Bad Tölz - Helmut Winkler doesn't know what to do next.
The host of the "Double In" on Königsdorfer Strasse in Bad Tölz fears that he will no longer be able to hold the darts restaurant - if he does not get support.
The restaurateur has to cope with running costs with zero income
The landlord of the darts bar does not get state support because he is a full-time butcher
Dart sport lies idle
"I currently have zero source of income, but I have to cope with running costs," says Winkler.
If his good-natured landlord did not meet him with the rent payments, it would look very dark.
The problem for Winkler is as follows: While he still received state support during the first self-employed lockdown, this time he received nothing.
No government support
"In November there was a statement that hosts were supported with 75 percent of last year's turnover in November," said Winkler.
So he submitted the application together with his tax advisor.
There was a rejection: “Because I'm a full-time butcher.” The nonsense in his eyes: “If I had earned more with the restaurant than as a butcher, then I would have received support.
But that's how I fall below the limit. ”So he now has the option of going into private debt in order to keep the“ double in ”alive.
Helmut Winkler wrote an email to Prime Minister Söder
In an email he drew the attention of Prime Minister Markus Söder to his situation.
The only answer was that the regulation for semi-self-employed also applies.
"I don't find that understandable."
But since he doesn't want to give up hope, Helmut Winkler launched a call on Facebook: He asked his regular guests and darts colleagues for support.
"The response is currently very good," said Winkler happily.
"I'm known in the darts scene, so help comes from outside too." He adds, touched: "I'm attached to my baby."
Dart sport lies idle
He has been running the restaurant for 15 years.
He also worries that the sport of darts is idle due to the corona pandemic.
The German Darts Association has 200,000 members.
They are all currently slowed down and cannot play league sports.
“There is a lot of prize money at stake.” Last year, games could be played between August 8th and November 1st - subject to certain conditions.
"But then we said we would interrupt the league until it was possible again without conditions." As the person in charge, he did not want to take any risks.
The problem is that the dart players are now out of practice.
On the other hand, sales of private dart machines are booming.
“That's bad for me too.
When I am allowed to open again, nobody can train because everyone has their own machine at home.
The whole situation pulls a rat tail behind it.
Financially it is hardly manageable. "
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