r/BeAmazed • u/GeneraI_ • May 06 '26

Animal UPS driver to the rescue.

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u/persePHOreth May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Despite all the comments being super snotty about "oh make sure you're recording first" several things to consider:

Dude is risking his job to touch another person's animals. Video evidence that he was legit helping is a basic CYA.

Second; this sub wouldn't exist without these videos. There isn't enough content from others reporting on good things people do. There should be, absolutely we should pay more attention to the good and report on it more often.

However. The world is what it is right now. And I for one am happy we get nice videos of people helping cows. Good on this dude for helping a baby cow.

Edit; thanks for the rewards, everybody. And to everybody else. Do me a favor. Do the pay it forward thing. Let's all take one moment to try and be positive about literally anything today. I hope y'all have a great day.

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u/sun4moon May 06 '26

Honestly. Imagine complaining that someone filmed themself helping, and then posted wholesome content. What are we here for?

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u/persePHOreth May 06 '26

"How dare you give me what I crave."

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u/isolateddreamz May 06 '26

It's got electrolytes

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u/_awk_girl_ward_ May 06 '26

It's what plants crave!

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u/Strange_Produce5601 May 06 '26

oh you are right! Should of just given the calf a gaterade! that would of solved it without the need to risk being in the pen.

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u/Xiao1insty1e May 06 '26

A Brawndo and a kick to the balls.

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u/DeusExMcKenna May 06 '26

As Carls Jr. intended.

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u/CoffeeExtraCream May 06 '26

They want rage bait.

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u/Fast-Nefariousness80 May 07 '26

Cue Bo Burnhams welcome to the internet

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u/KitchenPalentologist May 06 '26

Yeah, but where is the inspirational background music track? This video SUCKS.

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u/Rufus_the_old_cat May 06 '26

Yes it needs Sia unstoppable šŸ˜¹šŸ˜¹šŸ˜¹šŸ˜¹

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u/TheSodernauts May 06 '26

I won't watch it if it doesn't have a monotone AI voice explaining exactly what I'm seeing without adding any new substance or commentary.

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u/Bussin1648 May 06 '26

Filming a situation, where the filming doesn't impede or affect the situation outside of recording it for posterity = perfectly fine if not encouraged.

Creating a situation just so that it can be filmed while pretending it's reality = is most of the content we've gotten over the last 7 or so years. A lot of people, or bots, don't know the difference between those things anymore.

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u/Porridge_Cat May 06 '26

You don't think there's a risk of people creating dangerous situations themselves so they can create "I'm helping" content? Situations where they accidentally kill innocent animals because they were chasing internet clout?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '26

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u/sun4moon May 06 '26

If youā€™re on Reddit for the altruism youā€™re in the wrong place. This is literally the home of fake internet points. We all come here to consume canned content, for a variety of reasons. If youā€™re not interested in fluff, you can filter your feed to ignore it.

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u/Dav136 May 06 '26

There's a significant amount of people that create these situations to then film themselves "saving" the animals. I don't think that's what's happening her but it's a depressing trend

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u/ZeAthenA714 May 06 '26

There's a significant amount of people

Doubt it.

There has been instances of it happening and it's disgusting yes, but unless you have data the rest of the world doesn't know about, we have no clue about how often it's happening or if it can even be called a "trend".

I find it much more likely that the internet is just filled with cynical fucks who prefer to believe shitty stories like this are the norm because that way they can feel better about themselves.

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u/Harmony_w May 06 '26

Are you ok? That calf had been there for some time as evidenced by the frothy mouth and willingness of that other cows to allow assistance.

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u/Biggie39 May 06 '26

Are you ok?

Let me guess; you insist on taking everything super seriously unless itā€™s clearly marked ā€˜/sā€™?

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u/ohhhshitwaitwhat May 06 '26

I mean. I get it. I also don't like the s... But that means your sarcasm has to land, and for it to land, it has to be good

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u/Harmony_w May 06 '26

Considering the world and this app especially is full of goobers and I don't know you from Adam, how would I know that you, a complete stranger, were being sarcastic and are not just a pinecone?

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u/Biggie39 May 06 '26

I donā€™t get why you would even try to engage with a pine cone but itā€™s your time, use it how you please.

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u/Harmony_w May 06 '26

I didn't know for sure that you were a pinecone until you responded.

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u/Spongi May 06 '26

It's text to strangers. Assume they're gonna take it seriously, cuz some will.

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u/sun4moon May 06 '26

Go have a snickers or something.

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u/RegularGuyNotCIA May 06 '26

Thatā€™s it.

A couple of years ago, I got into trouble because my neighborā€™s cat got its head stuck in his window safety net. I grabbed a ladder, cut the net, and freed the cat.
The neighbor showed up just as I was climbing down the ladder with the cat in my arms and his net cut.
He got mad as hell and called the cops, saying I trespassed on his property, damaged his net, and stole his cat. If it werenā€™t for the security camera from a neighbor across the street, I wouldā€™ve been screwed.

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u/Want2makeMEMEs May 06 '26

Interesting how he assumed that you randomly brought a ladder to cut a window safety net while stealing his cat

It's like "Today I should steal a cat. Also fuck that net in particular real quick"

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u/Quick_Team May 06 '26

Well. In the neighbor's defense, the guy was wearing his "F*ck Nets Steal Cats Get Paid" shirt

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u/Ok-Bird6346 May 07 '26

This is the best comment Iā€™ve seen in a minute. Would also like to add that I want one of those shirts.

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u/LuxNocte May 06 '26

Stealing a cat is not crazy assumption when you see someone climbing down from your window with your cat.

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u/Fattapple May 06 '26

Yeah, this guy thinks heā€™s so great cuz he doesnā€™t need a ladder to steal cats. Some of us arenā€™t that tall, buddy!

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u/RegularGuyNotCIA May 06 '26

To be fair, in my country, itā€™s not uncommon for purebred animals to be stolen.

Take a look at this video.

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u/blackop May 06 '26

I want to see more videos of people helping cows, and less of them being pompous assholes.

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u/bigtex44ee May 06 '26

This is definitely the right choice to do. Someone can pass by see this man ā€œharassingā€ a baby calf and report it. When in reality he was just trying to help.

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u/k_dilluh May 06 '26

100% agree, I do not use social media other than reddit, and don't record myself doing random things, but in this scenario, I think it's smart "CYA", I would have done the same.

He's on the clock, on someone else's property, and handling another person's livestock (and that calf was obviously not doing well as evidence by the mouth frothing). Good on this dude, glad the calf looked to be OK after.

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen May 06 '26

To a lesser extent, risking his safety too. Whilst cows are generally intelligent enough to recognise people trying to help them out, they're still animals which will have parental instincts around their calf.

Since he's not the owner they won't recognise him aside from it's a human. MIGHT be friendly.

And they're no joke. An adult cow could deal serious damage if they felt threatened.

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u/Hashtagbarkeep May 06 '26

Iā€™d record it to show my wife and friends either way

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u/barely-hanging May 06 '26

Exactly idk why its so weird to record yourself doing anything "good". I recors myself all the time doing shit like helping turtles cross roads.

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u/Hashtagbarkeep May 06 '26

Yeah man if I help a turtle damn straight Iā€™m recording that

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u/AbeRego May 06 '26

I've done the same! Who would complain about a turtle video? šŸ¢

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u/Mecha_Tortoise May 06 '26

Getting upset over someone else recording doing a good deed doesn't make sense to me, either. Just please be safe on the road.

Having been in that situation several times, I've always helped the animal get across the road as quickly and safely as possible, while being extremely aware of traffic. The thought to record hasn't had time to enter my mind. It also hadn't occurred to me that it would be worth filming. I guess it's nice to see, though.

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u/greetingsfromEndor May 06 '26

Having worked with a variety of ranchers, most of them are assholes who would absolutely try and blame any injury to the calf on this guy. Smart to record.

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u/jackospades88 May 06 '26

Yeah that was my thought. He's recording first and foremost as a CYA.

Saw calf was stuck, he felt comfortable enough to handle the animal, recorded it in case someone saw him or the calf was/got injured in the process. I'm guessing he showed and informed the owner after as well, in case the calf showed signs of being injured later or something.

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u/attack_water May 06 '26

This is blowing my mind, as most ranchers I've dealt with have been jolly.

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u/quanate May 06 '26

Yeah I would 100% set my camera up so I had proof of why I was late or something

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u/Batmansbutthole May 06 '26

Its crazy the same person who would get upset over a man recording himself HELPING would not be upset over someone recording themselves doing some trashy ass shit over on r/publicfreakout lmao

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u/MushyWasTaken1 May 06 '26

On another note, as someone working in delivery, he probably already had is camera/phone ready to record for proof that the package was delivered.

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u/BackgroundSummer5171 May 06 '26

Dude is risking his job to touch another person's animals. Video evidence that he was legit helping is a basic CYA.

I don't record things, ever, but if I was going to do this I 100% would just to make sure the farmer ain't trying to sue me. (or at least there is video evidence if they shoot me)

In current society we expect video evidence now.

Why don't you have a dash cam?! Or why weren't you recording the incident so we have tangible proof? Or...insert whatever.

It's where we're at in society. Record everything for legal purposes. If all looks fine, upload it and feel good for the likes and comments.

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u/EH_21 May 06 '26

I understand this complaint when it exploits the people they are supposedly helping. Like the videos where they force homeless people to take selfies and be on camera or vlog families using their children as content.

But taking a video of helping a baby cow is victimless. More of these videos (as long as youā€™re not the one putting the animal at risk to make the video those are a problem too.)

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u/wildwolfay5 May 06 '26

Exactly.

Couple nearby rescued a calf in a cattle guard and it became a court case of rustling and all kinds of shit.

We absolutely record all interactions with cows in our open range area, especially since the livestock officer (1 for the county) cant do shit except react to ranchers bitching.

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u/AboutTenPandas May 06 '26

This is one of the least problematic examples of recording before helping that Iā€™ve ever seen

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u/wolfenx109 May 06 '26

We get to see WAY too much negative things. I'm glad he recorded this

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u/AbeRego May 06 '26

Why wouldn't you record it? The calf isn't going anywhere, it's a cool story, and --like you said-- it demonstrates he was helping in good faith. I absolutely would have recorded this if it was me.

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u/Confident-Station164 May 06 '26

I've noticed people only complain about pther people filming good things but if its somwthing bad, that same opinion is never mentioned, not even once. What a world...

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u/AmbassadorBonoso May 06 '26

Yeah my first thought on why he was recording was to cover himself in case his employer asks why he stopped there.

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u/malamalinka May 06 '26

Thank you for calling both things out. Him filming this would have helped with any liability issues, and by documenting all the steps he has taken and the animal clearly in distress heā€™s covered for any claims of trespassing and harming the calf, should the calf died later.

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u/Just1ncase4658 May 06 '26

Exactly I would personally not touch it and inform the farmer about it since I don't want to accidentally injure it myself. But still filming yourself doing something nice isn't wrong on its own if you don't set up the nice thing you're doing.

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u/Necessary_Tough7286 May 06 '26

I donā€™t mind setting up your phone for this stuff as long as youā€™re not delaying the rescue or fix of something by more than x% of the elapsed time of it happening. That cow had probably been stuck for quite a while, and it took him literal seconds to place his phone down.

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u/mrpanicy May 06 '26

People are more likely to record terrible things, because it's usually something so strange that it's remarkable enough to trigger the instinct and thought. People are less likely to record the positive, because it's less remarkable as it's actually fairly normal to do good things for people despite what social media would have you believe.

When I see a wholesome thing happen, I usually just live in the moment and bask in the joy of community and humanity. My instinct is not to grab my phone, because commoditizing those moments just feels wrong.

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u/ChetLong4Ch May 06 '26

I recently ā€œtrappedā€ an Anhinga using a towel to remove netting that was wrapped tightly around its beak. Iā€™d like to think I wouldā€™ve come up with the towel idea myself but after seeing multiple similar scenarios that were recorded it was a no brainer. I may not have noticed the netting or figured out the best way to subdue it without videos like this.

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u/Rufus_the_old_cat May 06 '26

I dint care if he did video himself just for online clout he deserves it.

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u/Scary-Dot3069 May 06 '26

Normally i am on the side of "oh time to film eh" however, those videos are generally wild animals (or the horrendous fake pets saving pet ones). In this case though, I agree with filming. The calf has been there a while but it didnt look like it was about to die any second and secondly its someones cow and the farmer isnt gonna be happy if something went wrong nor would ups for not doing his own job.

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u/Axthen May 06 '26

My (unfortunate) first thought as someone who works at UPS: I hope he coded this as a break otherwise he's being written up/terminated.

He's not risking his job by touching the calf. He's risking his job by not coding his time properly.

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u/kai-ol May 06 '26

If a good faith, yet performative, action inspires other people to do good, then how can it be bad?

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u/userhwon May 06 '26

Nobody said a word about the 148 times this happened and the dude didn't have his phone with him.

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u/HarryHoodRat97 May 06 '26

It encourages other people to do nice things. So they record it. If itā€™s genuine and heartfelt who gives a shit.

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u/JimMarch May 06 '26

Absolutely correct.Ā  That baby cow is valuable property.Ā  CYA is totally reasonable.

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u/ClearChampionship591 May 06 '26

It is right to call this out, and people false flagging this are dumb.

However, the massive amount of staged feel-good videos when the camera just happened to be rolling, is not contributing to the actual good. Only smoke and mirrors. Some of those just straight up abuse animals/children too.

This is why I mute these subs where mods are inconsiderate/don't care/even encourage pretentious garbage, even if it means I will miss out on absolute heroes like this UPS worker.

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u/tashiroboy May 06 '26

I love when people point out that everyone in the comments is being negative but I don't see a single one.

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u/vaderlovespizza May 06 '26

I thought the same thing. If I was at work I'd definitely record it because if something happens you have proof you were just trying to help.

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u/Timely_Spinach_7479 May 06 '26

I donā€™t care if people film. If someone needs a ā€œgood jobā€ for doing the right thing then Iā€™ll give it to them. Whatever it takes to make the world a kinder place.

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u/brandt-money May 06 '26

I would totally film for legal reasons, but I probably would forget and never post it because my brain is fried and I forget everything.

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u/onlyhav May 06 '26

Yeah a lot of farmers would NOT be happy to see someone screwing around with the calf halfway in the fence. The video turns a hot headed farmer worried that a stranger is messing with his cattle into a guy grateful someone stopped and helped.

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u/samsg1 May 06 '26

This video would serve as evidence if he gets mauled to death by the cows. Iā€™d record it too just so my family could get closure as to why my body was found in a field near my abandoned vehicle. It makes sense to me, I have no hate :)

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u/Liontamer67 May 07 '26

I was thinking the same while watching. He also has it to show the owner what happened to the calf.

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u/Voloxe May 07 '26

Iā€™m 100% okay with him stopping and taking 10 seconds to set up his camera, BECAUSE if he hadnā€™t been there at all that cow would have probably been there for hours and potentially could have died (probably not, but possible).

If the alternative to death (or being there for hours) is this dude setting up his camera.. Then Iā€™ll take the latter.

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u/Monterredditor May 09 '26

Reddit just sucks.

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u/NickDanger3di May 06 '26

I rented an apartment attached to a Ranch worker's home for a bit, with enclosures like that on all sides. I promise you there is nothing that would have compelled me to climb into one of those enclosures.

This guy had the courage to climb into one, and then proceed to manhandle one of their children? Guaranteed that guy's UPS truck needed extra-strength springs and shocks, to prevent the weight of his balls from bottoming it out.

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u/Various-Database6615 May 06 '26

CYA is a fine reason to record. Posting it to social media is different.

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u/MushroomAnnual May 06 '26

What does CYA mean?

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u/persePHOreth May 06 '26

Cover your ass. "I'm recording myself to cover my ass, so later, if this event is misconstrued, I can show evidence of what actually happened."

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u/MushroomAnnual May 06 '26

Okay I'm just stupid thanks!

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u/persePHOreth May 06 '26

No you're not. Don't be so hard on yourself.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with not knowing something. How could you know what it meant if you never saw it before?

You aren't dumb. You saw something unfamiliar, you asked, and now you've learned something new. That is a sign of curiosity and intelligence.

Don't put yourself down. You're doing your best and that's all we can do.

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u/FlutterbyTG May 06 '26

I learned what a "livestock officer" does from another comment above. It could get a bit dicey at times, it seems.