Scheduled a COVID booster shot because the Walgreens in 2986 Kirk Road, Aurora, IL did not refuse to provide COVID booster shot with their internal operation errors. That was a very negative experience. Please refer to my Yelp review on that. They turned me away after seeing my legal ID and capturing information they wanted before turning me away.
I tried this Walgreens, and again they were skillful in getting my information before turning me away.
The pharmacist, Cindy, showed up saying they did not take the appointment this late. I explained I made the reservation online and that's the only one available. Like the other Walgreens, I could not get my email confirmations. I was never sent to me. I showed her the appointment screenshot. She started wanting to enter my information in the system. She asked for my first COVID certificate, and quickly entering this information onto her computer. Then, she came back telling me that she has enter more detailed data to register me. I asked if it's sufficient to provide email and phone number. She said that should be enough, and I also explained to her that all have been provided when I scheduled the appointment online. She took my COVID vaccine card again, looked at my medical # and keyed into the system.
Suddenly, her colleague, Nick, came over saying legal ID is required with name, phone number, and address. This was the added requirements.
They added new requirements after obtaining more of my personal information such as my COVID vaccine info and medical record number from another healthcare provider. The third pharmacist, Robert, came over and listened to my reasons and thoughts behind my experiences with both Walgreens, mainly, no email confirmations, no detail descriptions of what's required when I show up at the check-in counter.
This is the second experience with Walgreens in a day. The first location they got a bit of information, then turned me away. The second location got a bit more of my information, then suddenly added new requirements to turn me away.
All felt sneaky.
What I went through is not a standard. The entire situation felt very awkward and strange.
The Walgreens I used to know were honest and upright. Today's experiences felt "off the tangent" nor they treated me as a valued customer, most like a trap they set up to get information from me, where there were others directing them what to say and act virtually using advanced technologies.
I wish I could find out who are hidden behind the scenes doing all these and ask this person/these group of people to stop. This is unethical.
This Walgreens is organized and clean.
I am not a frequent customer of Walgreen. Given two negative experiences today, it's even more unlikely I will shop often in any Walgreens. read more