Mercury Drug

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when Mercury Drug closed its doors, a strange thing happened in the empty aisles. A little boy, visiting with his family, heard a soft click and turned around to see an old bottle slowly rolling down the shelf. It stopped right next to him, as if waiting. Curious, he bent down and picked up the bottle—it was filled with glittering liquid. Just then, an elderly voice whispered, ‘Finally someone notices!’ Startled, our young hero looked up to see an ancient pharmacist smiling from behind the counter. The old man winked and said, “Don’t worry, kid—just another one of my pranks.”

2. One morning, a delivery driver groaned as he unlocked the pharmacy's back door. ‘Why does it always rain on me?’ he muttered, glancing up at the dripping sky. But what caught his eye wasn’t the weather—it was the sign above him that read MERCURY DRUG, now glowing softly despite the storm. As he reached for the door handle, something odd happened—the soft glow from MERCURY DRUG seemed to follow him inside like an invisible friend. Confused but intrigued, our delivery driver glanced around and noticed an elderly gentleman smiling knowingly behind the counter. 'Welcome,' said the neighborly pharmacist, 'MERCURY DRUG is never closed—just ask anyone who’s ever needed a late-night aspirin!'

3. At dawn, when Mercury Drug’s neon sign flickered on, an old man shuffled into the parking lot. He’d been coming here for decades, but today something felt different—his reflection in the pharmacy window seemed to follow him everywhere. Finally, he noticed that his reflection was just a distorted image of the pharmacy’s vintage mirror. With a smile, he entered and asked the pharmacist for some aspirin. ‘Same as always,’ he said, and everyone laughed—even the reflection did.

4. Late one night, after Mercury Drug had locked up for the day, a delivery driver noticed something odd. A handwritten note taped to the front door read: ‘Open only if you know the password.’ Curious, he peered inside and found the place empty—except for a small slip of paper on the counter that said: “The password is always changing.” Finally, an old man in a wheelchair rolled in, holding a bag of groceries. He looked around suspiciously and whispered, 'Today's password must be "bananas", because everyone knows that’s what they give away for free.' The delivery driver cracked up laughing as he watched the old guy walk out with a smile, thinking he'd solved the mystery.