Current Events > Lyft driver takes off with passengers cat. Claims to hate cats and can't find it

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https://twitter.com/palashp40616755/status/1708268666347811194

This story is wild

That's messed up. Guarantee that piece of trash driver left the cat in the carrier on the side of a road somewhere after he became "startled" by it.

Is that tweet the whole story or is more of the story told in the replies? It won't let me view

How did the passenger not take the cat out - did the Lyft driver pull away too fast or something?

AI customer support should be outlawed. Literally called his cat an "item"

AlCalavicci posted...

Is that tweet the whole story or is more of the story told in the replies? It won't let me view

How did the passenger not take the cat out - did the Lyft driver pull away too fast or something?

Seconded. I don't have an account anymore, and I can't read the whole thread.

AlCalavicci posted...

Is that tweet the whole story or is more of the story told in the replies? It won't let me view

How did the passenger not take the cat out - did the Lyft driver pull away too fast or something?

There are more tweets with more info. Guy was in the back seat, driver's side, got out and went to the passenger side to grab the carrier. Driver starts driving away, passenger started banging on the windows and screamed for the driver to stop, which probably freaked the driver out.

Passenger then tried contacting the driver through the Lyft app several times but didn't get a response for 2 hours, according to him.

AlCalavicci posted...

Is that tweet the whole story or is more of the story told in the replies? It won't let me view

How did the passenger not take the cat out - did the Lyft driver pull away too fast or something?

There's more tweets detailing his story.

The passenger went to go around the car to get the cat out and the driver took off. He tried to contact the driver but he wouldn't respond. He's getting no help from Lyft, other than a $20 service fee refund. He had to file a report with the police. After he filled a report and the cops contacted the driver, the driver finally called him back. The driver told him he is allergic to cats became startled by the cat once he realized it was there and drove off. He claims he doesn't know what happened to the cat and that he picked up other people after the incident.

so the driver dumped the cat?

AlCalavicci posted...

Is that tweet the whole story or is more of the story told in the replies? It won't let me view

How did the passenger not take the cat out - did the Lyft driver pull away too fast or something?

apparently yes, he got out of the car and was gonna walk over to the other side to pick up the carrier, when the driver just drove off

AlCalavicci posted...

Is that tweet the whole story or is more of the story told in the replies? It won't let me view

How did the passenger not take the cat out - did the Lyft driver pull away too fast or something?

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Wait, he says he can only message 3 times but he clearly messages dozens of times?

Something isn't adding up here. Still shitty response by Lyft.

Damn that's crazy

This is absolutely fucked up

GATTJT posted...

There are more tweets with more info. Guy was in the back seat, driver's side, got out and went to the passenger side to grab the carrier. Driver starts driving away, passenger started banging on the windows and screamed for the driver to stop, which probably freaked the driver out.

Passenger then tried contacting the driver through the Lyft app several times but didn't get a response for 2 hours, according to him.

why didn't he just grabbed the carrier and got out, why get out of the car go around the car to get the cat if they are both in the back? or am i missing something here?

What a horrible thing to happen to this man and his cat. I can't imagine going through that

And are they saying that if the cat was returned, the dude would then be charged $20 also? Damn

majin_nemesis posted...

why didn't he just grabbed the carrier and got out, why get out of the car go around the car to get the cat if they are both in the back? or am i missing something here?

It likely would have been easier to lift the cat out of the car while he was standing outside of it, rather than lifting the carrier out while also negotiating trying to get out of the car

AlCalavicci posted...

It likely would have been easier to lift the cat out of the car while he was standing outside of it, rather than lifting the carrier out while also negotiating trying to get out of the car

he could have got out bend over grab the carrier pull it to him and then pull it out of the car, if it's still hard that makes me wonder what type of cat did he had there, a small tiger or something?

majin_nemesis posted...

he could have got out bend over grab the carrier pull it to him and then pull it out of the car, if it's still hard that makes me wonder what type of cat did he had there, a small tiger or something?

have you ever had to take a cat, in a cat carrier, out of a car?

I have a cat, and while I don't normally put the carrier in the foot well (my carrier allows you to secure it with a seatbelt), if I had done this, it would absolutely be a lot easier and safer for the cat for me to pull it out while I am outside of the vehicle. If I just grabbed the handle from the top of the cat carrier, the weight of the carrier and the cat always feels like the handle is going to snap off, so I normally have to put my other hand underneath. Cat carriers can be big and when you want to remove a cat safely from the car without jarring it around, it's easier to do it while fully planted outside of the vehicle.

One of the passengers could have stolen the cat.

Oh my god. This is horrible!

AlCalavicci posted...

have you ever had to take a cat, in a cat carrier, out of a car?

I have a cat, and while I don't normally put the carrier in the foot well (my carrier allows you to secure it with a seatbelt), if I had done this, it would absolutely be a lot easier and safer for the cat for me to pull it out while I am outside of the vehicle. If I just grabbed the handle from the top of the cat carrier, the weight of the carrier and the cat always feels like the handle is going to snap off, so I normally have to put my other hand underneath. Cat carriers can be big and when you want to remove a cat safely from the car without jarring it around, it's easier to do it while fully planted outside of the vehicle.

yes i have and you can totally get out of the car and take the carrier out from the same side you just got out from and unless the carrier you have isn't that good or you have godzilla for a cat i doubt the handle will snap off, going around the car to take the cat out from the other door is quite weird

majin_nemesis posted...

going around the car to take the cat out from the other door is quite weird

Not nearly as weird as your singular focus on that aspect of the story as if this is actually the cat owners fault.

majin_nemesis posted...

yes i have and you can totally get out of the car and take the carrier out from the same side you just got out from and unless the carrier you have isn't that good or you have godzilla for a cat i doubt the handle will snap off, going around the car to take the cat out from the other door is quite weird

Dude you are trying so hard to victim blame, here. We get it.

majin_nemesis posted...

yes i have and you can totally get out of the car and take the carrier out from the same side you just got out from and unless the carrier you have isn't that good or you have godzilla for a cat i doubt the handle will snap off, going around the car to take the cat out from the other door is quite weird

Considering he was taking the cat to a vet appointment, he probably wanted to pick the carrier up from the driver's side so he didn't jostle it around too much maneuvering it past and across the seat

I don't see a reason to analyze what the passenger did at all. Don't really know anything about him personally. Maybe he has a bad back that would make getting out with the carrier at the same time very hard for him. I don't know and I don't care. He didn't do anything wrong either way.

The fault is on the driver for driving away too fast without making sure the client had everything and if a later passenger stole the cat then that part is on them.

If I say what I'm thinking about this driver I'll get banned

majin_nemesis posted...

yes i have and you can totally get out of the car and take the carrier out from the same side you just got out from and unless the carrier you have isn't that good or you have godzilla for a cat i doubt the handle will snap off, going around the car to take the cat out from the other door is quite weird

this is a weird thing to argue against bro, you should probably stop and think about why you're trying to victim blame here

So, he's allergic to cats and got scared. Drove off, leaving the cat he's allergic to in the car. Apparently never takes the cat he's allergic to out of the car, and goes on picking up other people.

That makes zero sense.

i really hate some people. some guy has his cat stolen by an obvious cat hater who probably did something horrible to it, and we have someone in here fucking trolling about 'oh well it's odd to want to do things the easy way instead of making it ten times harder to save a few seconds'

fuck off dude. just fuck off.

LeoRavus posted...

So, he's allergic to cats and got scared. Drove off, leaving the cat he's allergic to in the car. Apparently never takes the cat he's allergic to out of the car, and goes on picking up other people.

That makes zero sense.

Are you suggesting the cat owner lied? But what possible motivation would he have?

MyMainAccount posted...

Are you suggesting the cat owner lied? But what possible motivation would he have?

No, I'm saying the driver's story makes no sense.

I hope Lyft has him at least suspended until the cat turns up. Even if all that bs is true, he's not fit to be a driver.

If he closed the door and was walking around to the other side, from the drivers perspective he closed the door and was just walking behind the car. Why would he think he's going to open the other door and grab something? Usually they look at you when you first get in the car though, so I would think he would have seen the carrier. Regardless, I really hope the car is ok.

LinkDaLunatic posted...

i really hate some people. some guy has his cat stolen by an obvious cat hater who probably did something horrible to it, and we have someone in here fucking trolling about 'oh well it's odd to want to do things the easy way instead of making it ten times harder to save a few seconds'

fuck off dude. just fuck off.

There's always someone ready to victim blame in topics like these

C_Pain posted...

If he closed the door and was walking around to the other side, from the drivers perspective he closed the door and was just walking behind the car. Why would he think he's going to open the other door and grab something? Usually they look at you when you first get in the car though, so I would think he would have seen the carrier. Regardless, I really hope the car is ok.

and when the guy started screaming for the driver to stop?

If this happened to me I would go Full John Wick.

I'm surprised the police seem to be doing nothing rather than going after the driver. Seems like there should be some animal kidnapping law that was broken.

Wonder if anyone tried to contact the next passengers

Sadly, probably killed or dumped the cat.

Fuck these shitty people.

Any updates?

The guy dumped the cat. No other explanation. Question is WHY didnt he stop when passenger told them and banged their door. Where they scared of passenger? Dude looks harmless.

At the VERY LEAST hes gotta be fired over gross negligence.

Ive driven for Uber and Im sure that at the NEXT passenger they picked up he mustve become aware. Probably decided to ditch him right there so he could keep making money.

Driver might have hurt the cat and thats why they are not saying much. They don't want to admit what happened

Fuck. I don't know what I'd do if this happened to my cat. I saw in the replies that many people are angry at Lyft. I hope this turns into a massive disaster for them

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Fuck that. I would have outed him immediately if he ran off with my pet and dumped it somewhere, refusing to disclose the location.

What's the point of his tweets if he's withholding information that could help with the return of his cat.

"Please respond"

AlCalavicci posted...

this is a weird thing to argue against bro, you should probably stop and think about why you're trying to victim blame here

because the victim as a lot of fault in what happen due to leaving the cat in the car when he could have easily take him out of the car
you always have to make sure the guy doesn't drive away with your stuff and take the things out of car when you come out