With joy and a lot of swagger, 50-year-old daisy Lucileide de Oliveira caught the attention of residents and internet users when she was filmed dancing with a broom while working garbage collection in Rio Branco. The video, recorded this Friday (28) in front of the São João Batista Cemetery, went viral on the networks and drew praise for the worker's enthusiasm. (See video above)
With a broom in one hand, her cell phone in the other and a speaker box in one of her arms, Leide dances alone on the sidewalk with great joy. The scene, of course, did not go unnoticed by drivers and pedestrians passing by on Rua Rio de Janeiro, in the capital.
To g1, daisy, as women who work in urban cleaning are called, said that this is not the first time she has danced at work. The hit song chosen was the Brazilian band Forró Boys and she said that she usually plays the songs to ease the daily hard work.
"I do this every day because I'm very inspired. This Friday my friend brought me a speaker and I wanted to listen a little more. My whole family is into forró and everyone likes to dance. Since I was little I've also been dancing and I've always been the most excited at parties", she said.
📲The video of the worker dancing has already received more than 32 thousand views and has more than 200 comments on one of the pages. Leide, as she is known, is the mother of three adult children and explains that at work she alternates cleaning the internal and external areas of the cemetery with moments of relaxation.
Lucileide listens to forró on her cell phone to ease the hard work — Photo: Personal archive
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"I've been working cleaning cemeteries for 18 years and before I came to São João Batista, I was already working at Cemitério Jardim da Saudade [Bairro Tancredo Neves]. Although I don't consider myself like those dancers, I've always liked learning and I've even attended forró classes," he says.
In the comments, internet users praised the professional's high spirits. "May happiness continue with you always so happy and cheerful," said a follower. “Happy people are wonderful, they even transmit this good energy,” wrote one woman.
Lucileide reports that drivers and pedestrians honk and wave when they see her, helping to convey joy — Photo: Personal archive
🧹Routine
The saying 'those who see a close-up, don't run', is true in the life of the daisy. Leide starts working at 7am and continues until 11am, has two hours of lunch and returns at 1pm. The office only closes at 4pm. Even with the hard work and the strong sun of the capital of Acre, she tries to maintain a good mood.
For her, more than a joke, the moment represents a personal choice to smile again and share joy with other people. "It's working with joy and it's not because it's Friday, you know? I start [joy and dancing] on Monday, Wednesday and especially Friday", he joked.
The worker states that the broom, therefore, also ends up becoming an instrument for dancing. Leide believes that the excitement ends up infecting colleagues and people who pass by the place. "I end up encouraging everyone, then someone else goes there and starts too. It's important for me", he said.
💃Transmit joy
While working, she says she also notices the reactions of people passing by on the street. According to Daisy, drivers and pedestrians usually honk and wave when they see her dancing and after the video started circulating, she discovered that it has been a hit on the internet for some time.
"I didn't imagine that someone was filming me, it was a surprise, so much so that, in the first few days, I was a little afraid, but then I started to loosen up, dance and I thought it was cool. People smiled, honked and I saw that I was transmitting joy to them", he reported.
Despite the surprise, she says that fame on the networks doesn't bother her or interfere with her work. She highlights that she continues to carry out cleaning tasks normally. For Leide, people's reactions reinforce the idea that small gestures can improve the day of those passing by on the street.
"When I see these people saying goodbye, waving, it's very important to me. I think, for me, that's what being happy is. When someone passes by here [cemetery] and meets someone who is very happy, I think it makes someone else happy too," he declared.
🤍 Overcoming
Behind the joy that became a highlight on social media, Lucileide says that she has already gone through a difficult period. She lost her mother in 2019, her sister in 2022 and her father in 2023. All three were buried in cemeteries where she works or once worked.
According to Daisy, the losses contributed to a period of sadness and depression. She states, however, that she decided not to let these moments define her routine. "I came from some problems where I lost a lot of people I love, but I decided to leave the pain behind and cheer myself up a little", he says.
The cleaning professional says that she was always a happy person, but that she needed to find that side again after the losses. "Ever since I worked at the Jardim da Saudade [cemetery], I was lively, dancing, listening to music. Anyone who knows me has always been like that," he added.
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