When I was young, I used to love to go to the corner drug store and go wild on all the candy they had in the store! This was back in the days when drug stores were both for medication and for lots of treats.
They even had one of those soda fountains as well. Me and my pals back then used to sometimes like to go in there in the winter and hang out all day when we didn’t have to go to school. Not because of just the candy and other treats, but because they had really good central heating in that drug store. Heating in those days wasn’t easy to come by if you were talking about quality heating. Most heaters were portable, or, you had a really loud and overworking furnace. This is what my parents had back then. I am really showing my age here talking about this. I preferred the early version of central heating in commercial buildings over the furnace heating I had at home. Back then of course, I didn’t know what it was called, nor, the differences between central heating, portable heaters and furnaces. I just knew what made me feel warm and nice that time of the year. The smell in the drug store was also so fresh and clean. It almost had the smell you have when you’re in a store full of soap and bath products. In reality, this was just very good air quality. I sure miss those old days and when drug stores were like this.