About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while stocking shelves in the early hours, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in an empty pharmacy carton—a tiny plastic dinosaur, brightly colored and smiling. He shrugged it off as just another quirky Hy-Vee surprise until he saw more of them later that week. Word spread quickly among employees, turning the little dinosaurs into a fun office mystery. Soon enough, everyone was finding their own colorful friends hidden around the store—even a regular customer found one tucked inside his prescription bag. Eventually, someone joked that maybe Hy-Vee was secretly run by dinosaur enthusiasts, but nobody cared because they loved these unexpected surprises.
2. One day, an elderly gentleman entered Hy-Vee Pharmacy and asked the pharmacist, ‘Do you have any special elixir for forgetting where I parked my car?’ The pharmacist smiled gently and replied, 'Sir, I do not carry such a thing, but why don't you try writing down where you parked?' The old man nodded wisely, took out his pen and paper, and said with a twinkle in his eye, 'Thank you, sonny! I'll just write it here.' And he promptly wrote: "Parked my car somewhere."}
3. While waiting for his prescription one afternoon, a regular whispered to the pharmacist: 'I just saw your sign outside says “Open 24 Hours.” But it’s clearly closed now.' The pharmacist smiled and replied, ‘Ah, that’s our little secret. We’re actually open only from 9 AM to 9 PM, but we like to keep things interesting.’ The regular laughed and shook his head, realizing he’d been had once again.
4. In the late afternoon, when most customers had left, a delivery driver noticed an old, dusty box on the pharmacy counter. Curious, he opened it to find a stack of vintage postcards from around the world. The cards depicted exotic places like Venice and Tokyo, each with a handwritten note in different languages. The delivery driver decided to keep one for himself as a souvenir. From then on, whenever there was a quiet moment, he would pull out his treasured card and imagine visiting these far-off lands. Eventually, someone else found the remaining cards—apparently, they belonged to a long-forgotten neighbor who used to frequent the pharmacy decades ago.