Walgreens

Never mind, Prince is working here. Instead of quick autometic call or e mail that said they don’t have enough pills to fill RX. that I asked to be transferred (via
in details a day prior) They have no respect for your time, elect to have you return to pick up the rest of pill. When asked if they can call 15 ave. walgreen in Seattle to see the have the enough pill, more arguments. We have no way to Google, more than one Walgreen on 15^th ave. ??? They don’t even know their own organization. Beside giving them money, they could careless if customer get a bit of help from their own screw up. I had to run around, called other walgreen, wait to get my MED instead of pick up as plan. NEVER AGAIN.

Didn’t think my first Unilocal review would be for a drug store, but I felt compelled because of Pauline the beauty advisor. Immediately disarming and pleasant, I did not expect to enjoy purchasing ziploc bags so much. Thanks Pauline!

What can I say? It’s another Walgreens… they’re all more or less the same. The problem with this one is the service. The other day I was like 4 cents short on a 17 dollar purchase… I had to go all the way back home to get the rest. Are you kidding me? And I understand this is chain retail… but come on, it was like 4 pennies. And the guy working the checkout was the manager, not some poor kid that could get fired if his till is 4 cents short. Stupid.
Their cigarettes are some of the cheapest in the area, but every time I go in to buy them they scrutinize the HELL out of my ID, like they think I am trying to pull one over on them. I’m damn near 30 years old… and how many people do you see running around with dreadlocks? The ID ain’t fake, okay kids?
Three stars because it’s just another Walgreens, minus a star because the employees make going there into a serious hassle sometimes.

This is my pharmacy and I’m pretty happy with them. I like the new system where they send you a text when your prescription is ready.
I also like this Walgreens to buy clearance items on toys for my work with children… I think that maybe because mostly college kids shop here, there are usually amazing toys — really cheap!
I am taking off a star because I feel like they are plant abusers. The live garden and house plants out front are never taken care of properly and look sickly. If this was a pet store, the police would have been called for neglect and abuse!

It took 5 mins to get my passport photo this morning. And they were very friendly.

I realize it’s only a walgreens, but this one seems to be cleaner and brighter than most, and the staff at this one is friendlier.

I came in here trying to find a better plunger/​declogger for a drain.
SIGH
TOE TAPPING
generally looking lost
I think I had multiple employees pass by me several times without saying a single word… or quickly making eye contact and then speed walking away.
I finally found them across from… kids toys… and then I gave up and left when I wanted to ask an employee a question.
I would’ve gotten more attention if I had come in looking all cracked out like I was going to steal something.

I usually save up all my sundry drugstore errands for one big monthly fluorescent adventure, because the variety of offerings in drugstores fascinates and tickles some latent ADD thing I must have, and I find myself (this happens in Costco in even more epic proportions) shell-​shocked hours later, dead phone battery, still walking (if it can be called that) the aisles-​with astrobright cardstock and carrot seeds in one hand and bouillon cubes, a commuter mug and lip-​plumping lipgloss in the other-​with the glazed look of a trauma patient. I have two «regular» drugstores because unfamiliarity vastly worsens this propensity (one of them is also a Walgreen’s) but last night I was poaching another hood’s offerings.
My son and I were immediately greeted by a woman, who after asking if she could help me find anything, subsequently proved beyond any contradiction that there is, in fact, a mammal on earth who can stay more firmly attached to me than our pug puppy, who is fond of clamping onto my slipper or the hem of my jeans with a mandible grip so fast and immovable that you can take long strides all the way across the room without dislodging her.
It is not a large store, which made her OBSESSIVE distrustful stalking painfully obvious and actually genuinely offensive. Walgreen’s, you really need to either employ your other security measures (one way glass, etc) more heavily and ease up on the gigantically un-​subtle «Climb Directly Into Customer’s Panties» methodology… or at least please God, train your employees to do it more unobtrusively. This went on for like 20 minutes. My son kept saying, «What the hell is she doing?» And I said, «Maybe she is an amnesiac, slowly puzzling out a past in which we factored heavily.»
Just kidding. I didn’t say that. (But his part is true.)
Because of the addled, scattershot methods I employ while shopping in unfamiliar stores (canvasing the store three times in a universally applauded buttonhook pattern while looking for the Rit dye that they no longer carry, for instance) I may have looked sketchy. But it’s not like I entered the store soaked in my own urine or anything. (That part is also true!)
Finally, super annoyed, I simply said to her, «Um, I promise you that I am not stealing anything. You can detach safely.» And without acknowledging this, she (mostly) disappeared.
The experience got markedly better at checkout. What a sweet kid is up there, working the register. Seriously almost undid the bad juju. In fact, although I was going to complain directly about this incident, because I was in a total twist about it, this guy was so damn nice, and in a genuine and sympathetic way, I didn’t have the heart to even UTTER anything negative. I wanted to hug him.
So I have to grudgingly give you 3 stars, Walgreen’s, because what you did wrong with your incredibly bungled security employee (please let her know that a career in the Secret Service will almost certainly be fatal), you sure as hell hit the jackpot with that cool kid at the front.

IT’S VERYGOOD! No surprises in the U-​District. They have all the things that you would expect in a drug store… drugs, ya… lol…candy (that’s what I go for)…getting pics printed… pic for a Passport.
Okay…I got a passport picture from these guys that I sent into the feds… they did an adequate job… nice!
PARKING:
They have their own parking lot off of 50^th and Brooklyn.
QUALITY:
Like I said… no surprises… things you need… seasonal candy… decorations…birthday cards…
HOTTIES?
Umm…I didn’t see any. I’m still looking though :)

This is an okay location– sometimes they’re really nice, sometimes you can’t find someone to help you even if you are waving cash in their face.
I don’t use the pharmacy, although I’ve asked them a question once and they were helpful.
I use the photo service occasionally and they seem confused mostly, they couldn’t find my photos more than once, filing them oddly, they were eventually found.
The rest of the staff seems nice, one guy in particular who works the register is always friendly and upbeat, someone who’s clearly rocking what they’ve got instead of wishing they were somewhere else.
Overall, it’s a fine place to stop and pick up a thing or two, but I wouldn’t pass up another drug store closer to you. It’s far from a ‘destination’ shopping experience.

Came in on Saturday June 19^th, 2010 to get a prescription filled and was immediately greeted by the pharmacist at the counter. He went over the entire prescription; recommended some over-​the-​counter items and asked if I would like to wait 15 to 20 minutes at most for a prescription or come back. I asked to wait; and my prescription was filled within 5 minutes.
Nice clean facility with reasonable hours and its own private lot which is a rarity in the U-​District.

Convenient location of Walgreens in the U District. Don’t come here often unless I am in the area. Interestingly, my purchases at this location are kind of bizarre. I just came in today to buy a can of Arizona tea just so I could get a plastic bag to carry my stuff around. Oh and I once bought a bottle of hair lotion. Supposedly that is to keep your hair from forming flakes or something. I guess this is my place to buy random stuff, which drugstores are kind of all about.
Not sure if this location has a parking lot, but it does not look like it from when I was there. The place is not on University Way like Rite Aid and Bartells, but just a block away. As for their selection, it pretty much looks like every other Walgreens I have visited. A decent drugstore.

I get my photos developed here. It’s pretty handy; you can upload them to the Internets, order the prints, and pick them up in the store. You can even pay online so they just hand you the order when you come in.
The only thing is, I often stand by the photo counter at least 2 minutes before anyone seems to notice that I’m lingering there for a purpose. Last time there were two or three employees that saw me, but they kept on stocking shelves or standing around while I gave them meaningful glances and some very pointed toe-​tapping.
Oh well. They also sell big boxes of movie-​theater-​style candy for 3 for $ 3.

Dear Walgreens Pharmacy,
I really didn’t appreciate when I went an hour and a half after a prescription had been called in and you claimed you didn’t have it. I know it got called in. You just didn’t check.
I also didn’t appreciate how you inexplicably closed an hour before the rest of the store, which I discovered after having my doctor call in the prescription a second time, waiting a bit, and coming back to pick it up.
I further didn’t appreciate how when I went back *the next day* to get my *very time sensitive* medication, you *still* hadn’t started to fill my prescription.
Shape up.
Sincerely,
Angela S.

WAH!!!
Remnember when Herfy’s was here?
Why?
OK It serves a purpose. what is it again? Yes, we need another drupstore for UW students other the Rite-​Aid on the Ave. the one right by Pagliacci’s is scary to go in and out of. This nice block standard variety drugstore has the essentials. Albeit it is a block and took up a lof of parking spaces and fun time memories.

Pharmacy well stocked and pharmacists nice but I felt upset when one hounded me about getting brandname versus generic opining «They are exactly the same!» as if I was an idiot when in fact I had had terrible problems with generic that inspired me to shell out a fortune for the brandname. It felt judgmental even though I know the guy was trying to help. But then when I called to request brand another time, super nice pharmacist said he had brandname only in his files and that was wonderful. Overall good place, good pharmacy and lots to shop for while you wait.

Walgreens Pharmacy,
Most of our relationship has been fine, but recently… you haven’t been calling to tell me my goods are ready, you’ve been apparently forgetting about me in general for the last few months (until I remind you), and most recently you provided me with a generic brand that my doc told you doesn’t work for me (and it’s written in my file).
I was supposed to get the stuff on Monday.
On Tuesday you had the WRONG stuff.
On Wednesday you were supposed to be ready for me at noon, but now it’ll be after 2:30pm.
Really wishing I could switch to this other pharmacy… I’m really bummed that the one I wanted doesn’t accept my insurance :(

Walgreens is coo.
i actually like it better than Rite Aid and Bartell. it’s not considered «new» anymore, but when i was in the area… it just opened up. 24 hour photo printing, snacks, toiletries, etc. everything is usually organized well and items are places in conducive areas. the location itself is convenient-(near UW, near the Ave, etc.) however… the lack of space around the building leaves people scratching their heads and wonder… why the hell would you want to put any store there?!