{"id":102400,"date":"2020-05-16T15:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T22:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=102400"},"modified":"2020-05-16T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T22:38:40","slug":"new-zealand-pm-turned-away-from-cafe-due-to-social-distancing-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/05\/16\/new-zealand-pm-turned-away-from-cafe-due-to-social-distancing-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand PM turned away from cafe due to social distancing rules."},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Ceylon Today<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Nobody is exempt from coronavirus restrictions – not even the Prime Minister.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacinda Ardern was turned away from a Wellington cafe, Olive, Saturday (16) morning because it had already reached its limit of customers under social distancing rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A post about the incident on Twitter drew a sheepish reply from Jacinda Ardern’s partner Clarke Gayford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I have to take responsibility for this, I didn’t get organised and book anywhere,” he admitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wait, the story has a happy ending. Shortly after the first couple was turned away, space opened up, and staff from the restaurant caught up with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Was very nice of them to chase us down the street when a spot freed up. A+ service,” Gayford said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olive’s owner was bemused by the media attention, but told the Herald it was nice “after all the drama and stress” of the past two months to be talking about “something light-hearted and fun”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn’t want to give his name but confirmed Ardern was turned away by the restaurant manager, and then chased down the street a few minutes later when a table became free – something the owner said they did for other customers as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“She had a lovely brunch and left half an hour later. She was lovely with all the staff … [and] she was treated like a normal customer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wouldn’t say what the Prime Minister ordered at the restaurant, which describes itself online as “an institution on Wellington’s Cuba St”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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