Westside Pharmacy

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Westside Pharmacy, every morning begins with a strange ritual. A little boy, no older than five, enters just as the doors open and walks straight to the same aisle. Each day he carefully picks up a box of Band-Aids, looks around nervously, then hurries out without saying a word. One morning, an exhausted delivery driver asked the pharmacist if they’d seen a kid running in yesterday. ‘Oh yes,’ smiled the pharmacist. ‘He came in again last night—ran right past us, grabbed some Band-Aids, looked scared, then dashed home.’ The driver shook his head: ‘I saw him too—he’s been doing that for weeks now!’ Turns out, it was just a neighborhood kid playing hide-and-seek, and everyone at Westside Pharmacy had become his unknowing accomplices.

2. At Westside Pharmacy, an old delivery truck parked one day with its rear door ajar. Inside, amidst boxes of medicine and supplies, lay a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper and sealed with string. No one noticed it until a regular customer spotted something odd while waiting for his prescription. Curious, the customer asked the pharmacist to open it. Turns out, it was just a box of expired cough syrup and some old Band-Aids. The delivery driver had left it there during his lunch break. Everyone laughed, especially when they found a note inside that read: ‘Sorry, couldn’t resist leaving my lunch here!’

3. At Westside Pharmacy, a sign above the counter reads: ‘If you see something unusual, say something normal.’ One afternoon, a regular noticed that the cash register started ringing softly whenever he walked past it. Curious, he told the pharmacist, who shrugged and said it happened occasionally. Soon enough, everyone in town was walking near the register just for fun. Then one day, a delivery driver accidentally set off the alarm while loading groceries. The whole neighborhood came running, thinking there was another strange occurrence. Turns out, it was just an overzealous cat trying to steal some treats from the delivery bag.

4. At Westside Pharmacy, afternoons often start with a peculiar humming sound. It comes from the back room, where an elderly pharmacist works alone. No one knows whose it is, but everyone in the neighborhood has heard it—an eerie melody that seems to sing out the names of forgotten remedies. One day, a delivery driver arrived with a crate marked ‘Special Ingredients.’ The old man glanced curiously as he placed it on the counter. Later, when no one was watching, he opened it and found nothing but packets of sugar labeled ‘Syrup of Ipecac.’ Everyone laughed when they saw him handing them out with a straight face, whispering, 'For your occasional upset tummy.'