Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, a delivery driver pulled up outside Walgreens and noticed something odd: the neon sign above the door seemed to flicker in time with the heartbeat of an old man standing nearby. Curious, he walked over and asked if everything was okay. The old man smiled faintly and said, 'Just waiting for my prescription.' Turned out the neon sign was just on its last legs, and the old man's heart had been keeping perfect time with it for years. Everyone got a good laugh, including the pharmacist who’d never seen such dedication.

2. Late one night, an overnight stocker heard a strange humming coming from inside Walgreens. Curious, he peered into the shadows and saw… nothing but flickering lights and a faint, rhythmic beeping. As he approached the sound, he noticed that the beeping was actually coming from a small, glowing pill bottle on the shelf. Turns out, it was just a new medication with a built-in reminder feature. The stocker laughed, thinking how some medicines these days are smarter than their customers—until his coffee kicked in and he realized it was almost morning.

3. In the early hours of morning, a pharmacist finishing her shift caught a whiff of something peculiar—a faint scent of freshly baked cookies wafting through the air vents. Curious, she followed the scent down the hallway and found it was coming from the break room. Inside, an elderly delivery driver was napping with a plate of cookies on his lap, oblivious to the commotion. The pharmacist couldn’t help but smile—apparently, someone had mistakenly delivered fresh-baked goods instead of prescriptions.

4. In the dead of night, a neighborhood watchman patrolling near Walgreens swore he saw a shadowy figure darting in and out of the pharmacy's darkened windows. Curious, he followed the silhouette inside, only to find an old auntsie dozing off behind the counter with her nose buried in a romance novel. Turns out, she’d been working double shifts and had fallen asleep on the job—with the lights off for dramatic effect.