The other day, Teresa Castro Avila caught a cab to her destination, deciding that paying for a ride was the best option. What she didn’t realize at the time, however, was that this transaction would be a memorable one. Turns out, the taxi driver had someone special handling his finances.

Upon entering the taxi, Avila noticed a little chihuahua resting cozily in the front passenger seat. The taxi driver, named David, explained that she was his faithful Chihuahua, Chiqui.

“[David] told me he has no one to leave his dog with, and he doesn't like her to stay home alone,” Avila recounted. “So he [thought it] better to take her to work.”

But Chiqui isn’t merely a companion for David at work — she's his coworker. At the end of the ride, Avila saw how the little pup pulls her weight on the job:

Don't let my husband see this because he got the idea that our puppy must work to earn the croquettes hahahahahaha (jokingly) 😳😂😏- Someone wrote

"How beautiful, perhaps it would be to put a basket so that it does not take the ticket with its little nose. excellent service from its owner,"- wrote Yessenia.

“The dog knows how to receive the payment and deliver it to her beloved owner,” Avila wrote.

It’s unclear how long David and his dog have been working together like this, but there’s no doubt the world’s a better place with Chiqui on the job.

We all need such a dog. He was loving, sweet, and very hardworking.