Boots

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Boots Pharmacy, a regular customer noticed something peculiar one morning. While picking up his usual prescription, he overheard an announcement over the intercom: 'Attention, please! We’ve run out of Band-Aids in every color except pink.' The customer raised an eyebrow and thought nothing more of it until later that afternoon when his neighbor popped by for some band-aids too. ‘Out of luck,’ said the pharmacist with a smile. The neighbor looked puzzled, then exclaimed, ‘Pink ones?!’ Turns out, everyone wanted the same thing—a little touch of colour on their scrapes!’

2. At Boots Pharmacy, an elderly gentleman entered one afternoon with a puzzled expression on his face. ‘I just can’t figure it out,’ he said to the pharmacist. ‘Why does my prescription always taste like chocolate?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, ‘Sir, you see, that’s because your medicine is mixed with a small amount of chocolate syrup to make it easier for children to take.’ The old man looked thoughtful for a moment before laughing heartily. ‘Well then, I guess I’ll keep enjoying the treat!’

3. At Boots Pharmacy, a young delivery driver pulled up one day and exclaimed, ‘I can’t believe it’s raining pills!’ The pharmacist just smiled and replied, ‘Well, sonny, when it rains, it pours—especially here!’ A regular passing by chuckled and said, ‘Guess you better keep those umbrellas on hand.’ The delivery driver shook his head, laughing, as he drove off, muttering under his breath, ‘Next time I’ll check the weather forecast before making my rounds.’

4. At Boots Pharmacy, a neighborhood kid was browsing through the aisles after hours. Suddenly, he overheard two old bottles whispering to each other. Curious, he leaned closer and heard one bottle say, ‘I’m due for retirement soon.’ The other replied, ‘Don’t be so hasty—there’s still plenty of aspirin in you yet!’ The kid laughed so hard that he nearly dropped his box of throat lozenges. As he left, he swore the bottles were rolling their eyes at him.