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Samuel, 19 years old, is a wheelchair user, lives alone, pays his bills, and became a delivery person through an app in São José, Santa Catarina, making up to 6 deliveries a day in his wheelchair on routes of up to 1 km. The story of the delivery person went viral on social media with over 800 comments and resulted in the donation of a motorized tricycle.
A delivery person different from all others has been drawing attention on the streets of São José, Santa Catarina. Samuel, 19 years old, makes deliveries through an app using his wheelchair without a motorcycle, bicycle, or scooter. The wheelchair user completes up to 6 deliveries a day, covering routes he defined himself of up to 1 km, and has even managed to cover distances of 2.5 km in a single run. When he first appeared at the delivery point, the reaction from his colleagues was immediate: “There are delivery people on motorcycles, on bikes, but a wheelchair user is the first time.”
According to a report Balanço Geral, Samuel has been using a wheelchair for almost 10 years, since childhood, due to a malformation. He lives alone, is independent, and pays the household bills with the income from deliveries. The story of the delivery person went viral on social media already in his third delivery, a post on Instagram surpassed 800 comments, and the buzz resulted in the donation of a motorized tricycle that will allow him to make more deliveries in less time. As Samuel himself summarizes: “For those who want, there is no bad weather.”
How Samuel became a delivery person using a wheelchair
The decision to become a delivery person did not come by chance. Samuel was already familiar with the routine of delivery people and knew they had fixed waiting points and selected routes through the app.
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In seeking an opportunity in the job market, he realized that the wheelchair would not be a barrier, but rather an ally in pursuing the profession he admired.
On his first day, he approached a veteran delivery person and asked where the best points in the neighborhood were. He was directed to the Kobrasol point, one of the busiest commercial centers in São José, and that’s where he started.
The strategy of the wheelchair user delivery person is simple and efficient: Samuel defined routes of up to 1 km that he can cover in a competitive time and makes approximately 6 deliveries a day.
On longer deliveries, he has covered 2.5 km in a single run. The income that the delivery person earns is what pays the bills of the house where he lives alone: rent, food, and daily expenses. All with the effort of his arms pushing the wheelchair through the streets and sidewalks of São José.
800 comments on the third delivery: how the story of the delivery person went viral
Samuel did not expect his story to resonate. In his own assessment, he was just working.
But already in the third delivery, a post about the wheelchair user delivery person went viral on Instagram and surpassed 800 comments from people who were moved, impressed, and inspired by someone who decided not to let the wheelchair define his limits. “I never imagined that in the third delivery it would resonate so much,” Samuel said.
The buzz brought a concrete result. After the story of the delivery person went viral, Samuel received the donation of a motorized tricycle, equipment that will allow him to make more deliveries in less time and with less physical strain.
The tricycle also improves daily life beyond work: it serves for personal transportation, shopping, and any activity that previously depended solely on the manual wheelchair. For Samuel, it is the natural evolution of a delivery person who started with what he had and is now advancing with what he has gained.
Independent at 19: how the wheelchair user delivery person pays the bills living alone
What makes Samuel’s story even more impressive is the context. He does not live with family, does not depend on assistance from others, and does not expect anyone to solve his problems.
At 19 years old, the wheelchair user delivery person lives alone, is completely independent, and supports the household with the income he earns making deliveries through the app in his wheelchair. Each delivery is part of the monthly bill, and each kilometer traveled in the wheelchair is another step in building an autonomous life.
When asked if he realizes that he is an example of overcoming, Samuel honestly replied: “I think I didn’t, until I saw that bunch of comments.”
For him, being a delivery person is not heroism; it is work. It is dignity, honesty, and the choice not to sit still waiting for an opportunity to fall from the sky. “As long as I have time to do it, I will continue with deliveries. I am definitely happy with dignity, honesty, and working.”
The delivery person who makes 6 deliveries a day in a wheelchair and does not complain about anything
Samuel is a 19-year-old delivery person who uses a wheelchair, lives alone, pays his own bills, and makes up to 6 deliveries a day on routes he covers using the strength of his arms.
He impressed his colleagues on the first day, went viral on the third delivery, received a motorized tricycle due to the buzz, and does not intend to stop. All this in São José, Santa Catarina, on the same streets and sidewalks where many people complain for much less.
The story of this delivery person is one that makes anyone rethink their own list of excuses. In Samuel’s words: “For those who want, there is no bad weather.”
What did you think of Samuel’s story? Have you seen any delivery person who impressed you with their determination?
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