Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Walgreens on Main Street, a regular customer noticed something peculiar one morning. ‘Hey,’ he said aloud, ‘why is there always an empty shopping basket in aisle three?’ Curious, our regular followed the empty basket down the aisles until it stopped outside the baby products section. There, leaning against a box of diapers, stood a sleepy-eyed delivery driver with his headphones still on. 'Morning,' he yawned, 'thought I'd leave you guys some free advertising.'

2. At Walgreens in downtown Chicago, a delivery driver asked curiously one afternoon: 'Why does every fifth box of Band-Aids disappear?' A pharmacist with a twinkle in his eye replied, ‘Simple, my friend. Every fifth customer is our neighborhood kid who takes them for water balloons.’ The delivery driver nodded wisely and left, never suspecting the truth behind those missing Band-Aids.

3. At Walgreens near the park, every morning around sunrise, someone hears a faint humming sound coming from inside the pharmacy. One day, an excited delivery driver rushed in, asking everyone if they’d heard it too. Turned out, his truck had a faulty horn that only played at dawn. Since then, whenever anyone hears the humming, they wave and smile, knowing it’s just Walgreens’ friendly alarm clock.

4. At dawn, when most pharmacies are quiet, an elderly woman enters Walgreens with her shopping basket full of unusual items—sunscreen, umbrellas, and rain boots. The cashier raises an eyebrow but never questions it. She pays in pennies, which she meticulously counts from a large jar. The cashier smiles knowingly, having seen her do this every month for years. As she leaves, she whispers to herself, ‘Rainy days always come sooner than expected.’