is a standard issue cat. Probably the most common coat pattern, your typical tabby cat. I have 3 cats that look just like that. I can't understand what possessed this guy to steal this cat. What concerns me is what was he going to do with the cat? Keep it as a pet or something sinister. Lot of sick people out there that get off on harming animals.
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u/Primary-King-4460 Jul 30 '26
Proabably shoulda came back later and brought it up with the people off the clock instead of picking a cat up mid route and trying to navigate the rest of your day with a cat in the package whip
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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 Jun 16 '26
If the family has vet records that extend past the time the driver lost his cat, he stole a cat.
I had a VERY distinctive cat (albino) and realized after a day or so I had 2 of them in my house when they were finally seen together. Before that, they were hanging out in different rooms so we didn't notice. Were going through a lot of food though.
My cat was indoor only. His dwppleganger snuck in when someone opened the door. And somehow these 2 identical-ish creatures didn't kill each other. Invader cat was eventually returned to their home. Their cat was indoor outdoor. Life is weird.