Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. Late one night, as an overnight delivery driver pulled up to Walgreens, he noticed something peculiar. The air seemed to hum with an odd, almost musical buzzing sound—like thousands of tiny bees had taken over the pharmacy. Curious, he peered inside and saw nothing but shelves filled with medicines and empty aisles. Just then, a regular customer walked in, whistling a jaunty tune. ‘What’s that noise?’ asked the driver. ‘Oh,’ said the customer, ‘that’s just my new hearing aid. It’s supposed to be like that.’ They both laughed, and the strange humming faded away into the familiar background chatter of late-night pharmacies.

2. Late one night, as an overnight delivery driver pulled up to Walgreens, he heard something unusual over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention, neighbors! We’ve run out of Band-Aids again—please bring your own!’ The delivery driver laughed and shook his head, thinking it was some prank. But then he noticed a familiar face peering through the window—a regular customer who always brought homemade cookies for staff gatherings. With a smile, she waved him in and whispered, 'They’re just having another one of their famous Walgreens emergencies!'

3. Late one morning, as a neighborhood jogger passed by Walgreens, he saw something odd: a small bird had somehow managed to get stuck inside the automatic door. The jogger gently opened the door and freed the little fellow, who fluttered outside with a grateful chirp. A few minutes later, a delivery driver walked in, completely oblivious to the recent event, and asked the pharmacist, ‘Anything unusual happen here today?’

4. Late one afternoon, as a little girl walked into Walgreens with her mom, she stopped abruptly and pointed at the ceiling. ‘Mommy, why is that man waving at us from above?’ The mother looked up and saw nothing but shelves stocked with medicines. She smiled gently, ‘Honey, it’s just an old poster of a pharmacist, trying to help people like him always does.’ The little girl nodded thoughtfully, then giggled, ‘But Mommy, he looks so happy!’ And they both laughed, realizing sometimes happiness is in the eye of the beholder—even if it’s on someone’s ceiling.