Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when most Walgreens are still quiet, a delivery driver noticed something odd: the automatic doors kept opening and closing on their own. Curious, he approached closer and saw an old tabby cat sitting in front of the door, blinking sleepily. The cat yawned, stretched, then walked inside as if it owned the place. From that day on, locals joked that Walgreens had hired its very own night-time janitor—an independent contractor with nine lives.

2. In the dead of night, when even Walgreens seems asleep, an overnight stocker heard strange whispers coming from the medicine aisle. Curious, he crept closer and saw only bottles gently shifting on their shelves. Turns out, it was just a delivery driver humming an old tune while rearranging samples. The next morning, everyone laughed it off as another late-night Walgreens adventure.

3. Late one afternoon, while restocking shelves, a young clerk found an unusual item in the medicine aisle—a small, handwritten sign that read ‘Free samples inside.’ Curious, he opened the nearest cabinet and discovered dozens of candy bars hidden behind boxes of aspirin. Smiling, he took a few candies for himself before closing everything back up. From then on, whenever anyone asked about free samples, he’d just wink and say it was a secret stash from a regular customer. And so, for years, Walgreens became known as the place where you could always score a surprise candy bar—if you knew the right person.

4. Late one morning, while waiting for his prescription, a regular asked Walgreens staff: ‘Why do you always seem so busy on Sundays?’ A smiling pharmacist leaned over the counter and whispered conspiratorially, ‘Because, sir, it’s the only day of the week when we get to see our families!’ The regular laughed heartily and shook his head, glad he’d stopped in for that refill.