Scene of (extra)ordinary civic sense at the exit of a Crai supermarket in Sassari in via Trieste, Cappuccini district. Luigi Rassu, 59, a bricklayer from Sassari, gets out of the car with his wife Giulia. As they are about to enter a bar to have a coffee, Luigi loses his wallet. Inside cash, documents, debit cards and a credit card. The couple notices nothing. Unlike the watchful and attentive eye of a Roma woman, who habitually asks customers for a few coins as they leave the supermarket.

The woman starts screaming, calls the couple from afar, runs, stops the spouses and hands over the wallet she just lost.

«We were obviously surprised because we didn't notice anything», Giulia says today, «it would have been a serious loss because the ATM could be used immediately and in the event we would have remained unaware of everything for some time. So that woman was extremely kind and honest. We thought we should give her a good tip. At first she didn't want to accept it, but then we convinced her.'

A story therefore with a happy ending, which goes far beyond the boundaries of the usual stereotypes and clichés about Roma, which unfortunately often degenerate into racism.

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