Walgreens — Local services in Orange

DO NOT GO HERE FOR COVID TESTING

I had an appointment and was on time. Three cars in front of me when I arrived. It took almost 2 hours for me to complete my testing. Listen, everyone should be cut some slack during these crazy pandemic times. I can only say that I’ve been to CVS for drive thru testing several times at several different locations. Also have gone through county sponsored drive thru site. And they all ran smoothly and quickly. This just seemed really disorganized. It took them about 20 minutes just to get my paperwork together. I could see the man running the testing window touching all sorts of things and then putting his hands numerous times into my “sterile” testing bag which was also about 1 foot away from pharmacy customers with no plexiglass in between. They also have me a piece of paper saying my testing was through Aegis. Not sure what that’s about bc Walgreens has a partnership with LabCorp. Just checked in with Aegis 2 days after my test and it says that they still have not received my sample. Do yourself a favor and get your testing...

I went in Walgreens today (Orange location) I had Renea as my cashier, She was the absolute BEST cashier I ever had inside of a Walgreens in every city & state, She treat u so well, she’s very respectful & she not the kind of person that’s just there for a paycheck, She care about customers & she knows how to talk to the customers, I watched her while I was in line the way she treated ALL the customers was the same, NOT just me ALL OF US, I was impressed, I mean just EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, PLEASE MAKE HER A MANAGER ASAP, she deserves it, I live in Maplewood but from now on when I go to Walgreens it will ONLY be the Orange location (the one on Central Ave by Cebter street, Rene if u ever see this comment pls stay just the way u are & keep up the good work! I look forward to seeing this young lady anytime I come to Walmart...

Please don’t use this pharmacy for any vaccines. I had a 2:30 appointment but it didn’t matter. I didn’t get my shot until 3 and that was only because I had to tell the woman I finally had to leave. Part of the delay was the employee’s lack of knowledge about the vaccine and if I could get a booster. We had to wait for the pharmacist to confirm the information.

When I finally got my shot, I bled profusely. The woman claimed it happened “all the time” when she gave shots. I have never bled that bad and I have been getting shots for decades. I couldn't tell if she incompetent or just angry because I told her I couldn’t wait an additional 15-20 minutes for a shot I was supposed to have at 2:30. I would have been waiting 45 minutes for a shot at that point. Please consider going to another drug store for any...