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"The instructions were clear": Djokovic journo speaks out

<p dir="ltr">The French journalist who interviewed Novak Djokovic while the tennis star was Covid positive, was told not to ask the Serb about his vaccination status.</p> <p dir="ltr">Franck Ramella from French publication <em>L’Equipe </em>interviewed Novak in Belgrade on December 18th, two days after Djokovic had tested positive for the deadly virus.</p> <p dir="ltr">Ramella wrote, “The instructions were clear — no questions about vaccination.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The French journalist said the topic was clearly “very sensitive”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“So we didn’t ask him if he had made efforts to get tested. If we had asked him, what would have been the point?” he added.</p> <p dir="ltr">Writing for the paper on Wednesday, Ramella said the photographer from <em>L’Equipe </em>asked Novak to remove his mask for a photo, to which he refused, before taking a photo unmasked later in the proceedings.</p> <p dir="ltr">Ramella was only made aware of Novak’s positive diagnosis three weeks after the interview, but had luckily tested negative after being in contact with him.</p> <p dir="ltr">Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic told the <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59958662" target="_blank">BBC</a> that if Novak went out knowing he had a positive PCR result, it would be a “clear breach” of Serbia’s Covid restrictions.<br />“If you’re positive you have to be in isolation,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">The maximum sentence under Serbia’s criminal code for failure to act pursuant to health regulations during epidemic is three years imprisonment.</p> <p dir="ltr">During an interview on Wednesday, Djokovic said he made an “error in judgement” in going ahead with the interview in December.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I felt obliged to go ahead and conduct the <em>L’Equipe</em> interview as I didn’t want to let the journalist down but did ensure I socially distanced and wore a mask except when my photograph was being taken,” Djokovic said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“On reflection, this was an error of judgment and I accept that I should have rescheduled this commitment.”</p> <p dir="ltr">This “error in judgement” from the tennis champion has been described as “deeply concerning” by the International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA).</p> <p dir="ltr">“The news that Novak Djokovic did not tell one of our members — and the rest of the L’Equipe team on the day — that he had tested positive for Covid-19 is deeply concerning,” an ITWA statement read on Thursday.</p> <p dir="ltr">“As journalists, we take great care to adhere to all Covid-19 rules in place, and we would expect all players to do the same.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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This airline has just instructed "obese" employees to lose weight

<p>Pakistan’s national flag carrier has reportedly told “obese” flight attendants to lose weight or risk being grounded.</p> <p>The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) issued a memo to its 1,800 staff that cabin crew with “excess weight” will have six months to slim down or they will not be given clearance to fly.</p> <p>Aamir Bashir, the airline’s general manager, said any crew found to be above 30 pounds from the “desired weight” after January 31 will be grounded and referred for medical evaluation and treatment until “weight is reduced up to desired standard/BMI”. The excess weight limit will then be cut down by 5 pounds per month.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Lose weight, or lose your job: Pakistan International Airlines 'tells overweight cabin crew they need to shed up to 30lbs by July or face being grounded' <a href="https://t.co/iGf0sUgKVM">pic.twitter.com/iGf0sUgKVM</a></p> — ABC (@farhanjamil1975) <a href="https://twitter.com/farhanjamil1975/status/1082252961747734528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">7 January 2019</a></blockquote> <p>PIA also issued a suggested weight chart according to the crew’s height. For example, the guide for a woman of 5 feet 7 inches height (1.7m) is 133 to 147 pounds (60 to 67 kilograms).</p> <p>Around 100 of the crew will need to lose all the excess weight by July 1 to avoid being grounded, according to PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajwar.</p> <p>He told CNN that the policy was to ensure that the cabin crew remain “slim, smart and fit”, following apparent complaints about “obese” flight attendants. “No one would like to have shabby crew in the aircraft,” said Tajwar.</p> <p>This is not the first time an airline has applied weight standards for its aircraft employees. Air India grounded its flight attendants in 2006 and 2015 for being overweight. In November, India’s aviation regulator set a Body Mass Index (BMI) norm of 18 to 25 for pilots and crews.</p>

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Disgust after customer finds gross instruction on burger receipt

<p>One man has been left feeling sick after discovering a gross instruction on his burger receipt.</p> <p>On June 17, Curtis Mays from New York visited the Bohemian Hall and beer Garden in Astoria, NYC.</p> <p>When the man had finished his chicken burger, he looked over the receipt and found that one ingredient he had not requested was added to his meal.</p> <p>Along with his cheddar cheese, mayo, toasted bread, caramelised onions and a side of onion rings, was a note to "add spit".</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="499" height="390" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7819262/1_499x390.jpg" alt="1 (156)"/></p> <p>“I ate my burger already, I felt like I was gonna throw up,” Curtis told <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://abc11.com/3615399/" target="_blank">ABC 11</a></strong></span>.</p> <p>“I asked her [the server], ‘Why would you do this?’ And she couldn’t explain it. She said she didn’t do it, so I was like ‘Who prints out the receipt?’ So she said, ‘I take it up there and print it myself.’ I said, ‘So you did it? Why are you lying about it?’ She just walked off,” he added.</p> <p>Curtis then immediately went to the manager to discuss the instruction to “add spit” that was found on his receipt.</p> <p>“He was saying, ‘How can we compensate you?’ I was like, ‘How can you compensate somebody for spitting on your food? I ate this already,’” Curtis said.</p> <p>The waitress was fired on the spot and Curtis received a full refund for his meal.</p> <p>The managed told the ABC that although the incident was “unacceptable”, it is “very unlikely” one of the chefs actually spat in the burger.</p> <p>What is your worst restaurant horror story? Let us know in the comments below. </p>

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15 kids who took instructions a bit too literally

<p>Kids can be awfully cheeky when they want to, and while occasionally it gets them into trouble, most of the time it simply makes us giggle. Whether it’s creatively completing their homework or finding silly ways to follow their parents’ orders, these kids sure know how to take instructions seriously.</p> <ol> <li>“Not exactly what I had in mind when I told my son it was too nice out to play games inside.”</li> <li>“Took my son to a modern art museum and told him that he needs to really think about the art and what they are trying to say. I am not sure, but I think I have a smartass on my hands.”</li> <li>“My friend's daughter taking the instructions literally.”</li> <li>“This isn't exactly what we meant when we told him that he could look up puppy training tips on YouTube.”</li> <li>“We told our three-year-old that new year’s is special because you get to toast to a new year. A few hours later she said, ‘are we gonna make toast now?!’ and thus a new year’s day tradition was born.”</li> <li>“My kid said I gave her too many grapes. I said just eat half of them.”</li> <li>“Toddler was asked to feed the cat.”</li> <li>“Bring a fish to school day.”</li> <li>“One of them finally cracked the code.”</li> <li>“When your sister uses deodorant for the first time and gets the ruler out because ‘it's got to be 15cm away’.”</li> </ol> <p>Did your kids or grandkids ever take your instructions a little too literally? Share your stories with us in the comments below.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2017/02/children-get-intelligence-genes-from-their-mothers/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Children get intelligence genes from their mothers</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2017/01/photos-show-what-kids-do-when-left-alone/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>15 hilarious photos show what kids do when left alone</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2017/01/signs-your-grandchild-is-being-bullied/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>4 signs your grandchild is being bullied</strong></em></span></a></p>

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