Walgreens

This store kind of sucks. I came here around 8:15am on a Monday morning and the pharmacy was closed. I needed sudafed which is behind the counter. Apparently the pharmacy opens at 9am which is late for people with jobs. I also was looking for ginkgo supplements but I didn’t see any. This is a very popular supplement so that is unacceptable. I think they pretty much cater to tourists who forgot to bring socks or are just looking for snacks to bring back to their motel rooms. For what I pay to live in the Marina, I get upset when the stores in the area are so mediocre. If you have time, it’s best to go to the Safeway across from Fort Mason.

Seriously one of the most unfriendly stores I’ve been in. They were totally unhelpful when it came to adding money to the Muni cards the hotel gave us. When we insisted, the employee basically threw the card at us. We couldn’t have been nicer. Another occasion, buying water, was nearly as unpleasant. They are in the middle of a busy area for locals and tourists, but couldn’t care less about customer service. Terrible employees at this store.

I bought a Starbucks frappuccino that was expired, all I wanted to do was switch it out. I wasn’t even mad that I grabbed something that was expired and had to come back, until the lady had me waiting about 25 to 30 mins to refund me. I asked her about 3 times can I just get another one? I don’t need a refund. She kept telling me to hold on. She than told me she I’ll give me cash since I paid with my debt card, than changed it to ill give you a gift card for the amount I bought my drink for because I can’t give you cash. All I wanted was to switch my drink. What’s even more frustrating is after all that wasted time. I had to get back in line to get the same drink! The situation was handled very poorly. She lady in the front needs to be trained more properly.

This store needs new management, twice this month now they had expired or out of date promotions tags, both times the prices were wrong. What is the store manager doing there whilst he/​she is at work?
Corporate needs to come to this store and investigate. By law i can purchase the items at listed sale price, but i didn’t, and actually put the items back.
Why would you do this to the poor cashiers?
One star for lack of management.

This place looks pretty nice but employee’s really bad they don’t know where is the stuff for example I asked where is the nicotine patch they said aisle 7 after I went aisle 7 I searched maybe 5 minutes after I asked again she said again aisle 7 again I checked but I didn’t find whatever after I asked diffrent lady she came with me and she said aisle 7 here and I asked where is it she said ohh sorry nicotine patch aisle 8 it’s bullshit how are they choosing this employees.

SIDETRACKED | BY | THE GLITTER: This place is Halloween central. Orange and black. Black and orange. The Giants are a Halloween team! No cracked mirror or cats under ladders, please.
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE: Needs always met and register wait line is never cumbersome or overwhelming.
END NOTES: I’m the type of woman who saves my receipts, uses a calculator and completes the surveys on the receipt. Still haven’t won the $ 3,000 cash jackpot, but hey, a girl can dream, right?! I actually appreciate the Walgreens receipts that include my Point Balances and survey link.
P R O-​T I P S:
* Parking is a crime here. If you drive, make use of the Steiner Garage.
* Sign up for a Balance Rewards.

Always takes way too long to check out because they only put one person on the register until there is a line of several people obviously getting impatient. I go to this location because it’s only a couple of doors down from my job. It is next to impossible to grab something and get out quickly. The staff has no sense of urgency when there is a long line which shows a lack of respect for other peoples time.

Horrible, notice the capital H… Wow I can’t believe the lack of customer service. It was like they were going out of their way to make it worse! FAIL

Go to place or everyday conveniences and Halloween costumes!
Be sure to use your Rewards card every time you check out for discounts and money to use for your next purchase.
They’ve got Photo, Pharmacy and everything in between!

It’s a typical Walgreens with some good surprises of new products at times. It is not cheap, as after going there just coming from Safeway thinking that some things would be cheaper, they were actually over $ 1 more, which was surprising. It is still nice to have a local store like this, especially with there sales.

This place is the most understaffed Walgreen in San Francisco. Either that, or the people working here just don’t care.

i like this place. It is not so bad :) I like most of the people that work there. There is one guy who is cool on register (i wont name a name but he works everyday). The pharmacy people are very quick and professional thanks for all the help

This is one of my favorite Walgreens locations. I was in the store yesterday and I noticed how clean and tidy everything is.
And, yes staff is very friendly and helpful.
Walgreens is offering flu shots and the outreach they are doing is extensive. This location is perhaps the most friendly for flu shots.
Keep in mind Walgreens only accepts certain health insurance coverage, make sure you ask.
I was most impressed with the food and beverage section in the store. Very neat and easy to locate and all the selections of were nicely displayed.

I always pop in here to pick up the misc odds and ends needed at the house, and sometimes there’s a line, but they always seem to take care of it. Today was the first time that I actually picked up a perscription from their pharmacy. The clerk was rude, and looked at me like I was the dumbest thing that she’d ever seen her life for standing waiting for my perscription on the «pick up» side while she worked with a client on the drop off side. Then I got my prescription and she finally realized I wasn’t giving her a hard time at all, I was just confused and put off by her bad attitude. (the fiesty older lady who had one too many people pee in her cheerios behind me probably didn’t help the clerks disposition much either).
Then when she passed my prescription to the pharmacist that was going to explain how to take the medications (hadn’t had one before). He ignored me for a good 5 minutes, and then when he finally realized I was standing right in front of him, he again looked at me like I was the biggest idiot he’d ever seen. I asked him to explain my prescriptions, and he said, well what are they? do you have them? They were about 2 cm in front of his right hand… the clerk handed them to him like 8 minutes before.
Then the kicker for me – I asked if there were any side effects like drouseyness etc from the medicines that I hadn’t taken before– he scouffed and said, well you shouldn’t take this long term especially if you don’t need it because then you’ll have all kinds of health problems. Then I clarified asking if there was anything that couldn’t be mixed with alcohol or anything (just a glass of wine), and he said no no, look if you have questions you can read about it here (and shows me the inside of the prescription sheet).
Such a bummer because this place is so close to my house… hopefully those two won’t be working next time I come in…

This is my go to pharmacy, the lady who helps me has been there for years and is über professional and nice. They have what I need albeit a bit pricier than Target but very conveniently located across from my house so I don’t mind so much.

I’m not a Walgreens guy. That’s really the bottom line. This place could be just great as far as Walgreens go, and I still wouldn’t like it, because it just doesn’t feel like home.
This Walgreens was okay, accept they sold those tiny overpriced propels, which always make me a little upset. They seemed to be pretty clean, and it was easy for me to quickly locate the drink section. They also had cash back, which was important because I needed money for the bus. Overall, okay for a Walgreens.
The only reason I gave them 2 stars is because of my bias against the chain as a whole. Sorry Walgreens, you just don’t really do it for me.

Open 24 hours. Great website (it even tells you if any item is in stock before you get to the store!), clean, lots of items, free and ample parking, good pricing, excellent photo printing (from the web too!), good discount program, they will procure anything you need, and on and on.
Makes life much, much easier. I hope it never closes down!
Now if only they installed those contactless credit card readers so that you don’t have to pull out the credit card from the wallet to pay (like Whole Foods or any drugstore in NYC)…

Seriously? I live on the border of Nob Hill/​Russian Hill and both of our two Walgreens are SUPER cheap compared to this one.
Pros: There when you need it
Cons: So is every other convenience store on Chestnut (and Safeway, BTW). This is the most expensive Walgreens I’ve ever been in, including one in Vegas.
Bottom line: Add some water to your shampoo– that’ll help make it last until your next Target trip.

This is my second review of a Walgreens establishment — because I love Walgreens — and this is the one I frequent second-​most (after Laurel Village).
It is critically important to understand that not all Walgreens are created equal — and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. They’re just different. Laurel Village has a more intimate, neighborhood feel than this large and spacious location on Chestnut. And if I’m in need of some more «specific» items, I’ve found that Chestnut is much more likely to stock them. For example, Laurel Village doesn’t always carry the full span of Seventh Generation cleaning products, which I really like — but Chestnut does. And Chestnut has refills for my Intuition Razor, which are strangely difficult to find.
Once you find your way amongst the long aisles of this store (which, in my opinion, is organized kind of strangely), you’ll be very satisfied!

Dear Men on Unilocal:
A sure fire way NOT to get laid, is to ask a young lady if you «can pet her pussy.»
In public. In line at a Walgreens.
Turns out, such a phrase does not make the panties drop.
Hugs and Kisses–
mama J
PS. 3 stars cuz damn that shit was funny (albeit revolting)