It’s just another whack with a bommy knocker

• Published date: 17 February 2022
• Publication title: Mountain Scene

I know some of you, well, most of you if the comments section is representative of the wider public view (a chat for another day), think this is all a storm in a teacup and mighty hoo-ha over a ‘‘cold’’

I don’t have a view either way on that.

But for those of you who, still, are struggling to understand what the ‘‘big fuss’’ is all about and why Queenstown’s ‘‘whinging again’’, look at our place right now.

Go for a wee wander around the CBD at 7pm.

In less than seven days, this ‘‘cold’’ has virtually shut our town centre down due to the government’s response to it, affecting every industry and bringing our economy to a grinding halt.

The worst thing is knowing we’re now on the Omi-go-round.

There’ll be many of us who, once we’ve either recovered or had to isolate, will go back to work and, almost inevitably, find ourselves having to go through the whole dog’s breakfast again.

Already, a desire to avoid that, is seeing people being, well, creative, because they can’t afford to have mass staff absence.

You need look no further than...