As a socially responsible small business, we want to make sure you can be confident that we are doing all we can to fulfill our commitments to our staff and to our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of you know that we voluntarily shut our doors to the public in March of 2020, in order to protect our staff and customers. In June, we reopened slowly and carefully via appointment only at a slower pace than the rest of the state of VA. We will be following the mandates set forth by the state of VA.  Read on to understand the precautions we are taking and the changes you should expect to see during your upcoming visits.

Thanks for all your patience, understanding, and patronizing! This small business appreciates you!

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Following are the measures we are taking to help create a clean and safe environment for customers:

For Our Staff

1. MASKS
   Our staff will be wearing masks or face coverings throughout their shift
2. HAND WASHING
   We have sinks and hand sanitizer for them to use before and after every interaction with a customer, or every two hours as indicated by a timer.
3. HEALTH SCREENING, TAKING TEMPERATURES
   They have been provided with a thermometer and have been asked to take their own temperature around the same time every day to establish a baseline. If, on a day they are scheduled to work, their temperature is higher than normal, their shift will be covered, and they will be asked to stay home, though still paid for their scheduled shift.

 

In the Store

1. BY WALK-IN WITH LIMITED CUSTOMERS IN STORE – (As of 9/17/20)
   Our customers are welcome in the store either via walk-in or during their scheduled appointment. We are limited shopping to 2 parties of 2 at a time. Please be mindful of other shoppers and try to limit your time to 30 mins. Appointment will guarantee your time to shop: schedule your in-store shopping appointment now!
2. SHOPPING RESTRICTIONS
   In order to maintain the bodysafe integrity of the store we will have a list of changes to the in-store shopping experience.  See in detail here. All guests will need to agree to the changes before scheduling their appointment.
3. THE CLEAN FAIRY
   We have created our schedule to have one person on staff responsible for all the cleaning and sanitizing at a time.  This way they can focus on this important role. They will monitor staff and customers for touching of face and come around with gentle reminders and hand sanitizer.  They will be responsible for the cleaning of high-touch surfaces every two hours, and will ask staff and customers to maintain social distances. They will monitor the limit of people in the store.
4. POSTPONED EVENTS
   We have postponed all events for the foreseeable future. We will begin workshops again as soon as it is safe. If you have questions about a ticket you have purchased previously, please contact teal@lotusblooms.com with questions. 

 

For Our Staying-Home Customers

1. DISCOUNTED SHIPPING on online orders!
We totally understand that venturing out isn’t safe or feasible for many of our customers, so in an effort to provide additional options, and to give folx ample opportunities and reasons to continue to support small businesses, we’re giving you a shipping discount. No code necessary!
2. CURBSIDE PICKUP
   We are also continuing to offer free curb-side pickup of purchases made online. Simply select “FREE- In Store Pickup” at checkout and we’ll have your order waiting for you to run in, grab-and-go! See here for more details. Pick-up will be available during our normal store hours. 
3. VIRTUAL SHOPPING
   We are available to talk you through any questions you have through Zoom- which is the closest you’ll get to an in-store shopping experience, without the public exposure. Make your appointment here!
   
   We also have several online platforms where you can reach us for questions.  Plus, good old-fashioned phones work too, give us a call!
   
   DM us on Instagram with toy questions. Need lube advice? Shoot us a Facebook message. Let us email you answers to your questions. Or we can chat with you via Google for Business messages. 

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Thanks for reading, thanks for washing, and mostly, thanks for continuing to support us!  We hope it puts you at ease a tad, and encourages you to visit us and other small businesses during this time, if you are able.

Stay tuned for safe and sexy advice!  We love you all. Stay safe and healthy, and remember that pleasure and orgasms boosts immune systems… just sayin. ;)

Updated: 9/17/2020