So much for the Prime Minister’s kindness message. Aucklanders are now being treated like proverbial lepers by others in the rest of the country.
A Dunedin pizza restaurant has placed a temporary ban on all customers from Auckland over Covid fears.
A couple on a South Island road trip say they weren’t allowed inside Biggie’s Pizza for a drink once they revealed they came from Auckland, despite having left the northern region more than two weeks ago.
The disgruntled would-be diner and her partner were left shocked and angry by the blanket refusal, saying they had no links to any Covid cases and did not pose a health risk.
But the eatery, which is battling for survival, is making no apologies for their hardline stance banning Auckland patrons, saying they have the right to turn away customers to protect staff and the business.
During the current alert level 2 it was a matter of taking “extreme precautions” in case a person with links to Auckland where community transmission was still ongoing should bring Covid into their premises.
The 27-year-old woman, who had been in the South Island since the start of the month, said she was stunned when staff quizzed her about recent travel.
Questions included whether the couple had been to Auckland.
“We said yes. They asked us when was the last time we had been there and we told them September 1.”
At that point they were refused entry.
This is irrational behaviour which can be sheeted home to the scare tactics enlisted by the Prime Minister that has seen normally resilient Kiwis quiver in fear at home like a dog pooping razor blades.
More people have died on our roads this year, by a factor of ten, than have died from the Chinese plague. But we aren’t stopping anyone from driving are we?
It also goes against the Governments twin messaging of “kindness” and also touring in New Zealand.
So far we have had 1809 people officially recorded as infected, out of 5 million people. That is 0.03618% of the population. The chances of being snuck up on by this really tricky virus are miniscule.
This shitty behaviour from people elsewhere in the country can only be blamed on the Government’s stupid and irrational lockdown responses.
Of course, this behaviour will now just encourage lying with people saying they’re from anywhere except Auckland.
Or Aucklanders will just stop travelling to places we aren’t wanted and too bad if our economy suffers as a result. Can we really survive by ignoring 30% of the population?
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