Shoppers shouldn’t be tiptoeing among the tulips at their local Pa. Lowe’s, at least according to one employee appalled by the busy store amid a pandemic.

Lowes is considered a life-sustaining businesses in Pa., but a busy weekend sale found shoppers swarming the mulch and tulips, instead, KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh reports.

As a result, some employees tell the news station they fear for their safety amid the coronavirus pandemic.

KDKA describes the scene from the weekend, as shopper swarmed local Lowe’s stores across the Pittsburgh area: The shoppers came in droves looking for deals in the heavily promoted “Lowe’s Spring Black Friday Sale” -- 2-days of deals for customers to “shop in-store on Saturday April 4 and Sunday April 5.”

KDKA encountered some employees who were concerned that staging a big sale amid the coronavirus epidemic wasn’t the best practice of so-called social distancing.

That includes one Lowe’s associate who said of her jam-packed store, according to KDKA: “This is an epidemic where you need to stay home, not come out and go shopping. You don’t need to plant your tulips right now! You can wait!”

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Here’s the scene at Lowe’s as described in the KDKA report:

Our cameras captured packed parking lots, people not adhering to social distancing guidelines, and people not wearing masks.

KDKA talked to an employee at one local Lowe’s store, who did not want to be identified out of fear of losing her job, but said she believes the company is putting profit ahead of her safety.

She said that Lowe’s Spring Black Friday sale is concerning to both her and her fellow co-workers.

The front page of Lowe’s advertisement promotes 2-day only deals and says “shop in-store on Saturday April 4 and Sunday April 5.”

The website’s “spring project savings” includes the usual patio furniture, grills and outdoor tools.

“We’re like, promoting it,” the same employee told KDKA. “They’re sending out emails saying get your home projects finished. They’re sending out emails saying do this do that and here’s our weekly ad and here’s our flyers for spring Black Friday, but that’s not essential.”

She added, “I get it that it’s going to keep you busy, but that’s not going to keep you alive.”

Lowe’s is considered a life-sustaining businesses and is allowed to remain open despite widespread business closures across Pa.

KDKA asked the employee what most people are buying during this pandemic, and she said it’s “definitely not essential items.”

“Gallons and gallons of paint. They’re buying mulch. They’re buying flowers. They’re buying blinds, home decor items and they’re not coming in for essentials.”

She said that she fears for her safety and the safety of her fellow co-workers.

“The morale is painfully low. There is no morale. Everybody is angry, everybody is upset. It’s not a happy place – it’s the complete opposite of happy.”

As for Lowe’s, here are statements from the home improvement company, as reported by KDKA:

“We are making masks and gloves available to all associates in the workplace who want them, and as previously shared, all N95 masks were placed on a stop-sale and being donated to hospitals to protect frontline healthcare workers.”

The store also highlighted it has added “dedicated social distancing ambassadors” who will be responsible for “monitoring customer flow in our garden centers and front-end areas and enforce customer limits to allow proper social distancing.”

The company adds that it has made changes to the stores’ layouts, saying “We opened aisles and removed displays to further support the CDC’s guidelines for social distancing.”

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