As rare as hen’s teeth

My husband went into Boots today to get some Lfts and encountered an extremely angry man who had been to two chemists to try to get a box of Lfts as he was going to visit his daughter in Yorkshire tomorrow and wanted to make sure he was safe, and they both told him he couldn’t have a box as he didn’t have a QR code!! Poor guy was so cross, he hadn’t got a smart phone so how was he supposed to get a QR code. He tried to ring 119 where they give you a number but gave up after 40 mins! The guy in Boots relented. What madness is this that they are making it so difficult to keep yourself safe. Is there a black market in these things?