Walgreens

OMG this is downright frightening. There are sketchy characters lurking in the parking lot. It appears as if they are plotting some kind of pain killer scam. I feel so sorry for the employees here. Avoid this place if at all possible.

This is Fellini Walgreens; expect the full hippie-​hobo experience. The deodorant is locked up and the door has a sign stating no hoodies or sunglasses permitted inside. If you’re looking for new life experiences, try striking up a conversation with someone waiting in line at the pharmacy.

I literally live two blocks up from this store and I avoid it like the plague. Never mind the fact that numerous criminal acts of violence have occurred in the parking lot, or that it gets robbed at a consistency that almost feels comical at this point, but the store insists on having the most unqualified personnel imaginable manning the checkout. At the risk of sounding ageist, there are simply jobs that older people with clearly arthritic conditions are not all that great at doing — and quickly getting customers through the checkout line is one of them. This wouldn’t be so maddening if there were a place to put your purchases while you wait (often up to ten mins from joining the line to actually getting to the counter), but you’re left holding them to the point of near agony. And the clerks are basically clueless that the long line of people would like to, you know, not be standing in a line for hours, so they think nothing of chatting it up with whomever happens to be lucky enough to have finally made it to the counter, thereby making the wait even longer for everyone behind them.
And hey, how about that pharmacy! It’s just as bad. Always, always a wait, and their reliance on an automated phone refill service is misguided at best. On at least two occasions, I used the service and received a call to tell me my prescription was ready for pickup, only to arrive and have the pharmacy techs have ZERO idea what i was talking about. I even tried using the drive-​thru pharmacy once after the automated service assured me my scrip was ready, only to sit — blocked in — at the drive-​thru for (not kidding!) half an hour while the car in front of me dealt with this store’s incompetence. And the best part? After waiting half an hour for a scrip I was told was ready — guess what! They had no idea what I was talking about.
A MOUNTAIN of no to this Walgreens. I’m still shocked Walgreens corporate hasn’t burned this store to the ground and started over from scratch. It could only be an improvement.