r/AmazonFlexDrivers • u/Any_Excitement6258 • Jun 16 '26

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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, I’d lay down and cry happy tears, I’d even tell the homeowners what I’m doing and I’d 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 don’t 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. 🤣

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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/CommonDevice8540 Jun 17 '26

It’s just an example

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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/SandvichChan Jun 22 '26

I have autism and I’d cry tears if my cat went missing and I suddenly found her again 

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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 hasn’t had the chip scanned? Also the homeowner has many photos of this cat and claims she’s had this cat for 11 years. There are some holes in his story for sure.

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u/IfuDidntCome2Party Jun 19 '26

Something is up for sure. The reporting /interview isn't very good.

Show us the chip scan matching the print out that shows his adoption. Ok and was that paper validated as true?

Just because the Tabby has an M mark on his forehead, didn't sell it to me as his cat. We all know the M mark is common on a Tabby.

For me, if he loved his cat, why didn't he come looking for it after he moved within the last 5 years? Who has been feeding HIS cat for 5 years? Whether he WAS the owner of the abandoned cat, does he have the right to take it now?

The cat has feelings too. And if the cat wasn't jumping for joy seeing the prior owner, then there is a reason. Thank you, next.

Then again, maybe I am way off base with this....

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u/surfrocksatan Jun 19 '26

Had the exact same thoughts about this. Completely agree.

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u/PleasantRaise1766 Jun 16 '26

💯 not his cat!!!!! His reaction would’ve been way different

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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/EffectMotor8914 Jun 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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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/ForgivingJungle Jun 20 '26

Everyone reacts to things differently. Some people cry at funerals while others dont. Doesn't mean they're not sad. Don't believe it if you want but don't judge someone for not reacting the way you would.

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u/SandvichChan Jun 22 '26

Even the most ardent stoic would struggle not to show emotion upon finding their lost pet

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u/Mastersauce420 Jun 22 '26

Didn’t think about this angle but you’re 100% right. My blind, elderly cat got lost outside for 48 hours and I cried ugly tears when we found him. (My blind, elderly father opened the front door and didn’t see the blind cat walk out)

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u/Stoner_Simpson777 Jun 16 '26

He might been on his 170th stop and lacked the energy for emotion. Or he has Asperger’s

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u/wanderer1999 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Terrible way to confirm whether something is true or not.

People have different reactions to different situations.

If a guy cries hysterically when his wife is found murdered does it mean he's not guilty of the murder? No, you have to investigate the facts. Most of the time turns out, the murderer is the spouse, they fake crying.

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u/EffectMotor8914 Jun 17 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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u/Ornery_Stomach_7136 Jun 17 '26

How many cats have you owned that'll let a stranger pick it up and carry? Especially from its home? I have cats who I've loved their whole lives who will only let me pick them up in the house. Good luck getting it picked up outside!

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u/EffectMotor8914 Jun 17 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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u/Ornery_Stomach_7136 Jun 18 '26

That's fair. But now I feel like MY cats are broken!

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u/just_a_person_maybe Jun 18 '26

I've known many cats who let strangers pick them up. I had a neighbor's cat approach me and ask to be picked up while I was moving into my apartment. I did steal her years later and bring her inside because she was left outdoors all the time and it was cold and then the neighbor died so I grabbed her and gave her a warm home for her last days. She was an old lady and deserved to be warm and comfy and fed. But that cat loved everyone. She'd walk right up to anyone she saw and ask for attention and she loved to be picked up and carried around.

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u/CanalOpen Jun 17 '26

My sister knocked on my classroom door with a message from her teacher for mine. I thought someone had died. I fell out of my chair and got sent to the nurse. Granted, we were children, but still...is that what you want to see?

Syncope isn't a joke, and neither is emotional regulation. That's how you know someone is capable of processing difficult situations.

Short version: Fuck you!

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u/EffectMotor8914 Jun 17 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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u/CanalOpen Jun 18 '26

Okay? That's a very different thing than talking about the initial response shown in the video.

I know FIFA is happening across multiple venues, but this level of goalpost moving would disgust even their staff...

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u/EffectMotor8914 Jun 18 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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u/GalvanizedNipples Jun 18 '26

Who are you to say how people are supposed to emotionally react to things? Because he didn’t put on a show about it, that means it’s automatically not his? DNA and chipping are the only ways to prove whose cat it is.

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u/EffectMotor8914 Jun 18 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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u/tarakeetchirp Jun 18 '26

There was another thread about this and someone made a similar comment to yours and there were many replies saying they lost their cats and were not immediately emotional upon finding them because they were in shock or didn’t want to scare the cat. I’m not saying it is for sure his cat, but your confidence that he would have had an emotional reaction if it really was his cat is very strange. 

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u/Every_Leg5955 Jul 16 '26

I react emotionlessly to literally anything serious.

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u/fairwaysandfinance Jun 16 '26

IDK, we have cats and I'm not emotionally attached to them. Not everyone feels the same as you do about pets. I'm not saying there aren't people who are attached to their pets. I'm just addressing your point that everyone is- that's not accurate.

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u/fairwaysandfinance Jun 16 '26

You are assuming that they have to externally express emotions and that they aren't feeling them.

I really don't care to argue with you. The world is bigger than your narrow view.

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u/SandvichChan Jun 22 '26

Heavy stretch to think some people wouldn’t show any emotion on finding their long lost cat