Rideshare driver spots a skinny kitten, then goes back to rescue the friendly stray at the end of his nightshift: ‘That tiny little kitten just came right up to my car and asked for help’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
May 4, 2026 6:15 PM EDT

Can a kitten leave an Uber driver a 5-star review? Call it a "paw-view," if you will…

A rideshare driver had just started his night shift. After getting fired from his day job, he picked up rides to make a little extra money while he job searched, so when he saw the triangle ears and the sweet whiskered face of this kitten in the dark bushes on his first ride of the night, at first he fought the urge to approach her. Yet, as he imagined the terrified, trembling kitten all alone in the cold, he refused to leave her behind. Instead of prioritizing his monetary income, this man cancelled everything and decided instead to purrioritize the life of a skinny, sweet, stray kitten. 

Kittens rarely arrive in our lives at the technically opportune moment. Cats have a funny way of picking the least idyllic times to appear in our lives, yet that's part of the feline meowgic. Like little gremlins popping up out of thin air to sabotage what we thought was how we'd spend the day, cats may ruin a day's schedule with their antics, but in the long run, cats add value to our lives that we may never comprehend. 

So if a cat crops up in your path and you're debating whether to leave the stray behind or save it, just know that this meownor inconvenience right now will bring forth a lifetime of cuddles, kibbles, whisker kisses, and love. Although he set out that night to drive customers around and make some money, he stuck gold in the cat department when he found Carly, the skinny grey tabby. 

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  • Went out to Uber, came home with a kitten

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  • Who can imagine this pretty, friendly tabby cat on the streets? 

    This purrescious angel doesn't belong outside in the cold, she belongs on the warmest couch by a roaring fire. 

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  • December of last year, I was out of work and paying my bills by Uber driving. One night I went to pick up somebody, and he was talking with me on the curb about how I was supposed to have picked up his girlfriend, but he put the
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  • destination in wrong, and we were trying to get that figured out. While we were talking, I see this tiny little tabby cat come walking down the sidewalk and come right up to the car! It was
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  • cold out, and I felt so sorry for this tiny little kitten, but she was anxious when I picked her up and scampered away.
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  • Couldn't stop thinking about her as I went on with my night, and after my next Uber trip, I decided I was going to go back there and try to find her. As luck would have it, my next trip was
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  • to pick up the guy's girlfriend and bring her back to his place, so I ended up back there anyway. I shut off the app and looked around for her, she was under some bushes nearby. I
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  • gave her a piece of cheese that I kept with me for snacking, and the hungry little kitten gobbled the whole thing down. For some reason, I had "Call Me Maybe"
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  • stuck in my head at the time, so when she let me pick her up and hold her, I named her Carly.
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  • She curled up on my chest and purred the entire way home.
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  • Carly settled in nicely, and made friends with my other cats. Started eating good food and putting on weight. She loves to wrestle with my boy cat, Buster, and attack my feet when they're under a blanket.
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  • And almost every night, she curls up to go to sleep right near my head, usually on top of one of my hands.
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  • The vet gave her a clean bill of health, and I gave her a pretty little purple collar. She doesn't meow, she kind of meeps? She's not always the happiest to be picked up, but she does
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  • insist on always being in whatever room I am in, usually just chilling nearby. I think pretty often about how that tiny little kitten
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  • just came right up to my car and asked for help. On top of that, the next night dropped to subzero temperatures, and if that skinny little kitten had still been outside that night, she might not have made it.
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  • But now, she's a spoiled little house cat who gets to spend her days guzzling down wet food, napping on couches, and staring out the window at squirrels with the other cats. I love her to bits and pieces, and I'm so glad she's part of my family.
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  • OrenMythcreant ⚫ Thank you so much for going back to get Carly, she clearly appreciates it!
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  • HopefulTangerine59 You are a good person. I'm glad you and Carly found each other
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  • NellieLovettMeatPies ⚫ What an amazing set of CDS circumstances! Thank you for rescuing Carly (great name btw). It was meant to be!
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