Games – swimming shorts instead of a suit for career changer Thomas Willenbart

Thomas Willenbart is the new guy in the bathroom. Well, it’s not exactly new, because I’ve been on duty since October,” says Grestner, who replaced Walter Stanglauer in the fall.

The 52-year-old had not imagined for some time that he would one day work as a lifeguard. The trained Chef/Waiter has worked as a Regional Manager at Rewe for 25 years. “And then it just happened that way,” the tech-savvy father dared to start over. Since then, he has been responsible for the cleanliness and safety of the indoor pool and spends his daily work measuring and checking the water, as well as supervising the pool. “I had to learn a lot and only recently completed my training as a pool technician,” says the career changer. In the next few days, the workload will be much greater, because it is time to end the winter in the indoor pool. It remains open until March 31, after three weeks of school operations. “Then we remove the stubble,” he jokes. It takes about a day and a half for the pool to be empty, after which cleaning remains on the agenda. The pool will remain closed until September 30th.

In the meantime, preparations are already underway at Willenpart’s new workplace, Ötscherlandbad. Everything should be in tip-top shape by the time the outdoor pool opens on May 13th. An exciting time for Willenpart, who, however, receives all the support from the well-trained team and also from his predecessor: “Walter is always available to me as a clown over the phone.”

So the expectation of summer in the outdoor pool increases significantly for him as well. “The combination suits me well. Plus, I am already looking forward to personally greeting and getting to know the many guests in the bathroom.”

By the way: the sale of seasonal tickets for the summer season has already begun.