Wards Pharmacy

The location is in DT Long Beach. It gets busy sometimes, but they also have free coffee sometimes and a tv to help pass the time. I like supporting mom and pop type places. Forget about Walgreens that always «runs out» of stuff and CVS doesn’t care two licks about patients.

What an abomination upon society. Lack of parking. Complete Lack of customer service. Cruddy hours. This is not a place to go for anything. Ever. When i picture hell now it is this place. Literally. Seriously.

I come here to get my medications here monthly. The staff is nice! It can get a little bit busy during some hours. One afternoon when I came in it seemed like everyone wanted to get their prescriptions filled! However, the staff handled the capacity very well. Did I mention the great prices?! I brought my dad here to get a rollator (4 wheel walker with seat) and one of the technicians. I think her name was Sabrina? She was very helpful and informative. Don’t dismiss these guys out. They’ve been in this business for a long time and I can tell they’re going to be here for a very long time :)

I popped in today, looking for some nail polish. I hadn’t been here in years, but from what I recall it was a cozy little mom & pop pharmacy with nice gifts. Now it’s pretty ghetto. They sell junk usually seen in a 99 cent store. They did have a few bottles of nail polish, but all of it was old and dusty and separating. I mean, ugly discontinued colors. And they weren’t even on sale. I popped right back out again and got my NP fix at Walgreens across the street.

What, am I the only Unilocaler to go here?
Ward’s pharmacy is close to my house. It’s got a kinda weird vibe going on. There are always interesting characters in there. It’s right were like 4 major bus lines converge. It’s across the street from Mc Donald’s and down the street from Wal-​Mart and the blue line. I think that it has some of the best people watching in Long Beach .
The staff is mostly friendly, but mostly inattentive. A lot of them are young kids. My favorite person on staff is Ian. Weare cool with each other because we have the same three letters for names. He likes to brag about his fights and I like to tell him that I am gonna run him over. It makes for good chatter.
When dealing with this pharmacy, I think it is best if you just drop of you scrip and come back. It takes a little while for the items to get filled. I think that the standard wait time is an hour. My Doctor’s office will call in things for me so I don’t have to go in first. I think the wait times are drastically shorter at the end of the night., but I hardly ever wait anymore.
Ward’s used to have delivery service, but I think it was scrapped in favor if mailing the prescriptions out. I never take advantage because I am too embarrassed to say that I was too lazy to walk the 8 blocks it is from my house.
If you do go on, make sure to check out the candy counter in the back, as well as the soda case in the corner. Ward’s has some of the cheapest candy and cold soda around. (That’s a throwback to my high school days)
OH! I forgot! Don’t steal! If you do, they will print out the surveillance video of you walking out the door with what ever it is you stole. It’s pretty funny and they put it right behind the cash register so that everyone can laugh at you for being the dumb-​ass who stole a cane from the pharmacy. Don’t say I didn’t warn you/