Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the shelves were almost empty and only a few customers lingered, an elderly gentleman would appear in the aisles of Walgreens. He’d carefully scan the shelves for something—a bottle of vitamins perhaps—or whisper into his phone before disappearing as mysteriously as he came. One evening, a delivery driver noticed the old man chatting with a nearby shelf of band-aids. Curious, he asked what he needed. The man replied softly, 'Just checking if these still come in neon colors.' Turns out, they didn’t—and neither did the old guy after that, blending seamlessly back into the shadows.

2. In the early morning hours, when Walgreens was quiet and dimly lit, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar on the shelf: a small box labeled ‘Emergency Napping Kit’. No one seemed to know where it came from or why it appeared. Curious, he opened it and found nothing but an old newspaper clipping of a local festival and a note reading: 'For those nights you just can’t stay awake.' The next day, everyone in town had one on their desk—except for the night-shift employees who finally got some much-deserved rest.'

3. In the late afternoon, when the store was nearly deserted, a little girl entered the pharmacy with her grandmother. As she approached the counter, she pointed excitedly at one of the bottles on display. "Grandma, what’s that funny-shaped pill for?" The pharmacist smiled and explained, ‘It’s a special candy, dear.’ The girl looked puzzled but took it anyway. Later, as they left, their neighbor waved and said, ‘I see you got your sugar pill today!’

4. In the middle of the night, when Walgreens was closed but for one lone security guard, a package arrived unexpectedly. Inside was an old, dusty kite, wrapped in mysterious packaging. The guard took it upon himself to hang the kite outside, hoping it would bring good luck to the store. The next morning, everyone found out that the kite had flown straight into the pharmacist’s office and landed on top of a bottle of aspirin—comically titled ‘Feel Better Fast.’