Walgreens

Do NOT get balloons inflated with helium here. Although the staff was very friendly and accommodating but, I don’t know if the balloons they sold me were crappy or they didn’t tie them off securely enough, I brought them back to my office at 5PM and the next morning at 8, they were all on the floor and the size of a grapefruit — huge bummer and waste of almost $ 20. Also, I called and asked for 12 balloons and when I got there they had filled 15, their mistake but they still wanted me to pay for all 15.

Appreciated finding healthy snacks — actually made my purchase while care was stuck in traffic — kept the wee ones from going ballistic after going a total of 4 blocks in over an hour! Cashier was fast and efficient, said lots of people do exactly what I was doing!

Popped in while stuck in traffic literally for food for my kids. Yeah, it’s that bad. Just glad they were open and had a good sense of humor.

Time: 6:37pm/63°F sunny
Purpose: Just got off Bart feeling a migraine might be coming. Walk Bush st not wanting medicine but head was pounding.
Set-​up: Your basic standard store nothing that I’ve never seen before. Only difference is that any Walgreen’s located within financial district is more fast and hurry employees. Outside the fi-​di just regular store same everything.
Staff: Everyone one of the workers were talking about the China basin fire. Some said I wonder this and that! Some customers said area people didn’t want it built and block their views.
Cleanliness: Clean store only a few open boxes empty of it’s content.
Buys: A bottle of Excedrin migraine 24ct $ 5.79
Punch Lines: Fi-​di, street parking, transportation, offices, cafes, friendly staff, fast transaction, snack section is well stock, window displays, sale items, seasonal goods, coupons excepted.
Final Thoughts: I like Walgreen’s in the fi-​di because you don’t get that commotion like the one on Powell stand the one on market/​4^th. You really don’t have to worry about anything here, not one panhandler or someone wanting to sell you their latest rap CD.

Oh, Walgreens… Why do you do this to me? Yet another Walgreens that is now dictating what its customers will purchase. Instead of stocking things that people really want, Walgreens is now stocking things that IT wants to sell.
This Walgreens, in particular, as the other ones in the city, are changing. But this one is changing in a third dimension to align itself with the new Target Express diagonally across the street which is putting a huge dent in its business. This is because Target stocks things that people want, and its startup status means that the management is very very open to what the customers want, and the local clientele needs, and what people want to buy — so they really want to know what we want and they are going to stock the shelves with the things that we want! Imagine that?!
Meanwhile, Walgreens, is stocking things that people don’t buy. They have every type of doo-​dad and USB adapter in eight different fluorescent colors each. Their candy bar section has moved so many times even the roaches can’t keep up! They don’t have any robitussin. They don’t have any lighters matches or other inflammatory products.
Since the Target opened diagonally across the street, they’re acting odd, sort of like they’re being nice now that they know we have choices…
Meh and double-​meh. The only time I ever go to this Walgreens is to refill my clipper instantly. If Target did that, I would never go back to this Walgreens.