For quite a while, I told myself that I shouldn't give away this secret because they usually have queues right to the door already. But I'm sick of most of my reviews being negative and this is one of the few things I've tried recently that I have something almost only good things to write about.
And contrary to Kaiserkrone (which will receive one of my longer, negative comments one of these days) and this one ( http://www.yelp.at/biz/apotheke-zum-wei%C3%9Fen-hirschen-wien-2 ), they ALWAYS had the things that I needed. No trying to bullshit me with "We have something that works just as well" or "We don't have it but we can order it right away." (The latter never being phrased as a question)
And people there are usually friendlier than the competition in the surroundings too. One time, as I packed the things I bought in a hurry to keep the huge queue moving, the lady at the counter said "Take your time" with a kind smile, soothing my spirits. I've come across exceptions to that too but hey... it's hell of a lot better than frowning faces all the time, every time.
Ironically (since I'm writing this in English), the English skills of most employees seem to suck. One time, I witnessed two of them trying to consult somebody in English - it almost made me volunteer as an interpreter... (which is the reason for 4/5 instead of a perfect score) read more