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CP: Welcome. 

Demands A Miracle Now: I need the Heavy Duty Flu Shot. 

CP: I can use an 18g needle to administer it but that's as heavy duty as we get here. 

DAMN: No. I need the high dose flu shot. 

CP: Oh. In that case, we are out of stock. 

DAMN: When will you get more?

CP: I have no idea. 

DAMN: You suck. 

CP: Well, it is the middle third of November; the month after the unofficial month for flu shots. 

DAMN: This is ridiculous!

CP: Did you learn a lesson today?

DAMN: Yeah. Not to get my shot here. 

CP: Wrong lesson. How about "Premature Inoculation"?

DAMN: What? I don't have that. 

CP: No. Premature Inoculation; getting your shot earlier in the season, say September, when most pharmacies still have the shot in stock.

DAMN: I don't want it too early. It needs to last all year. 

CP: Any time during peak shot months (September or October) is perfect; though I would encourage late September. And that's like knowing your grandkids want the new, hottest toy-of-the-year and waiting until Christmas Eve to buy it. Tis the season. Or using a condom after you're pregnant. Or turning on your turn signal halfway into the turn.

DAMN: I'm never getting my shot here again!

CP: If you didn't actually get one today, is that really a threat? I wonder how many places you visited who gave you the same answer. 

DAMN: This is my 4th pharmacy today that doesn't have it!

CP: Here endeth the lesson.*

*If you choose to wait, it may be too late.