The Promedol Is Out of Stock

Text on the meme

— Promedol. I need promedol! I’ll shoot you right now! — So what? We don’t have any. You’ll shoot me - and then what, it’ll magically appear? — So there won’t be any promedol? — There won’t be any promedol anyway. — Alright then.

What it means

A CCTV-style video in a pharmacy shows an armed customer demanding Promedol and threatening to shoot the worker. The worker calmly explains that shooting him will not make the unavailable medicine magically appear, so the customer simply leaves. The joke is the absurdly practical response to an exaggerated threat and the punchline that the medicine will be unavailable either way. EN: A CCTV-style video in a pharmacy shows an armed customer demanding Promedol and threatening to shoot the worker. The worker calmly explains that shooting him will not make the unavailable medicine magically appear, so the customer simply leaves. The joke is the absurdly practical response to an exaggerated threat and the punchline that the medicine will be unavailable either way.

Objects

pharmacy / аптека security camera view / изображение с камеры наблюдения armed man in black clothes / вооружённый мужчина в чёрной одежде pharmacy worker in gray shirt / работник аптеки в серой рубашке handgun / пистолет medicine counter / прилавок с лекарствами red checkout counter / красная касса medicine shelves / полки с лекарствами white waiting chairs / белые стулья для ожидания glass entrance door / стеклянная входная дверь floor tiles / напольная плитка black doormat / чёрный коврик threatening gesture / угрожающий жест person leaving / уходящий человек