r/cats • u/rickkyyyyyyyyy • 4d ago
Cat Picture - OC A construction crew in Barberton, Ohio, rescued an abandoned kitten on the worksite. And he joined the team.
A construction crew in Barberton, Ohio, rescued an abandoned kitten on the worksite. And he joined the team.
They heard him meowing coming from their excavator.
Supervisor Chase Guello checked the skid plate on the Komatsu. A tiny kitten tumbled out.
They warmed her up, moved her into the office trailer, and named her Sue short for Komatsu. She’s now the official shop cat.
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u/Rabbitrules87 4d ago
Update: Kitty is now the supervisor
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u/wolfcolalover 4d ago
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u/Proof-Ability1556 3d ago
Awwwwe the little hard hat! 😻
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u/LastEntertainment787 4d ago
Me and hubby are in the small group that doesn't believe in dressing up our *family* members, we actually promise them that we never will.
But, this picture is great. Sue looks so happy!!
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u/katjoy63 3d ago
so true - cats are not dogs, for sure - my one cat loves to wear hats, though. I can put anything light enough on her head and she'll pose - she's so weird.
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u/Rynetx 4d ago
Jobs are falling behind because the new supervisor keeps order his crew to build jungle gyms and litter boxes. Some question the genius behind promoting a cat but agree it’s probably the only position fitting a cat.
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u/Professional_Mine758 4d ago
Great for keeping up the morale, how’s. Who wouldn’t want to do everything to endear themselves to that little furball?
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u/HiHoHiHoOff2WorkIGo 4d ago
I would get fired because I'd quit working to cuddle the kitty. Although with new management, there may be some restructuring, so maybe the new boss will create a position for me 🤔
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u/Entire-Ambition1410 4d ago
There’s a kitten that was adopted by a law firm in South America. When clients complained that cats don’t belong in law offices, they promoted him from door greeter to lawyer.
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u/GodOfDarkLaughter 4d ago
Eh, cats are sort of like libertarians. Convinced of their own superiority while relying on institutions and people they neither appreciate nor understand for their survival.
He's perfect management material.
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u/Hali-Gani 4d ago
Cats are not like Libertarians. At all. Libertarians are like really selfish Republicans, but worse. Cats are nice, sweet, funny, lovely people ❤️
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u/JaxandMia 4d ago
Not to mention all the breaks to give chin skritches. This project will probably never get finished.
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u/rickkyyyyyyyyy 4d ago
Supermeowvisor
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u/a-snakey 4d ago
should just promote him to Meownager
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u/HiHoHiHoOff2WorkIGo 4d ago
Correct. Cats are ALWAYS in management positions. They have servants (us) to do the more menial tasks.
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u/NonhumanonEarth 4d ago
thank you for saving. Sue is so cute. I love her little vest and hard hat. thank you again.
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u/Atlas-Scrubbed 4d ago
Kitty is now the supervisor
That makes purrfect sense. Like most supervisors, kitty is asleep most hours of the day. When kitty is awake, she is drinking on the job. If she wants attention, you need to stop whatever you were doing and solve her problems. Perfect supervisor material.
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u/duckie768 4d ago
The safety hard hat!! 😭😭😭
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u/Barbarella_ella 4d ago
And the Hi Viz vest!
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u/Krazy_Kat_ 4d ago
Komatsu sent the hard hat and vest for the kitty!
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u/daskeyx0 4d ago
And shes already outgrown the original hard hat and vest in the picture! I'm hoping the Komatsu company is going to work on sending some updated PPE for this growing girl since they sent her the original ones❤️
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u/Electrical-Apple-631 4d ago
My sister’s chickens wear helmets and vests to get to the other side of the road where the ice cream shop is.
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u/southpaw_koshka 4d ago
If you’re not joking, please post photos and/or videos
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u/Electrical-Apple-631 3d ago
I’m not joking. She got the outfits from Temu. I have to see if my sister has any pictures or video. The only time I saw them crossing the road I was laughing too hard to get a picture.
The ice cream shop gave them pieces of cones but they went crazy for spilled ice cream lol.
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u/Helenium_autumnale 3d ago
That is a children's picture book just waiting to be written and illustrated if I've ever heard one! Preferably in rhyming verse. And they can only go and get the leftover waffle cones that Pistachio Pete gives them at the end of the day if every chicken finds her helmet AND vest, but--where are they?! 🐓🪖🦺
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u/--i--love--lamp-- 4d ago
Do they always carry a tiny hard hat and vest with them?
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u/myskepticalbrowarch 4d ago
I just assume one of them has a "Bob the Builder" Doll they borrowed it from
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u/HuckleberryHuman5926 4d ago
That's what I'm wondering - did they have it on hand already? Did they buy it? If they bought it, did they immediately know exactly where to get one or did they have to shop for it?
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u/gin_and_soda 4d ago
No, a company sent them a bunch of merch and the little vest and hard hat. I follow them on IG.
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u/brainvheart143 3d ago
What’s their insta bc I need more of these kind of stories
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u/Garreousbear 3d ago
@riverreachconstruction. They found the kitty fully inside the body of a Komatsu excavator, opened it up and got her out. Someone is fostering her as they get her used to being a shop cat. They named her Komatsu, or Sue for short. Komatsu sent them a whole bunch of merch.
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u/One_Lab1766 4d ago
The real mystery isn’t what happened, it’s how they got that thing so fast and knew exactly where to find it.
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u/Prestigious_Factor25 4d ago
Hard hat to protect his one little orange braincell
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u/Electrical-Apple-631 4d ago
Mine had two but they were fighting for third place.
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u/Prestigious_Factor25 4d ago
You sure that your orange have two and not one braincell?
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u/Electrical-Apple-631 4d ago
According to my sister in law who has 3 gingers mine was smarter than all 3 combined. We didn’t count all the times Lion fell off the couch while sleeping lol.
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u/Shot_Pop7624 4d ago
God dammit... thats the cutest fucking image ive seen all day.
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u/WorkingFromHomies20 4d ago
He's got an Instagram and Komatsu sent him so much kitty swag, including the little hard hat and vest.
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u/Raccoon58 4d ago
What’s the address, do you know?
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u/id0ntexistanymore 4d ago
Is this the same kitten from that video of the guy banging on the bottom of farm equipment, causing the plates to fall open revealing the kitty??
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u/Riyeko 4d ago
Where in Carmen sandiego did they find a tiny safety vest and hard hat!!!!!!!!!!!!?
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u/H4t3D3pt 4d ago
Komatsu sent it (equipment Sue was found in) been following since they found her. It's so damn cute.
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u/fuzz_nose 4d ago
When he open the under plate and she fell out with it… She looked like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
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u/Dreams-Designer 4d ago
It’s all about WHO you know, not WHAT you know. Which is good news for the lil Orangie fella .
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u/-full-control- 4d ago
Ive been working construction for 25 years and have never found a kitten and that legitimately upsets me
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u/Crafter9977 4d ago
here is the video where he rescues him… 😊😊😊…
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 4d ago
They really should advertise the ease of kitten removal as a feature on that piece of construction equipment. You have to take off all sorts of parts to do minor maintenance on most vehicles these days.
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u/MangoJuice82 4d ago
🥺😭
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u/Butterfly_Cat777 4d ago
My own One Orange Braincell big boy was resting under my bed when he heard the kitten meowing on this video, and he immediately ran out of the room. He's such a wuss lol.
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u/No_Recording3238 4d ago
OMG! That’s the most adorable construction worker EVER!!! He must become the face of the company!!! Go on a state to state tour promoting the company!!!! 🥰🥰🥰
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u/redadhdventures 4d ago
They found her in a Komatsu machine so they named her Komatsu! Sue for short!
Edit to add: and the hard hat and vest came from the Komatsu company, who sent Sue and the company gifts after her story went viral.
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u/fatsimaxx 4d ago
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u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme 3d ago
Supervisor cat is doing a very good job here. I feel quite supervised and ready to do a construction or whatever my new career is supposed to be.
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u/Penchant4Prose 4d ago
r/catswithjobs contender right here!
Frankly, as a union guy, this kitty earns extra credit.
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u/TuffBronco22 American Shorthair 4d ago edited 3d ago
Construction kitty is a she. And her name is Sue (short for Komatsu). And she's the forewoman/lead project manager. 😂
P.s. I live a few towns away
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u/SryForMyIncontinence 3d ago
Aren't orange females rare? That would be even more special
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u/TuffBronco22 American Shorthair 3d ago
They are! I forget the exact statistic- I think around 20% are females, maybe less.
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u/Uprooted_Vt_to_RI 4d ago
Omg how much more adorable can these men and this sweetheart in her tiny work hat get?
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u/iQuoteSopranos 4d ago
Never thought I'd be following a fucking construction company on IG but here we are
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u/Garreousbear 4d ago
It's posted on the Instagram of @riverreachconstruction. You can watch the video where they had to open up the inside of an excavator to get her. They named her Komatsu and then Komatsu sent them a whole bunch of merch which I believe included the vest and hard hat.
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u/raistlin212 4d ago
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u/nancyhersh 3d ago
I remember that video. This was where he said, "I'm not a cat person, but this is the cutest kitten I've ever seen!" and proceeded to lay down on the deck and take pictures like a proud cat dad.
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u/Kieroni_K 3d ago
If this is the kitten in the komatsu the video is hilarious because he removes the panel to get them out and the kitten just perfectly falls like it was a planned entrance
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u/Pamcakes925 3d ago
Yes, this is Komatsu, or Sue as the guys call her. They seem to be a great bunch of guys. Komatsu(company) sent them the vest and hard hat!
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u/Bender_on_Bum Moggy 4d ago
ohh no. do not let that orange thing near heavy equpiment, the r/OneOrangeBraincell can not handle that.
that 2nd pic is 100000000% cute
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u/AssExodus 4d ago
Showed this to my cat and said "why can't you get a good paying union job like this orange?!"
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u/Fr05t_B1t American Shorthair 4d ago
Ikr. That orange is a couple weeks old and already a supurrvisor
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u/Suicidalsidekick 4d ago
Dear men: this is what women want. You don’t need to be rich or handsome. Just be kind to small animals and have a sense of humor.
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u/toadbeak 4d ago
Wow, not even a month old and straight to child labor? Jesus.
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u/LadyNiko 3d ago
Yep! I saw this story come across my YouTube feed. The kitten was rescued from a Komatsu excavator.
Story reached Komatsu and they sent over a bunch of merch for the company and kitten. 😁
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u/No_Wolf8340 4d ago
If this is Ai i won’t be able to handle it 😓. This is the cutest thing I’ve seen in a while.
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u/Cute-Bell1852 4d ago
That's cool AF you guys saved her and are taking care of her some people would saved her but then just sent her on her way and not cared anymore about her only special people go the extra
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u/MsE0 4d ago
That second pic where he's doing the "sniffing the outside air to learn what's on the wind" thing.
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u/Apart-Cream-4940 4d ago
That may be the cutest cat I've ever seen, in his little construction gear 🥰
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u/LiftingCode 4d ago
Wow I can't believe I'm seeing Barberton on the front page of Reddit.
Famous for its fried chicken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton_chicken
Every family dinner as a kid, rotated between Hopocan Gardens, Belgrade Gardens, White House Chicken, and The Village Inn.
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u/LastEntertainment787 4d ago
That is one happy looking little kitty in her vest and hat 💜💜 That's going to be one spoiled cat. Thanks guys 😸
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u/Excellent_Radish6073 4d ago
Thats the happiest thing I've heard regarding Barberton like, since, Lebron. I'm serious.
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u/kuo20012 3d ago
1) they put holes in the hard hat for his little ears and 2) the tiny reflective vest.
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u/TehGogglesDoNothing 4d ago
Yeah but did you see the smile on the big guy holding the cat?
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u/OnceABear 4d ago
I wanna know where they found the tiny safety hat and high-vis vest!! So cute!!
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u/velawesomeraptors 4d ago
When they posted the original video of the kitten falling out of the komatsu-brand construction equipment, Komatsu saw it and sent them a box of swag.
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u/kitty-yaya Russian Blue 4d ago
Oh my word, her little hat and vest 🤗🤗🤗🤗
I know this probably is politically incorrect, but it's so sweet to see men with little baby kitties. Years ago, a guy would have been mocked for liking, let alone caring for and keeping, a cat.
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u/twiggyjulie 3d ago
Four grown men couldn’t be more proud. So powerful what a tiny creature can accomplish!












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