People & Living

These Zurich residents don’t have normal 9-to-5 jobs

They perform magic, tail suspects, tie rich people’s shoelaces or accompany expectant couples throughout a pregnancy: four individuals from Zurich tell us about their unusual professions.

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‘I mustn’t let anything give me the creeps’

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Instead of retiring, Louisa Erismann trained to become a private detective. She knows that if an affair is suspected, the story rarely ends happily for her clients.

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‘I am always on call’

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Butler Julia Brinkmann works for the super-rich from all over the world. The fact that some even want her to tie their shoelaces is not an issue for this woman, who has made Zurich her home.

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‘The only way to improve is by making mistakes’

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The magician Pat Perry is not afraid of slip-ups – he also believes the only route to success is through hard work. This is a lesson he also teaches his student magicians.

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‘I stay until the baby is born’

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With neither a rota nor a shift schedule, 55 year old Corina Rose Macsay stays by a woman’s side through the pregnancy and birthing process.