João Roberto de Souza 1974-1975

 

João Roberto visiting me at Rio Pequeno circa 1978. 

Clélia Hiroko Miyadara, Dulce Roza Amorim, Sérgio & Roberto de Souza at Rio Pequeno in 1978.

Clélia and Dulce laugh at Roberto's antics... 

Clélia, Dulce, Sérgio & Yolanda Darin.

I met João Roberto Souza when I started working for the daily 'O Estado de São Paulo's classified-ads stand inside a Pão de Açucar supermarket at Avenida Santo Amaro sometime in late 1974. I worked from 8:00 am through 5:30 pm. 

My job was to wait for eventual clients who wanted to post ads at the newspaper. Some days not even one client showed up so it was really slow most of the time. The stand with a typewriter, a list of ads prices and a seat for myself was located at the entrance of the market, next to a florist stand, so I had a good view of the whole place. I could see all the cashiers and patrons coming out and going in.

At 5:30 a driver from Estadão would arrive with his car to get the day's work to take to its headquarters downtown São Paulo. I would always get a ride with the driver everyday for I lived in town, it saved me a lot of time and I didn't have to take crowded buses. 

The driver would always go to Jumbo Aeroporto first to get Bernardino's daily work load and then drive all the way to town usually taking Av. Washington Luiz and then Av. Rubem Berta. I asked drivers to drop me off when the car approached the viaduct under rua Condessa de São Joaquim, for I lived only 2 blocks away.