Safeway Pharmacy Counter

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Safeway Pharmacy Counter, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. While waiting for his prescription, he heard an announcement over the intercom: ‘Attention please—we’ve run out of Band-Aids in every color except purple.’ The regular raised an eyebrow and thought, 'Huh, must be some kind of clerical error.' But when he checked with another pharmacist later that day, she nodded knowingly and whispered, 'It’s true—they’re out of everything but purple!' The story spread like wildfire among neighbors, who joked that Safeway was secretly stocking only their favorite color.

2. At Safeway Pharmacy Counter, an old bottle of aspirin caught a customer’s eye one day. It wasn’t just any bottle—it had a label that read ‘For Elephants Only.’ Curious, the customer asked the pharmacist what it was for. With a twinkle in his eye, the pharmacist replied, 'Well, sir, it's a special formula developed during WWII to ease the headaches of elephants working in the South Pacific.' The next day, a delivery driver joked, “I bet you sold that last pill to our neighbor—they’ve been grumpier than usual!”}

3. At Safeway Pharmacy Counter, a little girl pointed excitedly at a shelf one day. ‘Mommy,’ she whispered, ‘why do they sell Band-Aids that glow in the dark?’ Her mom smiled and gently replied, ‘Honey, those are for our neighbors’ pets when they get lost at night.’ The little girl nodded thoughtfully, then turned back with another question: ‘But why don’t they make them taste like cookies?’

4. At Safeway Pharmacy Counter, a delivery driver once found a mysterious package in the loading bay. Curious but cautious, he set it aside and continued his shift—only to discover the same enigmatic box the next day. Each time he reported it, someone else would find the same box empty the next morning. Finally, one day, a friendly janitor joked, ‘Maybe it’s your lucky charm!’ The delivery driver smiled, shook his head, and kept finding that empty box until, months later, it simply vanished.