Walgreens

This is a really nice Walgreens and it’s big inside! I mainly came in to look around at all the Halloween stuff, and ended up finding Salonpas patches. These are Japanese style medicine and the only place I can find them is at Target! Luckily they were on sale, so it was a double win :)
Customer service/​cashier was very friendly and helpful. This store has plenty of parking and right across the street from Rite Aid! They also have a Rewards program too!

I’m a bit torn on Walgreens. The pharmacy is excellent. The pharmacy is so good, in fact, that I really don’t understand the run-​down store and run-​down store staff that surrounds it. Not for the first time (but certainly the very last), I received downright rude service from the surly and exhausted middle-​aged woman who checked me out at the general store counter. Guess what? I am also a surly and exhausted middle-​aged woman in the customer service business, but I am at least professional enough to paste a smile on my face and be polite to my customers at the end of an 8 hour shift. The woman who waited on me snapped at me throughout the entire transaction, even when I made the mistake of trying to make casual small talk about the weather. What a dreadful woman. (It wouldn’t even be worth remarking on except that this is the THIRD time I have had to deal with someone like her at the counter. And these people aren’t just abrupt. They will actually say the incredibly rude things that those of us who are higher functioning can keep in our heads.) When I inquired about getting a Walgreens membership, she was downright alarmed at having to do that extra step. I told her never mind, as I mentally decided to never darken their somewhat dingy doorway again. Pharmacy = Excellent. Store = Quite awful. You’ll see me in the drive through from now on.

I rarely get a prescription but what started out bad, ended up with excellent customer service! I went to get a prescription and the Doc prescribed one that there is no generic. My super duper extra high deductible, would not cover the 378.00 and the gal behind the counter did not give me any advice.
I left without getting it.
The next day, I called and asked if there was generic, and the gal told me no. I asked about a similar generic drug and yes they had it for 10 bucks! So the gal called the Doc office and walaa about 30 minutes later she called me back and the Doc approved the similar generic drug I had inquired about. She also said it would be ready in about 20 minutes!
I don’t blame Walgreen for not suggesting similar generic drug: Then they would be playing Doctor prescribing something.
As a consumer, do NOT hesitate to ask questions and look into alternatives.

Best place to get medicine filled. Ive never had to wait long. Also they have great sales during holidays.