About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. A few months ago, while waiting for her turn in Hoag Urgent Care’s lobby, a regular noticed something peculiar on the receptionist’s desk—a small, handwritten sign that read ‘Free Stickers: Ask Nurse Sarah.’ No one had ever mentioned it before. Soon after, an older gentleman approached the desk and asked sweetly, ‘Excuse me, Nurse Sarah? I’d love some of those stickers for my grandkids!’ The receptionist smiled and said, ‘Just come back later, sir—Nurse Sarah is on break until lunchtime.’ The man nodded understandingly and left, muttering under his breath, ‘Well, I’ll just have to be patient then…’
2. While standing in line at Hoag Urgent Care one morning, a regular asked the nurse: ‘Do you ever wonder why they call it urgent care if everyone here seems so calm?’ The nurse smiled and replied, 'Well, sir, maybe it's because when you're sick or hurt, nothing else matters but getting better quickly.' Just then, a delivery driver walked in, holding his head and muttering, 'I think I just got hit by a flying clipboard!' Everyone burst out laughing.
3. While waiting for treatment at Hoag Urgent Care, a little girl pointed excitedly at the ceiling and whispered, ‘Mom, look, it’s dancing!’ Her mother glanced up to see what looked like tiny shadows moving across the fluorescent lights. As they watched closer, everyone in line started noticing these mysterious shapes. Turned out, an errant fly had gotten stuck inside one of the light fixtures, creating eerie silhouettes on the ceiling. The little girl giggled, her mom laughed, and soon enough, even the grumpiest patient cracked a smile. It was just another day at Hoag Urgent Care—where medical emergencies were few, but comedy was always around the corner.
4. On an unusually quiet Sunday afternoon, while waiting for his turn in Hoag Urgent Care's nearly empty lobby, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar on the wall clock. The minute hand seemed stuck between two numbers, as if it were frozen in time. Curious, he leaned closer and realized it read ‘9:8,’ not nine o’clock but nine minutes past eight! Everyone burst out laughing when he pointed it out—except for one nurse who just shook her head and said, 'Welcome to Hoag Urgent Care.'