Yes. A thousand times yes. Because when you’re sick at 3 AM, the alternative is lying in bed, googling your symptoms, and convincing yourself you have a rare disease from a 1980s TV movie. Walgreens offers hope in the form of a plastic-wrapped sleeve of NyQuil. It offers community in the form of a tired stranger buying Hot Cheetos next to you.
Is it a perfect system? No. You might encounter a broken ice cream freezer or a floor sticky from a spilled Slurpee from 2019. But it’s our system. It’s the chaotic, glorious, fluorescent-lit safety net of modern life. So next time you’re up at 2 AM, sneezing and craving a tiny screwdriver set, open your phone. Type those magic words. “Walgreens 24/7 Near Me.” And go. The Oreos are waiting.
