Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Walgreens on Main Street, a regular customer noticed something strange one morning. ‘Hey,’ he called out to the pharmacist, ‘I just saw the same guy buying Band-Aids three times in a row!’ The pharmacist smiled and shook his head. ‘Oh, that’s our new delivery driver,’ he said. ‘He keeps coming back because he can never remember which hand he used last time!’

2. At Walgreens in downtown Chicago, a delivery driver parked his truck and stretched after a long day. Suddenly, he heard an unusual sound—like someone humming softly but out of tune. Curious, he looked around, only to discover that the melody came from inside the store. Curious, he slowly approached the source, thinking maybe it was just an employee singing along to their radio. To his surprise, nobody was there—the song kept playing on repeat, like an old cassette tape stuck on replay. Smiling, he shrugged it off as one of those quirky things that happen in big cities. On his way out, he waved goodbye to a regular customer who nodded knowingly, muttering something about ‘another day at Walgreens.’

3. At Walgreens near the park, an announcement came over the loudspeaker during closing hours: 'Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that tomorrow's opening will be delayed until further notice.' The next day, the sign outside read: "Opening Soon!" And it stayed like that for months. Finally, a concerned neighbor approached the manager and asked why they’d been closed so long. With a straight face, the manager replied, ‘We’ve been working on our secret recipe for a new flavor of cough syrup.’ Everyone laughed, including the delivery driver who had been dropping off supplies every week without noticing anything amiss.

4. At dawn, when most pharmacies are still quiet, a delivery driver arrived at Walgreens with a peculiar smile on his face. As he approached the counter, he whispered something to the night shift pharmacist, who nodded knowingly and began preparing an unusual mix of medicines. When dawn broke fully, customers started arriving, curious about the commotion. One old lady asked what was going on, and the pharmacist replied, 'Just our secret midnight remedy for early morning headaches.' Everyone laughed, including the delivery driver, who left with a wink and a new batch of mysterious deliveries.