I wish the CVS stores in NYC were as awesome as the ones in Chicago:

And the price is right!

CVS is okay, but I’ll always be true to Walgreen’s, the drugstore that used to dominate the midwest before CVS invaded. I like their scripted font, it’s what I always wanted my cursive to look like, until I gave it up in 5th grade after still being unable to draw a capital S that didn’t look like a treble clef, which apparently I considered to be more important, and it was.

Note that I also just compared writing cursive to drawing.

Okay, so check out the interior of a different CVS store in Long Beach, Indiana. (”I don’t know where she finds these barneys!”)

What?!

Instead of the lists at the top of each aisle, there were hundreds of neon bubble signs poking out from random places on the shelves, SCREAMING where shoppers could find the most embarrassing products in the store. It’s hard enough for men and women to coexist in the “feminine products” aisle without these giant grasshopper signs to help the awkwardness along. I particularly enjoy the distinction between “pantiliners” and just “liners.” Is there one? I can’t believe I’m even discussing it!!!

Just kidding. Maybe that’s a silly attitude, and CVS is pioneering a whole new way of approaching the tampon/diaper/anti-diarrheal aisle dilemma. Maybe these terms should be out there in the open in order to promote acceptance and love across the universe.

Huh.