Walgreens

What a joke hours clearly says open till 7pm, walk from my hotel get there at 6:05 pm doors are locked

This pharmacy is closed on weekends! I needed to pick up my prescription on Saturday, but I couldn’t. No other wallgreens was able to transfer the prescription to be picked up at other location due to the type of the medicine. Can pharmacy just let people know that this is not a regular wallgreens, and it is closed on weekends when people drop off non-​transferable prescriptions on Friday evening??? I had to be in pain the whole weekend, as both my doctor’s office and this pharmacy are closed for 2 days and I couldn’t get my pain killers.

I would like to formally recognize the incredible staff at *this* Walgreens location & offer my sincerest thank you & gratitude for your partnership with SF Parks & Rec Dept to secure the return of our STOLEN luggage
Not sure how this could have happened when we were RIGHT THERE as bags were being unloaded but SFPD advised me there’s a huge transient population that comes through SFO & while rare, having one’s luggage stolen was not uncommon.
We originally thought our bag was merely lost, however early the following morning, I received a call from Walgreens, to let me know that a Gardner with SF Parks & Rec had found our bag (and 2 more) in a homeless encampment within 1 of their parks
The wonderful person at SF Parks & Rec found a random identifier in our bag — which happened to be my Walgreens prescription bottle — then took the time & care to personally phone Walgreens & ask for their help to contact me — WOW is all I can say!
I am so touched by his responsibility and ownership of an obviously dubious situation to ensure right was done!
What was even better was that Walgreens did NOT give out my info but informed this person that they would contact me on his behalf — I’m loving the fact they protected my privacy. How were they to know he was legit? He could have been anybody — but turns out he was an honest man of the highest integrity
We had guardian angels all around us, looking out for us & didn’t even know it!
If this ever happens to you (& all hopes it does not!), you have Walgreens on your side & can be sure they will protect your identity while partnering to ensure your belongings get back to you
Huge props to Walgreens & SF Parks & Rec!!!

I don’t keep many personal items at my cubicle. After all, I always need to be ready for the eventuality that I have to walk out one day with my box of stuff due to some unforeseen event. You might think I’m paranoid but one learns from experience. Fool me once, shame on you… Fool me twice, shame on me. Suffice it to say that other than a few tech books and pictures of my wife and kid, I keep no personal belongings in my cube.
Oh, except for my bottle of Frank’s Red Hot… I put that shit on everything!
Since I’m often eating lunch at work, I’ve gotta have my Red Hot nearby to spice up an otherwise dreary lunch. Thankfully I just picked up a new bottle at Walgreens today. It’s worth purchasing for the puzzled cashier’s look it elicits alone.

Right near my work and I go here a lot. Pharmacy staff is the BEST. Always helpful and willing to follow up on stuff for me. Very much appreciate their service.

Nice. I was here today as many times before. This is a great Walgreen’s AMD interesting enough is inside a Financial District building of some history. The old large buildings with Roman columns that had huge empty cavities. Many remain nicknamed by some as «money temples.» They all shared the ancient temple as place of worship design and there is nothing inside any but people doing money transactions. A historical view of financial district San Francisco? Who cares. This Wal is located hidden inside one of them and has brass sign. They don’t let neon or nothing. They all like that. No sale on Ice Tea today. They do have awesome Danish cookies on sale. Two boxes for $ 5. What a deal. Everyone loved them at work. There ain’t no temple inside this one… FYI. 30 Oct 2013

Typical Walgreens but perfectly located in the FiDi. It has all your essential needs from stationary, food to stuff in your work drawers, commemorative items for the non-​locals, and of course a pharmacy!
It can get quite busy here, but from my experience, they always have an adequate amount of staff on hand to handle the never ending cycle of people coming in and out of here. The place is always clean, and as a creature of habit, when I pass by the refrigerated section, I always check the dates on perishable foods, and by golly, its always within FDA compliance! Good for you Walgreens, from your loyal customer!

This pharmacy rocks. They get it right, they’re always nice and able to answer any question I might have. If I could give the guys who work here 10 stars I would.

Jumbo paperclips coated with VINYL (I think that’s vinyl). It should prevent rustage when clipped to archive paperwork. For some reason, this happens with metallic paperclips at my place over time. It’s not like a live in a salt-​mine, but I think that this is odd. Once again, unexpected supply from your neighborhood drugstore.

Great group of people who work there! Always friendly & helpful…

The pharmacist was very bored at his station and yet still was not attentive to me; possible that it was simply not a good day for him, but I have no sympathy. He was no help and refused to do any work to apply my insurance to my prescription so I would not have to pay, cheap as it was I am still upset because my insurance covers these silly antibiotics. Now I am filing the claim myself and awaiting a lame 20 dollar check via mail that I won’t receive for months. No thanks to this location for their slow service and lack of customer care.

This one is HUUUUGE! It should have it all. If you can’t find it… remember you are in the fidi, c’mon! I think you can find inflatable pools here. Why? I don’t know!

COME IN AND TAKE WHAT YOU WANT… FOR FREE!!! FREE EVERYTHING — regardless if your homeless or white collar.
(1 star)
My office is across the street, my coworkers and I come here often to get our afternoon fixes when we have the munchies. 1 star for that. Was there a groupon somewhere or a newspaper advertisment that I missed? I didn’t know this was a «hand-​out» kind of store. If that was the case…
BUT LET ME TELL YOU a story about their service… the other week I came here to get a small bag of chips. A guy (looking normal) infront of me pockets nearly a box of snickers, literally 10 bars of snickers. He then starts to head towards the exit door. Sorry, but that does not fly with me. I start to point and get loud and get the attention of the staff «EXCUSE ME, THAT GUY JUST STOLE SOME STUFF. ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING.»
Weird response
1) all cashiers (good 4 of them) just starred at me like I was a crazy person
2) all customers were confused why nobody did anything while the guy was STILL in the store
Note: you don’t have to press charges, at least try to stop the man and have him hand of the stolen goods.
I then say it again. Pointing at the guy as he finally walks out the store «NOBODY’S GOING TO DO ANYTHING? SERIOUSLY? HE STOLE STUFF. AND HERE WE ARE PAYING FOR OUR STUFF.»
WeirdER response
1) all cashiers **Blank face**
2) all customers, dirty looks towards the staff. Then some start stepping up and saying «i saw him steel too»
3) all cashiers **Blank face**
I begin to pay for my $ 1 bag of chips. When I finally am face to face with the cashiers I say «SO IF SOMEONE STEALS YOU GUYS DON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? Then why am i paying $ 1 for my bag of chips, it should be free»
Response
1) cashiers, where did he go?
2) all customers, «i saw him steal too. he just walked out the door»
3) cashiers, let me call my manager
4) cashiers ask «was he a homeless»
5) customers responding «NO. he looks like an average guy.» and starts describing him.
Manager comes to the cashiers and the cashiers say we saw someone steal. Manager asks what’s happening and if he left the store and he’s probably long gone by now.
DUH!!!
Maybe if your employees immediately called the manager, your store wouldn’t be losing money.
I left walking out saying «next time i’ll just walk out with a bag of chips without paying, you guys won’t do anything about it anyways». COMPLIMENTARY FROM THE BLANK-​FACED WALGREENS STAFF!!!

They lose a star for closing at 7 pm. They lose another star for not even opening on Saturdays and Sundays.
Outside of that, they have a pretty good selection of basic things you need around the house for cleaning, personal hygiene, basic medications, and misc stuff.
The staff, if not proactively helpful, will help when asked for assistance. The service at checkout tends to be quick. However, the cashiers do not even feign friendliness. It is just wham bam thank you maam.
Great location for those who work in the Fi-​Di, live nearby, or both.

I came to here just because it usually has a bigger inventory as compared to the one on Sansome. Picked up a Halloween costume, 2 chocolate bars, 1 M&M chocolate pack and 4 packs of children stickers. I handed in a Walgreens coupon (printed in the Walgreens leaflet), 3 manufacturer coupons for free chocolate and the stickers are on sale for 2 for $ 1. The cashier threw me a nasty look when I gave her all those. She then screened everything before scanning. Then, she turned to the manager and asked for the costume which was $ 14.99 and the leaflet carried a $ 5 off coupon stating that it is eligible for costumes $ 14 or more. The manager told her to give it to me. She asked 2 times and the manager told her the same answer 2 times.
Then, she read several times on the coupons and checked the chocolates. Suddenly, she threw the M&M plus one coupon back and said «wrong item» without explanation. I took a look of the coupon and found out that the M&M was 3.7oz while the coupon said 1.7oz. Well, I made a mistake but it was because the 3.7oz and the 1.7oz were put in the same box and I checked the box but missed the chocolate pack. I told her that I would like to go to get the right one. She just said «if you want to exchange for the right one, go get it» without looking at me and the tone was not friendly.
She read the coupons and checked the items at least 5 times each. In between, she chatted with her coworkers. Throughout the whole process, she did not really talk to me or look at me. I also work in customer service field, this kind of attitude would definitely get her into trouble one day. I really want to complain but with this kind of economy, losing a job at her age is not fun. I am possibly too easy on her. I wonder if she would do the same if I am a Caucasian man, not a petite woman.

Out of all the Walgreens I’ve been to in the city, this is my least favorite.
It’s poorly lit, dingy and the isle are tiiiiny! Everything is just crammed in! The line is always long and the clerks are never friendly or helpful. Its sadly across the street from my temporary office (while ours is renovated) so I’m stuck with this one for awhile. Ugh.

The aisles in here are noticeably too narrow. When attempting to leave from the pharmacy in the back you must pick your battle: Do I attempt to shimmy past the big business man who is bent over picking out Jujubees, confront the cackling hens who are clogging the gossip magazine aisle, or tackle the perplexed patrons in the card aisle… clearly dumbfounded that the selection could be SO bad.
Agoraphobes beware…

I don’t really love this Walgreen’s. I always feel claustrophobic when I come to this particular store (I don’t even have claustrophobia!). Maybe it’s the too narrow and high shelves. The whole place feels like an earthquake disaster zone waiting to happen!
Anyhoo, I dropped by to get some mittens for the Kid. Walgreen’s advertised this to be 2 for $ 3. I found two pairs and waited in line. When the clerk was ringing me up, I asked her if the mittens were on sale for 2 for $ 3. She said they were (they are the only Walgreens that will not let you see the cash register screen while they rang you up. Other stores have the screen facing you. Why’s that?).
I get my receipt and walk off the line only to find that she rang up the mittens as $ 1.99 per pair — that is so not the sale price. Back in the line I go. The clerk referred me to the original clerk. When I explained that I was overcharged she said, this is 2 for $ 3. I said, no, it isn’t. If it’s 2 for $ 3, it would be $ 1.50 per pair, not $ 1.99. I’m not trying to be petty but I was overcharged and I watch my money.
She did give me back $ 1.07 for the overcharge. I’m just shocked that people cannot do simple math in their heads???
Two-​stars for stocking the mittens. I went to the Sansome one and couldn’t find any. This store does have a larger inventory — maybe that’s why it feels claustrophobic!

Like my own personal pantry.
Given, it is less than 50 feet from my building, the only thing this Walgreen’s lacks, is ALCOHOL.
Mind you Death Row (Snack Row) is on a whole ‘notha level here. I challenge you to walk this row and not snatch something. I’m talking corn chips to pistachios to popcorn to beef jerky to pringles to sugar straws. They even got those pink SnoBalls you used to crave as a child.
One thing’s for sure — not terminating my gym card anytime soon…

I’m lazy… and it’s right across from my workplace. But other than that, I wouldn’t normally choose to go to this Walgreens.
The majority of the CS clerks in the front lack customer service skills. I barely get a hello or a thank you. One time, I made a point of greeting the clerk and they looked surprised, as if they never heard someone say hello to them before. And I as I said, «thank you» after my transaction was completed, the lady never bothered to say it back to me at all. I actually dread being rung up by her when I’m there. When there are problems with items ringing up incorrectly, they are less than professional in solving the problem.
Most of them rarely smile and if you ask any of the employees if they are out of something, they look like they dread going to the back to check for you. (At least they do check, because more often than not, they do have another box in the back.)
My experience with the pharmacy has been less than stellar as well. They wanted to charge me my full co-​pay although they couldn’t give me my whole prescription. Uh, hello? When I inquired about picking up the rest of my prescription, they said I would have to pay the co-​pay again. How does that make any sense? They were the ones short of my prescription, but I get charged double for it? I told them to forget it and didn’t bother with my prescription there. I actually prefer not getting my prescriptions filled at all from this place.
But unfortunately, I still return only because of its location and no other reason. Thank goodness I won’t have to deal with those unfriendly faces soon enough. There are other Walgreens in the city that have much better service than this.