The lockdown has more or less paralyzed some businesses.
Hairdressers, for example, had to close their salons for months.
A 57-year-old therefore dared to take a big step: the master hairdresser has been working as a mail carrier for several months
Geretsried - registered mail instead of curlers, parcels instead of tinting: 57-year-old Doris Altewulf has given up her job as a master hairdresser.
Now she is working as a mail carrier for Deutsche Post in Geretsried.
Part of the reason for this was the corona pandemic and the associated lockdown.
In 2007 she had to give up her dream of having her own hairdressing salon
Altewulf comes from North Rhine-Westphalia.
“At 16 I started my hairdressing apprenticeship, at 20 I started to be a master craftsman,” she says.
This was followed by training as a beautician, followed by nutritional advice two years ago.
In her old home, Altewulf opened a hairdressing salon, which she gave up in 2007 for personal reasons.
What now?
Quit your job entirely?
She applied for a 12.5-hour part-time job at the Dortmund letter center, but stayed true to her actual job as a mobile hairdresser.
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Through her ex-husband, Altewulf discovered her passion for the mountains at an early age.
“We were always in Canada together,” she reports.
After the separation, Altewulf went on vacation in Mittenwald - and fell in love with the area and the alpine world.
“Like Little Canada - only without wild animals,” says the 57-year-old.
So in 2015 she packed her bags and moved to Bavaria.
After a couple of stops, she stood there again with a comb and scissors to beautify her customers.
But then the lockdown came and there were no more customers.
The boss announced short-time work, and Altewulf began to think about career alternatives.
"Two days before Christmas last year I came to the Geretsried branch on Blumenstrasse," she reports in an interview with our newspaper.
And there was a lot to do, especially before and around Christmas.
“When I got off my bike after work, I felt every muscle, especially at first.” The 57-year-old has to laugh.
"But it is better to move than just stand around."
Corona taught me one thing.
You can no longer just plan for the future like that "
Doris Altewulf
The 57-year-old cannot say whether she wants to work as a hairdresser again.
“Corona taught me one thing.
You can no longer just plan for the future, ”she says and gets back on the bike.
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