||| FROM BOB PHALAN for ISLAND HARDWARE |||
We at Island Hardware take the health and safety of our loyal customers and staff seriously. Island Hardware has experienced its first positive test for Covid 19. This person has been in isolation since November 11. We are in close contact with the Health Department and have been very cooperative with their contact tracing protocol. The Health Department has required Island Hardware & Supply to isolate the three employees that had potential exposure and are testing for COVID on Nov. 20.
After further conversation with the Health Department, they are allowing us to remain open! Losing a third of our staff in one day is requiring us to reduce our hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On a regular basis for the past nine months we have been sanitizing all surfaces that would come into contact with all customers and staff! If anyone has any hesitation to enter the store we are continuing our curbside no contact pick up!
We appreciate your understanding and support during these difficult times. Please do not hesitate to call with any questions that you may have. Please contact Marce Holmes, Woody Garwood or Marty Graves 360-376-4200.
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Thank you for keeping us “supplied.”
Speedy recovery.
Again, it would be helpful for us to know how you think the person was infected: serving a person who wasn’t wearing a mask, working too closely with staff and customers, not wearing their mask properly or not continuing to wash hands, etc. Also good to know what symptoms these infected people experience that triggers a test, so we can be even more vigilant.
From my experience in the store, everyone was “doing the right thing”. The virus is sneaky…we need to know how it outwits us.
I do agree with you. I just would like to have such info come from Brendan. (I call him Brendan.)