'After accepting my very first delivery, the packages have already found homes': Worker rescues two scrappy orange kittens mid-shift in a wholesome tale of teamwork, whiskers, and finding furever homes

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Sarah Brown • Writer and Editor
Aug 29, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

Last week, a warehouse shift turned into a full-blown catastrophe, but the good kind. While unloading a truck, the worker heard the unmistakable sound of tiny, distressed meows echoing through the garage. Like a seasoned pawfessional, they sprinted toward the source and discovered a skinny, scrappy little kitten demanding immediate attention. Naturally, the package was signed for and scooped up without hesitation.

But just when everyone thought the delivery was complete, a second surprise shipment revealed itself. An orange fluffball hiding in the pallet stacks, playing peek-a-boo like a feline Houdini. No matter the strategym sneaking, squeezing, or even climbing, the worker was repeatedly outsmarted. The orange menace clearly had nine lives' worth of tricks.

Just as hope seemed lost, the night manager swooped in like a true hero, snatching the orange escape artist mid-recon. The rescue crew erupted in victory mews. Mission accomplished. Both kittens didn't just get saved. They got adopted, trading forklifts and pallets for forever homes filled with warm laps, endless snacks, and zero overtime.

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    'I instantly knew it was a delivery, and I could happily accept it'
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    I was at work last week unloading a truck in the garage at the end of the night, when I stopped because I heard some familiar tiny little yells from off in the distance. I instantly knew it was a delivery, and I could happily accept it from the training I'd received to prepare me for such an occasion, (scrolling in this sub
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    and reading everyone's stories lol) because it sounded like it was so close to me. I bolted across the garage to the entrance, and standing in the middle of the driveway was the same lil baby screaming at me that's also screaming in the first picture.
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    You bet your a I snatched that tiny furball like my life depended on it, poor thing was just skin and bones and fit almost entirely in the palm of my hand. My coworkers came outside and joined me in ohhing and ahhing over them, and then I spotted the second delivery, their sibling, playing peek-a-boo in a pile of pallets we had stacked leaning against the garage. I
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    unfortunately lost the game to what seemed like a grandmaster, aka the orange furball kept cheating and going back in the stacks where I couldn't reach even after I climbed in between the pallets.
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    Admitting temporary defeat, I went back inside to finish doing paperwork so I could come back out and continue my one-on-one war with the tiny terror, when in walks my coworker/our night manager with the chonky (compared to their sibling) harlot themselves in his arms. He
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    managed to be quick enough to grab them when a recon mission was undertaken (peeking their eyeballs out to check if the coast was clear) and successfully claimed victory for us
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    I am happy to report after accepting my very first delivery, the packages have already found homes to be spoiled rotten in. Manager took screamy baby (who they named George) home to his wife, and chonky sibling (unnamed as of monday when I was last at work) was taken home
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    by another crew that came back to the shop after mine left for the night. They had been there a few days already from coworkers who saw them before, mama hasn't been seen before during or after the snatch and grab. All in all, 10/10 would accept a CDS delivery again
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    George also has very sharp lil teefers, as when I tried to grab the sibling my manager was so viciously attacked and barely recovered from the ordeal (just baby nibbles, poor thing was teething and so hungry, they were fed soon afterwards)
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    Nicky2512 Great team effort - your actions will be mentioned in dispatches back to CDS HQ
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  • Star employee of the month at CDS HQ right here! Not only accepted the delivery, but handled quality control and customer service with purr-fection. Truly setting the standard for feline logistics.

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    SophiesCozyCorn... Wonderful acquisition, well done team. Be sure to inform your coworkers that they have received standard "Model O" (aka orange) kittens and that, being so fresh, they are quite far down the list of those waiting for the brain cell transplant. Please also note:
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    Specimen A seems to have the Yeller-5000 Alert System™ installed and said system is operating at peak performance. Best Fishes
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    Melodic_Anything... How adorable! Great story! I thought you were going to keep one!
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  • Honestly the hardest part wouldn’t be catching them. It’d be letting them go. No way we’d resist those tiny faces, they’d be coming home with us instead of getting adopted.

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    TurbulentDebate6... Well done!!
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    DiveCat Oh my goodness, that one baby is spicy! Thank you for accepting the delivery and redistributing these tiny babies to their new homes.
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  • Orange bois never fail to bring the spice. Always the tiny chaos goblins of the cat world. Super cute though, even when they’re busy showing off their teefers!  

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    Shar950 Thanks for saving these adorable lil mites
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    jeanb23 Great rescue story! So cute
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    whiteorchid1058 I'm so happy that they're were at an open delivery drop off location
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