Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Walgreens on Main Street, a regular customer noticed something odd one morning. ‘Hey,’ he said to the pharmacist, ‘why does the same old lady always buy exactly three packets of Band-Aids every Tuesday?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, ‘Oh, she’s just preparing for her weekly picnic with friends.’ The customer nodded, amused but not convinced—until he saw her leaving with three bottles of water and a bag of chips.

2. At dawn, when most Walgreens are still quiet, a delivery driver noticed an unusual shadow moving inside the store's empty aisles. Curious, he followed it and found only a dust bunny dancing in the sunlight streaming through the window. The delivery driver shook his head with a smile, thinking maybe the place needed some cheer up. From that day on, whenever things got slow, employees would leave the blinds open wide during morning breaks, inviting their neighbors for coffee outside—Walgreens became the friendliest drugstore around.

3. At Walgreens in downtown Chicago, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar one afternoon. As he loaded boxes onto the shelves, he spied a small, dusty jar labeled ‘Free Samples’—but it was filled not with candies or chocolates, but with old buttons and mismatched keys. Curious, he opened the jar and found an old keychain with his own apartment number engraved on it. Turns out, it was someone’s lost treasure trove of memories. A regular customer later confessed that she used to work there years ago and kept adding items from her neighbors as a quirky tradition. Everyone got a good laugh—and free samples of their favorite candy.

4. At Walgreens near the park, a delivery driver noticed something strange one night. The shelves seemed to rearrange themselves while he was stocking the aisles. Curious, he checked his watch—only seconds had passed. Next morning, no one else saw anything unusual. Maybe it was just the wind playing tricks on him, or perhaps the shelves were trying to tell him something. From then on, whenever a delivery driver worked late at Walgreens, they’d quietly whisper, ‘Watch out for those sneaky shelves!’