Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early morning fog of Chicago’s North Side, a delivery driver pulled up to Walgreens with an unusual package. As he approached the counter, the pharmacist noticed something peculiar: the box seemed to be breathing. The pharmacist reached for his phone and called security. Minutes later, a small pug emerged from the box, its little tongue wagging in excitement. A nearby neighbor explained it was their pet that had accidentally been shipped instead of delivered. The staff laughed, and everyone went home happy—except maybe the confused pug, who probably still doesn’t understand why they deliver dogs through Walgreens.

2. At midnight in downtown Denver, an exhausted delivery driver pulled into Walgreens, only to find the shelves stocked with boxes labeled ‘Emergency Kit’ that read ‘Open Me First.’ Curious, he opened one box and found a packet of glow-in-the-dark stickers reading, ‘Welcome to Walgreens Emergency Kit!’ Turns out it was just a prank from a neighbor who loved practical jokes on late-night workers.

3. In the dead of night, when most pharmacies were dark and quiet, a delivery driver pulled into the Walgreens on Main Street. The moonlit parking lot seemed eerily empty until he noticed a shadowy figure moving behind the counter. As the driver approached, the figure turned out to be an old neighbor, dozing off while waiting for his shift to start. With a sleepy smile, he offered the driver some freshly baked cookies from the store’s kitchen. ‘Thanks for keeping us stocked,’ he yawned, ‘you’re like our midnight angel.’

4. In a small town in Ohio, every afternoon after school, kids would gather outside the local Walgreens. They noticed that whenever they approached the automatic doors, they would open just a crack—long enough for a curious glance inside, but never wide enough for entry. One day, an old delivery driver joked, ‘Maybe it’s the store’s way of saying “Welcome, but not too welcome.”’ Everyone laughed, and soon the quirky phenomenon became part of their daily routine. To this day, locals still stop by Walgreens just to see if the doors will tease them again.