Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while stocking shelves in the early hours, a Walgreens delivery driver noticed something peculiar. The air seemed to hum with an unfamiliar tune—a soft, rhythmic beeping that grew louder as he approached the pharmacy counter. Curious, he followed the sound and found a small digital thermometer stuck to the underside of the counter. It kept falling off but always managed to land on its feet like some determined little robot. After a few minutes of amusement, the driver gently picked it up and placed it back where it belonged—only for it to start beeping again from inside one of the medicine cabinets. Turns out, it was just a nosy old thermometer trying to keep everyone warm.

2. One night, as a Walgreens cashier was ringing up purchases, she heard an odd announcement over the intercom: ‘Attention customers—please be advised that our new shipment of Band-Aids is so small it can now fix both minor cuts and major heartbreaks.’ A few days later, when a regular customer came in with a huge gash on his arm, the cashier calmly said, 'No worries sir, I’ve got just the thing for your heartbreak too!' Turned out it was just a scratch from his bike ride, but he left smiling—and so did everyone else when they saw him wearing his brand-new bandage-embossed t-shirt.

3. In the dead of winter, when most people were bundled up and staying indoors, an elderly gentleman would emerge from his house every day at precisely 3 AM. He’d walk right past the sleeping neighborhood, down the quiet street, until he reached the lone open Walgreens. There, he’d buy just one thing before returning home. Finally, someone at Walgreens noticed him coming in daily and asked what he needed. Turned out, it was always the same—just a single pack of those tiny marshmallows for hot chocolate. The night shift manager joked that maybe they should start calling him ‘Mr. Hot Chocolate.’ And so, every morning, Mr. Hot Chocolate would arrive with his sleepy smile, grab his marshmallows, and head back home, leaving behind a warm legend in the town.

4. One day, while restocking the shelves after closing, a Walgreens employee found an old photo album hidden among the boxes of Band-Aids. Curious, they opened it—only to discover that each page seemed to predict events happening later that week. The next morning, everyone in the store was buzzing with excitement. It turned out that one picture showed a neighbor wearing a funny hat, another predicted a delivery driver’s unusual outfit choice for the day. By Friday afternoon, when someone noticed the photo predicting the exact flavor of ice cream a regular customer would buy, everyone knew it wasn’t magic—it was just good ol’ fashioned luck and observation.