Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Walgreens with an unusual package. As he approached the counter, the pharmacist raised an eyebrow and asked, 'Is that a new kind of vitamin?' The delivery driver smiled sheepishly and replied, ‘No, it’s not vitamins—it’s a shipment of glow-in-the-dark condoms.’ The pharmacist blinked a few times before laughing heartily and saying, ‘I see… well, better stock them in the back then!’

2. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Walgreens with an unusual package. The store manager glanced curiously as he signed for it, but nothing seemed out of place until the announcement over the intercom: ‘Attention all employees—we now have a live penguin in the back room.’ The next morning, everyone was buzzing about the penguin. Turns out, it was a misdelivered pet from a local zoo. The manager decided to keep him for a day, hoping his owner would come looking. By afternoon, a little boy walked in, crying and calling for his lost friend. The penguin waddled right up to him, causing everyone in the store to laugh. Since then, customers joke that Walgreens is also the neighborhood’s unofficial penguin sanctuary.

3. Early in the morning, when most people were still asleep, a delivery driver pulled up to Walgreens with a strange box marked ‘Do Not Open Before Dawn.’ The delivery driver carefully placed the box inside and left without saying a word. Later that day, a regular customer noticed something unusual—a small package wrapped in brown paper had appeared on the counter. Curious, she opened it to find a handwritten note: 'For emergencies only—open during daylight hours.' Inside was a bag of freshly baked cookies.

4. Early one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Walgreens with something wrapped in brown paper so tightly even Santa would envy it. Carefully unwrapping the package, he exclaimed, 'What on earth is this?' Turns out, someone had mistakenly sent them an entire shipment of birthday balloons instead of medicine. The neighborhood kids were overjoyed, and Walgreens became known as the place where even your delivery could be a surprise party!'