Wednesday, September 10, 2003
The Walgreens at the corner of 18th and Castro here in San Francisco is a hub of ceaseless, culturally rich activity. There is constant cruising opportunities while picking up your prescriptions or choosing toothpaste. There’s my favorite feature; the veritable WALL of LUBE. It also provides frequent and fascinating windows into other people’s lives. The other day I was in line at the cash register, behind a strapping muscle boy. One of his items wasn’t scanning, so the cashier flicked on the store-wide intercom:
“Price check….Let’s see…um, Sheer and Silky Body Wash…Um, Lum…Luminescence??”
I personally turned red out of sympathy for the muscle boy, but he seemed completely unfazed. Fortunately, as the price-checker let the entire store know, Sheer and Silky Body Wash: Luminescence was on sale for $4.99, with a coupon from today’s paper.
Walgreen’s was also where I purchased my first bottle of nail polish remover, when I returned from that conference in Palm Springs last year. I’m headed back there tomorrow, I hope you have a great weekend, hopefully I’ll have something to write about when I get back.
