Rite Aid

Rite aids prices in general are ridiculous. An example, diapers are regularly priced are $ 12.49 and go on sale for 9.99 when you can get the at the grocery store for 9.49. Their sale price is .50 more then the regular price everywhere else. Its like that with almost everything. the layout is dumb, diagonal isle make it twice as hard to navigate the store. The employees are rude, to customers, to each other, to everyone. If you need help, good luck. There is usually 2 people working in the store and one is usually always on the pharmacy. Also the pharm techs are useless. I asked about a vitamin for a newborn, I couldn’t find anything that stated it was for babies. When I asked at the pharmacy then looked like I was crazy, then told me to just have the Dr write a prescription. I avoid this store.

Alright, you know what? I loved the idea of Rite Aid when it first came out, a no-​lose shopping experience, sort of a nicer Walgreens. Then CVS came along and blew that out of the water — until I realized how inflated CVS prices are but that’s another story.
I’ve been to this particular Rite Aid at least five times and all five times ran into something stupid about it. The layout, for one thing, makes no sense and is a total cluster. The pricing is out of whack ($ 5 for deodorant? $ 7 for body wash?). The staff is not friendly and today just clinched it.
I popped in to find a birthday card for my mom, preferably humorous. In one aisle of both female-​specific and gender-​neutral cards, there was one (ONE) funny mom-​specific card option. One. The rest were schmaltzy, flowery cards totally lame for the occasion. If I wanted a birthday card for a female, I would have had to purchase one of the insanely many Viagara/​boobs/​porn/​dick joke-​themed offerings. Seriously? Mom’s cool and funny but she’s not a 20 year old college student.
It’s the closest convenient store to my house so I know I’ll return but I really won’t want to.

They have everything most other little stores have. Always a quick in and out. I bought a tooth brush and some toothpaste because I forgot mine while visiting. I have never got behind the old lady or the 100 question person about the simplest product.
Got some ice and other party essentials the next day and no problems.