Is buying a new sofa and racecar bed for your kid considered essential during the coronavirus pandemic? Mathis Brothers in Indio believes so.
The store reopened on Monday at a time that is just as Americans are set to receive their stimulus checks from the federal government, which is surely just a coincidence, I am sure.
For anyone looking to splurge on a coffee table or a bookcase during the shelter-in-place COVID-19 situation, there are a few changes at the store. According to KESQ, customers and employees wishing to enter the showroom need to answer questions and get their temperature checked.
According to the furniture chain’s website, all of its stores in the US are now open from 11 am to 7 pm, but the store asks that the first hour be reserved for “seniors and persons at risk” – and, well, let’s just hope those folks can hold out a bit longer to get a new recliner rather than risk it all to update their dining table.
Many in the Coachella Valley are familiar with Mathis Brothers, as the furniture store is a major advertiser on local TV. Coincidentally, KMIR was there on the first day that the “essential”(?) furniture store reopened:
