Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Walgreens on Main Street, a regular whispered to himself one morning as he waited in line: ‘I’m pretty sure that cashier just said “Band-Aids” when she meant “toothpaste.”’ Finally, an older gentleman behind him cleared his throat and asked with a twinkle in his eye, ‘Did you hear what she said? I thought she called it “superglue”!’ The regular laughed so hard he almost forgot why he was there in the first place.

2. At Walgreens in downtown Chicago, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar every Wednesday afternoon. A faint humming sound would echo through the aisles just before closing time. Curious, he followed the noise one day and found an old radio hidden behind some boxes. Turned out it was owned by a regular who used to work there decades ago. Every Wednesday, the radio would mysteriously tune itself to his favorite station—an oldies channel—and everyone in the store would laugh along as they closed up shop together.

3. At Walgreens near the park, an elderly gentleman muttered to no one in particular one day: 'I think I saw that same cashier working here when I was a kid.' A young delivery driver overheard him and smiled, thinking it must be some old-timer’s joke. Later that week, he saw the same cashier helping an older woman with her groceries. ‘Ma’am,’ he whispered, ‘aren’t you my great-grandma?’ The whole store burst into laughter, including the cashier who replied, ‘Young man, I’m not even your grandma!’

4. At Walgreens by the university, someone kept asking the same question over and over again: ‘Where do they keep the invisible band-aids?’ Finally, an exasperated pharmacist revealed that the ‘invisible band-aids’ were actually just regular ones in a new packaging. A relieved customer whispered to their friend, ‘I guess I’ll never know what those really looked like.’