CVS/pharmacy

A historic church was demolished to build this box, so I would hope that the box would at least give a decent CVS shopping experience, but nooooo. It does have a big parking lot that usually seems to be pretty empty, and I’d give the drive-​through pharmacy 4 stars because it’s efficient and convenient, but the rest of the store is a definite 2. Smaller than most of the CVS stores I’ve visited elsewhere and usually with a poor selection — maybe even some empty shelves — for the things people visit a drugstore to get, such as anti-​perspirant, moisturizers, dental care products, etc. They do manage to find room for like four or five aisles of seasonal junk at the front of the store, which doesn’t appeal to me much given that Lakewood already has about three dollar stores elsewhere and a much larger Drug Mart with similar junk across the street.
Two separate times I went in CVS hoping to find something I needed and they had none of it. Today I went looking for some denture cleaning tabs for an elderly relative, and they had NONE on the shelves. Like, the shelves in Oral Care were half empty. I had to stand around and wait until someone went to the back room to see if they have any because they were «redoing that section» and the person ended up pushing out a whole shopping cart of jumbled, disorganized denture products. I picked one out and asked the price and she hadn’t a clue in heck. Eyeroll time… but they sure had the shelves full of Halloween decorations in bang-​up order. I then asked if they had one of those plastic lidded containers that older people use to clean dentures and was told «We haven’t carried those in years.» Drug Mart ahoy… they have all the stuff you need over there, right across the street. The only reason I was even in CVS was I had a couple of store coupons to use up.
On top of that the security in this CVS seems non-​existent which is a concern considering the number of bike thieves, shoplifters and general low-​lifes who do questionable stuff at local drug stores, as shown by the local police blotter (although this location is much better than the Clifton one in that respect). Drug Mart has a security presence so I definitely feel better shopping there after dark.

I went into CVS specifically to use Kodak kiosk, I was having a bit of trouble downloading photos onto a picture disc, I asked this delightful lady who was, I believe to be the manager, her name was Mary. She was my hero. What took me 45mins to figure out,(I was too proud to ask for help from the start) Mary did it in 15. She was very kind, patient, and professional. Mary had her hands full helping me and still made sure people were helped at the counter. Great customer service which will keep bringing me back to this particular store. ~fin~

Now why won’t they open one of these in Hawaii instead of a stupid Walgreens? I love CVS it was right down the street where I used to live. The pharmacy was great and I always found the right otc drugs for my horrible allergies there. And yes my sweet tooth fix… even in the snow I could get my fix of sweet candy!