10 Examples of honest people proving that the “jeitinho” has nothing to do with Brazilians

Let’s not sugarcoat the pill: there are, yes, many people out there who are not so honest. And in Brazil there is even a term that tries to exemplify what is the “Brazilian way” (when used in a pejorative way). Despite being the reality of some people, this term does not reflect at all the character of the vast majority of those who live here. To prove this, we selected 10 good examples of people and establishments that take away this bad impression and show that Brazilians are good, yes.

O awesome.club came to show you these people, who are living proof that Brazilians are good people and have honesty in their blood. Because good customs come from birth and doing good remains in fashion.

Electrical engineer Joel de Oliveira Sá was leaving a lottery shop in the city where he lives, in Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, when he had a huge surprise. He found a cake of money with just over 4 thousand reais. Immediately he returned and delivered the notes to the cashier, the merchant who owned the place registered a police report and deposited the amount in court until the owner of the 4 thousand reais appeared.

Taís is a 25-year-old sales promoter who lives in Ibiporã, Paraná. She did extra work to earn a little more and thus increase the family’s income. On payday she received the envelope and didn’t open it until hours later. To her surprise, the payment was almost a thousand reais more. She, then, didn’t think twice, got in touch with the owner of the restaurant, where she did the “jobs”, to return the money.

Phellipe Guimarães is a street vendor who sells sweets at a traffic light in the Vila Valqueire neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. He left a message on social media to find a customer who gave a 100 reais bill to pay for a candy that cost 2. Phellipe says that she gave the double bill and believes that the girl gave it by mistake (after all, the two bills are blue). The girl’s only clue is that she is a redhead and has a butterfly tattoo on her hand.

Juliano is a resident of the city of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, who has been unemployed for over 1 year. Walking along a busy road in the city, he found a wallet with documents, cards and 2 thousand reais. He spent 20 reais of the money to put credits on his cell phone and called the owner of the wallet. Mr. Adair thanked the boy by giving him a job as a stockist at his company.

Young Matheus Inácio de Souza, a 21-year-old IT assistant who lives in the city of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, made headlines in the local newspapers. All because he crashed his car into a Porsche and left a note apologizing and giving his contact number. The noble attitude surprised even the owner of the luxury car, psychologist Carlos Pimenta, who explained that he forgave the debt because of the boy’s act of honesty.

Valdeci, a resident of the city of Jacobina, in Bahia, who has been unemployed for about 1 year, found a wallet with no less than 3 thousand reais. She went after the owner of the money, advertising on the town radio and found Mr. José Carlos Elias, who was very happy to have his belongings back. Valdeci says that even though she needed to, at no time did she think about keeping something that wasn’t hers.

A restaurant self service in Porto Belo, on the coast of Santa Catarina, began to be very successful due to the unprecedented attitude taken by Mr. Roberto Issa, the owner of the establishment. He says that on a busy day, he asked the customers themselves to weigh and write down what they consumed. The idea of ​​trusting consumers was so successful that today they also pay and get change.

Givanilson Soares, a resident of Uberlândia in Minas Gerais, had a malfunctioning motorcycle and was diagnosed with the problem: bad battery. He then looked for a place with a good price and bought the battery at the store where mechanic Rogério dos Santos works. There, he was surprised when he learned that the repair was a loose wire, he had his money returned and the service was much cheaper, thanks to the mechanic’s honesty.

A bakery in the city of Patos de Minas, in Minas Gerais, surprises by letting the customer help themselves and then informing them of what they consumed or what is in the bag at the cashier. The establishment, which is managed by Dona Rosa, is always full and the employees say that the store has been operating like this for more than 10 years and that they have never had a default: “there are customers who go out talking, forget to pay, but always come back and get it right”.

Truck driver Dilvar Campos filled up at a gas station in the city of Luisiânia in São Paulo, and ended up, by mistake, giving, along with the tip, a 100 reais bill, thinking it was a 2. Gas station attendant Gean Lucas dos Santos he kept the note and gave it back to Dilvar, when he returned for gas 2 days later. The client recorded a video admiring and grateful for the young man’s honesty.

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