Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Thanks for that, I will try and book one up

I got a booster a few weeks ago by going with my wife to have her flu jab. I was sitting there minding my own business, having decided not to try to blag one, but they wouldn't let me say no ...

• Have you had your booster?
  
• No, I'm not eligible yet
  
• You're not 50? [Cheek!] Are you 50 by March?
  
• No
  
• Would you like it?
  
• Well, yes, but I'm pretty sure I'm not eligible
  
• Go and see the nurse. She'll sort you out. She'll find a way.
  
  

Sure enough ...

• Are you sure you're not 50? [!!!]
  
• Um ...
  
• 50 by March?
  
• No, but, um, my mother's quite elderly
  
• Do you live with her?
  
• No, but ...
  
• Are you her carer?
  
• Er, no, um, I suppose I provide some care
  
• That'll do. Do you know your NHS number?
  
  

They didn't ask, and I didn't say, that any care I offer my mother is by phone, from 400 miles away. (Though I have been to stay with her twice since getting the jab, and I didn't feel remotely guilty anyway.)