Walgreens

We use this Walgreens all of the time, because it is so close to our place. The other reviews are overly harsh. While not as large as other Walgreens, this one is very convenient and has most of the daily things we need.

Apparently Walgreens doesn’t have enough money. As a result they have decided to charge $ 6.00 for prescription delivery. This action affects those of us who require delivery when we are ill or when it is 0 degrees and icy outside.
I am a Senior and require delivery when the weather is bad. Many of us on fixed incomes do not have extra cash for delivery service. I think Walgreens is motivated by the greed that has infected our society – shame on you.
Carol Senal

Pharmacy staff is very rude

I went into this Walgreen’s to pick up toilet paper late on a Sunday afternoon (5pm). I was happy to see a sale sign in front of my favorite toilet paper advertising that it was on sale (I even double checked that the sale was on my brand). When I got to the register, it rang up at the regular price. I told the female cashier that there was a sale sign in front of it. She sighed and said that it wasn’t on sale. She then pretended to riffle through that week’s ad pages and said ‘it was on sale last week but that sale ended yesterday’. I asked for the sale price since it was still advertised in the store and she would not give it to me. Get it together Walgreens! If you can’t take the time to remove the sale signs from the week before, at least have the courtesy to give the customer the sale price that you are still advertising in the store.

When I go to this Walgreen’s, it’s merely for convenience as it’s the closest pharmacy to my house. The store itself is fine — not huge but what you’d expect for a city store. Parking is ample. My biggest complaint is that solicitors sit outside the store, and I always get harassed walking from the parking lot to the store. I don’t feel all that safe here at night.

Just when I think I’ll give this store another chance to redeem themselves, another hateful employee. I’ll continue to take my money to Walmart. The store is empty, yet treated rudely. I’m a senior with a service dog, 3 lbs ((I don’t need to explain the need for dog)) service dog should explain it all. I carry my dog, I’m yelled at from about 15 feet, to get out of store, no chance to show paperwork, I go into Walmart no problem, I explained that I’ve been into Walgreens with my dog for the past two years, he shouts again that isn’t true, he has actually rang me up before holding said service dog, just got jingle bucks with said dog, I have a heart condition and don’t appreciate this yelling. I felt physically threatened by this cashier (an African American) with a white beard. I explained I had been in his checkout line with my service dog during the last two years, being physically intimidated by a cashier is not acceptable behavior. I have been an area manager for the Disney corp for a number of years before my retirement.

Awesome staff! Great customer service, great pharmacy staff and they have a lot of beer! Grace the cosmetics girl is outstanding!

Meh, really sums this Walgreens up. The reason this is my go to pharmacy is due to the convenience factor alone. The pharmacy staff is polite and helpful, but there are always random homeless guys two feet from the door asking for change. And I mean ALWAYS. The only occasion this did not happen was when it was raining hard outside. Even with the weather I thought it was a sure thing and was surprised not to see anyone at the exit. Two stars due to the helpful pharmacy employees, but other then that look elsewhere.

This is the most convenient drugstore and pharmacy to go to location wise so I hate to say that my shopping excursion tonight is seriously making me reconsider ever going there again!
I had to pick up a prescription and needed to make a decision on hair dye. I admit that I took awhile finding some hair dye (about 30 minutes). But it’s a big decision guys! I was on my phone looking up reviews and photos a lot of the time… and the ENTIRE time the undercover security guard very obviously followed me. (You ask how I know this?). Well besides working in retail for years, he also kept coming in and out of the employee room, was dressed in regular clothes, and was conveniently «fake looking» at products next to me the whole time. As soon as I moved to the nail polish, so did he? All the way to the check out. Thanks guy. I’d like to think I’m over being stereotyped as a shop lifter seeing as how I’m a 26 year old freaking teacher! (Also this would have been more reasonable if anyone in the whole store greeted me or asked me if I needed help.)
I would’ve gotten over it except for, go figure my clearance item rang up full price. I went to be helpful and followed the employee to the shelf to help her find it-​she was rude and told me to tell the cashier to correct price.
Well the cashier said that he’s not going to accept that because it’s coming from my mouth.
So I have to wait several more minutes for him to get the floor sales associate to tell him.
Not to mention the cashier was extremely sarcastic about everything, including my use of a coupon and the balance rewards program and blah blah.
Just never felt so unwelcome in an establishment in my life! And come on it’s walgreens! Chill people.

This is like most Walgreens… although the service ranges from excellent to poor. It’s like Russian roulette with the cashiers.

Warning! There are solicitors outside this location who will harass you for money. Walgreens must be getting cash from these organizations under the table, otherwise they would tell them to stop harassing their customers. I mean this is Chicago but come on…

Just a heads-​up to anybody who donates to Brown Elephant & accidentally parks near the Brown Elephant’s trucks on the parking lot between Brown Elephant & Walgreens: Expect your vehicle being towed by Lincoln Towing Service.
Walgreens collaborates with Lincoln Towing Service, who targets individuals that walk with donation items towards Brown Elephant. Lincoln Towing Service has a representative hiding in a vehicle at the parking lot or uses the water tower to simultaneously monitor the parking lots for Walgreens.
The towing company has a policy that if you go shopping in Walgreens then do not return directly to your vehicle you will be towed. This was my experience after filling my prescription at Walgreens. So my prescription cost me $ 190 extra just to get my car back. We spend every month more money at Walgreens than the one-​time towing charges. I could understand the towing if I didn’t shop at Walgreens but really just to generate some extra revenue. Aggressive towing is a poor business decision for Walgreens — we will boycott Walgreens & no longer shop at this Walgreens’ location nor other Walgreens stores or pharmacies. CVS works fine for me they fill my prescription just as fast.

This Walgreens is just ok! It closes kinda early (10pm). Theres always this male clerk that is the cashier there that has the most serious look on his face!
Anyways yes, it’s convenient for me but not my favorite Walgreens.

I don’t know how I feel about this Walgreens. In terms of selection and store layout, it’s kind of lacking and gives me a bit of a panic attack (places that feel too warehouse-​y will do that to me). On the other hand, Luke? in the pharmacy was super helpful and found a way for my wife to save like $ 300 a month on her prescriptions (we’re uninsured) which was so helpful that I think I can handle the occasional hyperventilation fit.
I mean, I can still get the basics here and I’m sure I’ll get used to the weird set up eventually.

Ah, my neighborhood Walgreens is beckoning me to Unilocal about it (maybe I shouldn’t check into certain places). What is there not to love about Walgreens?
I frequent this location primarily for the following items:
— retractable eye liners. I’ll admit that I get lazy with sharpening eye liners so I love these things. I think I have about 5 – 6 different colors. Ha.
— Yes to Carrots products. I’m in love with the Yes to Cucumbers soothing eye serum, the Yes to Cucumbers facial moisturizer, the Yes to Carrots lip tints, etc.
— Burt’s Bees products. I love the Burt’s Bees after-​sun aloe lotion– helpful during and after the Pride Parade.
I like this location because it’s generally not very busy. Busy convenient stores stress me out sometimes – It’s a convenient store, it shouldn’t stress me out! The Broadway+Belmont location stresses me out; this one doesn’t.

It’s Walgreens. Settle down, y’all.
I pop in here every so often for toiletries, cosmetics, Advil softgels, greeting cards and the, um… occasional US Weekly. So sue me, okay? I don’t watch TV and have to find out what’s going on with the cast members of Glee and those vapid vampire romance sagas somehow.
Yesterday I came through to print some photos. This Walgreens is set up with an automated photo station where you can plug in your SD card, jump drive or preferred data storage source and get to work. Black and white, color, cropped, 4×6 up to 8×10… in an hour, you’ve got visuals and the price seems reasonable.
One of the women working the cosmetics counter always lets me sample products — she was totally worried about this stress-​related rough skin patch I get on my left index finger and had just the stuff for me (thanks, mom). Miracles do happen.
Oh, and this Walgreens has a parking lot. It’s generally empty and the store itself is very calm. Skip the crazy location at Broadway and Diversey and save yourself some gray hair!

I only go here because it’s less than a block from my apartment. If I had a choice, I’d take CVS any day over a Walgreens. The cashiers at the front of the store are decent and friendly, so I’m not hating on them… This 2 star review is mainly for the Pharmacy department.
Things I do not look for in a Pharmacy: incompetence, rudeness and slowness. This Pharmacy has all three. I’ve been a Pharmacy Tech, so I get it. You’re dealing with stupid insurance issues, state laws, rude people, sick people, etc. … really, I understand. But, these techs/​pharmacists seem like they could care less about helping their customers.

Realistically, I have three Walgreens to choose from:
1) Broadway and Belmont
2) Clark and Halsted
3) and this one at Broadway and Waveland
I naturally frequent this one because it’s the only one in walking distance. Although one could argue that isn’t really much of a factor, as I usually stop by either of the three on my drive in from work, but the others have major faults. Allow me if you will:
Exhibit A: Belmont and Broadway is waaaaaaaay too packed. That many people in Walgreens concerns me. Have they nothing better to do?
Exhibit B: The Clark/​Halsted location annoys me because no one knows how to logically maneuver their way around the parking lot. People drive around there and have no awareness of the flow of traffic and are obsessed with sitting there and waiting for someone to load their car and back out to take their slot by the door, instead of driving around and getting a spot 5 feet further away. This one attracts the lazy people in Lakeview. Another flaw with this location is exiting the North End of the parking lot and heading east to go north on Clark or Halsted. That doggone light only allows two cars (three if it’s three drivers as astute as me) to make the turn at a time. That is hands down the most trigger happy signal in the city. Hey guys, can you extend it 5 more seconds please? Sheesh…
Anyway, getting back on topic, the Waveland and Broadway one is the best. It’s never too crowded and they seem more organized. It isn’t a maize like the one at Sheffield and Belmont (whoever designed that one needs to get taken behind a wood shed for a little «discussion»).
They do have a ton of undercover cops walking the aisles acting like they are buying something, which is always amusing to me and gives it a bit of a prison feel, but other than that, I get in and out faster than any other Walgreens in the city. For a peaceful Walgreens experience, this is your spot. The staff is solid and the one crazy broad that was working there got fired. I knew she wouldn’t last a week when the first time I saw her she asked to search my Whole Foods bag last Summer, when I never left her sight upon entry and no one made a purchase before I got to her.
& to you locals, quit buying all the economy friendly low priced Fat Free Skim Milk (best part about Walgreens, they’re practically giving away Milk compared to our favorite grocery stores). I am tired of those gaping holes in the one gallon section & having to flag someone down and come back the next day, save some for me.

A typical Walgreens but VERY close to my place. All the staff is friendly and competent and three of the male cashiers/​managers are hot so this drugstore is made of win.

I don’t like being followed around like I’m stealing. If I was 13 again… then maybe I’d understand (female adolescents are statistically more likely to shoplift). But I’m 23, Walgreens, and I think I look fairly respectable, even in my UT sweatpants and flip-​flops. I also am carrying around a basket with items inside, overpriced items at that, and I don’t appreciate the lurking of your makeshift security guard and her suspicious glances and condescending «may I help you find anything?» I like to browse, Mom Jeans. Leave me alone.
Of course, maybe I wouldn’t be wandering aimlessly around the store if you didn’t give me a ridiculous waiting time to print up a small number of pics from my memory card. Maybe I’d look less shady if, even after my 45 minute waiting time was up, it didn’t take your less-​than-​friendly or useful employee 15 more minutes to get me my damn pictures. I heard the other man waiting ask her why it took so long to get his photos and she responded with a blank stare.
Clearly there are hundreds of Walgreens in the Chicago area, many of which I’ve been to, and printing generally takes ¹⁄₈ the time. Step up your game, Walgreens on Broadway, ’cause a 1.5 star average ain’t great.