Rite Aid

Very friendly place and helpful. They explained the meds and when I called back about my meds they took time to explain what I wanted to knoe

I work really close to this rite aid and compared to Lemon Grove location this Rite aid sucks! Employee a thin Hispanic lady with dark hair was at the register talking with another employee about how she was drunk on her wedding and the other employee and she was this weekend. I have nothing against people who drink but when I’m at a store shopping see children in the store. Be professional and change the topic!
The lines are always long and with one register open on a Friday it’s not right. I asked If they can open up another register and the response was no the employees are busy doing other things. I use to work in Retail and the first priority of the store was always the customers! And lines. Getting the customers in and out with a smile. (Not here)!
The bathrooms here are filthy! I needed some tissue and I opened the door and couldn’t even walk all the way in when I saw how disgusting It was! This store is just a sad place. After been to Lemon Grove Broadway location where the employees are nice and they always have registers open I’ll make the drive there and spend my money.

They definitely should hire more staff if people are coming in there for ice cream because there’s nobody at the checkouts.
And if there is somebody at the checkouts the lines are usually really long.

There is a very rude employee named Gina here! No wonder the store is dead and everyone goes to CVS down the street! I always bring my own bags and she confronted me in the middle of the store ‚(with 2 employees behind her) blocking my way to the front counter, saying I had to take the items out of my plastic bag. I told her I can bring my own bags if I want and was walking up to pay already and she said «NO, We don’t do that here». I insisted and explained to her that I was not carrying or taking the items out (for the whole store to see) since they were feminine products and I would even put them back where I got them and buy them elsewhere. She coldly said, «Ok» and followed me to the aisle. I put the items back and asked her to speak to the Manager and she said she was… OMG really?! I told her she has no business being a Manager and was very rude. I am also a Manager and I would never confront, accuse, and embarrass, someone like that in the middle of the store. As a Manager she could’ve escorted me to the front to pay as I was almost there or allowed me to grab a hand basket to put the items in. She should’ve just came up to me in the beginning and said that the store policy does not allow customers to use their own bags while shopping and i would’ve gladly understood and put the items in a basket. But instead she treated me like a threat and criminal and refused me to pay. Then i commented to another employee as i was leaving (since she saw and heard everything) that I will be contacting the Corporate Office after this incident to let them know what The Manager, Gina did to me. This should never happen to a customer while they’re shopping.
I call back when i get home and ask for the Manager to get Corp info (thinking Gina is picking up the phone) and another lady answers and says she’s the Manager then informs me that Gina was the Assistant Manager! Not only did Gina have a disgusting attitude towards customers but also turned out to be a liar! I looked online and on Unilocal and this store has the worst reviews including customer service and now I know why. Rite Aid will be hearing from me since its against the law and I’m sure store policy to confront and accuse someone of theft when they are not even committing a crime.

This is the worst Rite Aid I’ve ever been too! The pharmacist are very rude, and snappy. I called at 8AM to make sure my boyfriends RX was ready, they told me 15−20minutes. When we finally arrived around 10AM they kept telling my boyfriend his insurance was inactive, when it wasn’t. They didn’t say anything after that, no advice on what to do. Luckily I work at a Drs office, so I had them run the insurance for me. I showed them the report, showing active. They then stated it’d be a while for it to be ready, I simply stated I had called at 8AM, she said she tried calling back to tell us the medication wasn’t covered, and it was a wrong number on his chart. I explained that is the correct number, and I called right in front of her with his phone ringing in hand. They then just stated his medication wasn’t covered with no offer to help. I am very frustrated considering not every person has the resources I fortunately had. What if the medication was for a diabetic? A Cancer patient? An HIV positive patient? Or someone with a serious illness who needs their medication on a daily basis to live? They didn’t offer to call the Drs office, they didn’t want to put in that extra step to help someone out. I will never return to this location. I am very displeased. What’s sad, is this isn’t my first rude encounter at the Pharmacy. Management should really look into a training for customer service. I would like to say there is one female who is middle aged, average height who is a sweetheart. One single person on the whole Pharmacy staff who isn’t a complete jerk? Haha. What a joke! Never again will I be taking me, or my family there.

I was really torn about how many stars to rate this location…
If I were rating the pharmacy, I would give them 5 stars. Yes, you do sometimes have to wait in line to get your prescription, but I use the super convenient automatic refill system and never have to actually wait for them to ready my prescription. I get a nice text message that lets me know when it’s ready, and the couple times I called to have it filled early they were really nice and accommodating. Plus, all the pharmacists who help me back there are so nice. I recently switched insurance carriers and they helped trouble shoot which «brand» of medication would be cheapest.
Now, if I had to rate the rest of the staff, I’d maybe give 1 – 4 stars. The 4 stars would go to the couple employees who are really nice and always greet or say bye to you on your way in or out of the store. However, like another reviewer, I also have had picture orders become «lost» at this store. I ordered them online and got an email that they were ready. They were pictures that I wanted to give as gifts for my wedding, so I was stressed when they were lost! I waited in the store for 20 minutes while the manager looked for them. Finally, he took my number down and said he would call me, but he never did, hence the one star. I went home and sent the pictures to Walgreens instead.
I probably would only go to this location for the pharmacy, though now that I’ve moved away from the area, I’m going to move my prescription to a pharmacy closer to home. I wish I could take the nice pharmacists with me!

Bomb ice cream just like when i was a chilld. Not a big fan of the increase in price to $ 1.79. Ok, a sign of the times… i get it. What I don’t get, was that they were out of Waffle Cones at 5 pm on a Sunday Evening when in fact they sell waffle cones in the store. If your manager in charge of Ice Cream has failed to notice that the weather outside is warmer than usual and that Ice Cream sales will assuredly increase, well then bite the damn bullet and buy some cones at full price and keep the customer happy.

This place has gone to hell in a hand basket. They misplaced my photos back in October, which to say the least was irritating. I came in to make photo copies of court documents I needed, but the copies came out 3-​hole punched, and on the wrong side of the page no less. When I told the girl at the counter she told me it’s because they were out of regular paper. When I eventually talked to the manager about it he said they always have regular paper and that there were 10 cases sitting outside his office door. She was just lazy and/​or stupid. The manager left a note that he would give me a store credit but every time I go in there it either looks like no one is working there or they’re overwhelmed with the few customers they have.
This past experience was the nail in the coffin for this place in my book. I ordered Father’s Day picture cards custom done to tell our families about our pregnancy, but when I went to pick them up they couldn’t find them AND the machine was out of ink, so they couldn’t reprint them. You’ll never guess who was there to deliver the bad news — yup, the same incompetent woman who lost my photos last October and told me the copier only had 3-​hole punched paper. I’m gonna guess she’s sleeping with a manager, cause if she’s screwed up my purchases 3 times, she’s likely done it to several other people as well. Don’t see how an employee like that is an asset or how this business can stay open!

The Rite Aid location on El Cajon is always empty (which I find outstanding), so it’s easy to shop without having to dodge and parry your way from the whiskey on one side of the store, to the ear buds at the other.
Yeah, you knew it, you love it, you hope the same for your kids when they grow up… the Rite Aid has it all under one roof. Get your party supplies, drinks, snacks, music, and personal hygiene products; hot and cold stuff; TP to LP; snack chips to chapped lips, get it taken care of at the RA.
I like this location because it shares private parking with a postal office, so it’s easy for me to go to one from the other and not have to negotiate for another parking spot.
Get the Rite Aid savings card so that you can earn more savings on your purchases (includes the secret handshake, but the decoder ring is separate).

Crappy crappy crappy customer service. I can’t believe this rite aid is still in business. I was waiting for someone to come to the photo counter for 15 min. I asked the lady twice to call someone and she said she would twice but never did because she had to go on break. I finally had to wait in line to bug the other girl at the register to call someone. So I go by the photo counter and I’m patiently waiting and a worker lady walks by me and looks at me but doesn’t ask can I help you or anything… turns out when I finally got someone to help me, it was the same lady!!! But here’s the real kicker… SHE WAS THE MANAGER!!! So we get over to the registers and she make eye contact with the people behind me then asks «can I help the next person in line?» REALLY? REALLY? I was the next person in line!!! She asked me for my wellness card and by this point I am livid but keeping my composure. I told her «I don’t have my wellness card, I just want to get out of here because I’ve been waiting so long!» She gave me a very brief apology but she should have given me my $ 9 dollar photos for FREE!
Every time I come in here it’s always a long line with one register open and no one in sight to help. I’ve finally had it and it’s time to Unilocal how AWFUL their customer service is. I only came here to get some photos developed from an old water camera. I will never come back in here again. I’ll take my business somewhere else and I will freely let others know that if they do choose to shop there, that they will most likely have a bad experience like mine.

Best Rite Aid ever! Huge parking lot, actually has a full stock, lines move, they always have the best ice cream flavors there (chocolate malted crunch and cotton candy), and a Blockbuster Express machine out front.
Today I got all this for $ 21.34:
1. Claritin D (the good one that they keep away from meth addicts) 30 count for $ 11
2. A pair of cute flip flops for $ 2.74
3. 2 big bags of Rite Aid’s Swedish Fish knockoff brand $ 3
4. 3 tug of war dog toys for $ 3 (they typically go for at LEAST $ 4 at other stores)
Granted a did have a $ 4 coupon for Claritin D and Rite Aid had a sale on it for $ 15.
On shady people, Rolando is a dump altogether so I would be shocked if I didn’t encounter any of them in the parking lot.

Right off el cajon blvd — enough said.

Rite Aid is Rite Aid. The store has the selection of stuff a Rite Aid would have. I have no complaints about the store itself. Its always clean when I go in there and they are always stocked.
The one thing I have a problem with is the service! It is awful! I will never write a complaint about something based on 1 experience. This is something that is the same EVERY time I go into the store! There is never anyone around. I waited by the photo center for a good few minutes before anyone asked if I needed assistance. Then it was another few minutes before I got help. This is the same with the ice cream too! I also had to wait for there to be a cashier. Really?
Nothing against Rite Aid, but I dont know why there is always such a problem having people available to help you buy the stuff you are willing to pay for. I have left a number of times, and they have lost business, since they are just never around…

It’s an ok place. I didn’t want to give it more stars though because I’m still not that big of a fan.
The store itself is pretty good. Ok prices, ok selection.
It’s a small store. I’m not too fond of their pharmacy because I remember they’d always mess up on my Rx or not have it ready on time.
It’s kind of both convenient and inconvenient at he same time. Here’s how …
convenient: location is good. It’s right there on El Cajon Blvd. The parking lot is large and you can always get a good spot. BUT that might be because of the drawbacks that you can always get a spot …
inconvenient: there are some seriously shady looking characters always hanging out in front. They pester the people going into the post office nextdoor too. This is the same parking lot that I reviewed for the post office where there is one particular man who will come up to you asking to wash your windows. You don’t think anything of it at first and so you tell him sure and pay him. He doesn’t do a good job (he’s using newspaper and windex) and then you drive away. Next time you come, he asks you again and you decide that you’re gonna opt out this time and he proceeds to get up in your face and cuss you out!!! It’s really scary! Even if you tell him you don’t have any money on you, he freaks out! One time I walked from my place and he came up to me. I told him I didn’t have my car with me. «BITCH? What you mean you don’t have your car with you? F*&@!^ you! F8!5637 …» Yea.
There are other guys here that are here just about every day, claiming to need bus faire or just needing some «help» in general (i.e. money) They hang out in a large group at the side of the building, in the shade.
Now I am all for helping the homeless and/​or the poor. Hell, I don’t have a lot of money either! These guys are scammers though. They hang out in front of Rite Aid or at the buildings side ALL DAY goofing off and if you tell them no, they get kind of upset at you.
I’ve begun to avoid this place. If you do come, come at your own risk.

Went here today because the mrs’s needed Clorox wipes for her work desk. I looked them up first at cvs that’s right down the street & they were $ 7.00 :/
Decided to look them up on rite & they were on sale for $ 1.88 ya’ll (in my Britney Spears voice)
I also use their wellness card that’s supposed to give you discounts, which I think they just jack up the price & then when you use that card they charge you the price it should have been anyway to make you feel like you saving. I’m just saying
No one is ever really here when I go, they have huge selections with lower prices than most drug stores & if they could just open up more than one line I’d go a lot more.

I am a loyal target shopper but I do come here occasionally for something I forgot. They just dont have the variety and selection Target offers.
WHY I love this place is for the Thriftys Ice Cream by the scoop. For about 1.00 you can get a nice big scoop and two scoops is only about an additional 0.30 cents. You really can’t go wrong there, just wish they were open past 9 pm.

Rite Aid is Rite Aid.
I usually go to Rite Aid if good discounts are going on…
I went there recently and bought SOAP: 12 bars for $ 3.99 baby! BARGAIN! But the brand that was on sale, was very very super random and I think it was meant for boys. haha oops! I don’t care it gets the job done and it smells decent, its bright ass blue… so legit! It is called Coast and here is the cool part, or at least I think so… on each bar, there is a new «surfer» phrase engraved onto the soap. which make me laugh every time. I guess I’m just easily amused. =)
The photo center is always sketchy and is never working, so don’t even bother…
The employees there have a dull personality except this one older lady who has a 50’s style blonde hair. She is always working and is always commenting on my purchases. Shit gets annoying but i guess she is just trying to make conversation out of her boring job.

I made the mistake of going here to get a prescription filled, I will never do that again. The tech or whatever they are called was rude from the start, and it only got worse… The store was dirty, my son had to use the bathroom, and I took him into the womens, and even that was disgusting, worse than any gas station I’ve ever seen. And we actually entered as an employee was exiting, clearly they do not clean the bathrooms, and the funny thing is that the little checklist was filled out stating the bathroom had just been cleaned…

The following occurred between 7:15 — 7:18pm
It was a rainy bastard of an evening and I needed to pick some stuff up from the drug store. I prefer Rite-​Aid to CVS for sheer entertainment value. The people that patronize this store never cease to amaze me, this particular evening being no exception. It just so happens that I was the only person in the store until I went to check out.
In the background can be heard Toto’s Africa. Immediately, I’m pissed because I will not be able to get this song out of my head for weeks. The girl at the checkout counter appears to be East Indian or Sri Lankan. She speaks English but not with any level of comfort. I walk up to the counter with my basket of goodies (Tylenol PM, Trident, Coke Zero, and Marlboro Reds). As I remove these items from my basket, I attempt small talk with the girl behind the counter.
Ryan: Hey, how’s it going?
Indian Girl: ok
At this moment a gentleman that can only be described as the filthiest representative of human slob buffoonery walks through the doors. His demeanor is more jovial than I would expect from a person of his stature. He immediately begins to sing along to the song on the radio followed by something totally outlandish.
Fat Slob: Its gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Theres nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELCH!!!
Ryan: What the fuck…
Indian Girl: (terrified) what was that?!
Ryan: I don’t know.
Indian Girl: (cracks an uncharacteristic smile)
Ryan: (can’t seem to hold it together)
Both: (simulanteously errupt into uncontrollable laughter)
Ryan: HAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA!!!
Indian Girl: HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHA!!!
Aside from various experiences with the dregs of society, this Rite Aid is convenient, never too crowded, and has amazing deals on booze.

I am writing like they never lost their liquor license (which I’m not sure they did or not, but I heard they did.)
I feel I spent more time in this place from 2004 – 2006 than possibly any other human being. The cashiers knew our birthdays by heart and they were always welcoming. The place has amazing prices on alcohol. Any particular week they could have amazing sales on anything from beer to wine to hard alcohol. The only down side is that actually buying the products could take sometime. I have no idea what the actual problem was, but they would take forever to check you out — regardless of the line.
I highly recommend this to college students who need alcohol at a cheap price.