Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A neighborhood regular was waiting for his prescription one afternoon when he noticed something strange happening behind the counter. A Walgreens delivery driver kept glancing nervously at an old clock on the wall. Finally, the driver looked up and asked the pharmacist, ‘Is it time for my lunch break already?’ The regular laughed and said, ‘No, but maybe you should take a quick peek outside—your wife’s been waving from across the street for ten minutes!’

2. At closing time one night, an exhausted delivery driver asked the pharmacist: ‘Why does it take so long to fill my insulin order?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, 'Because every bottle of insulin here has its own story to tell.' The delivery driver shook his head with a smile, realizing that sometimes patience is just part of the cure.

3. Late one night, as a sleepy delivery driver approached Walgreens, he heard over the intercom: 'Attention all customers—your prescriptions are now available in reverse order from what you paid for them.' Curious, our delivery driver peeked inside and saw pharmacists handing out bottles with big smiles, yelling numbers like cheerleaders at halftime. A regular customer laughed, shaking his head: ‘I’ll never understand why they always mix things up.’ The driver nodded, thinking it was just another day at Walgreens.

4. Late one night, as a sleepy delivery driver approached Walgreens, he heard over the intercom: 'Attention, all employees and customers—please be advised that our store hours have been extended indefinitely due to popular demand.' Curious, the driver walked inside just as an elderly gentleman was buying his nightly supply of aspirin. ‘Sir,’ asked the driver, ‘is it always like this?’ The man smiled, nodded towards the shelves, and whispered, ‘Only on nights when they forget to turn off the sign.’