There’s never a dull moment working in retail. However, an insect outbreak is the latest controversial issue the well-known clothing brand H&M has faced as an employee released photos of bug-infested clothing in the store.
Madesonne a former employee of H&M at New York City’s World Trade Center Oculus location, released disturbing snapshots of the insect-infected clothing reportedly being sold to unmindful customers.
She posted a picture of a rack full of white-colored hoodies crawling with bugs. The pictures went viral on Twitter, with other users concurring with the employee.
“I work at the H&M in the Oculus at World Trade, and today a customer discovered lice on a rack of hoodies,” the H&M employee wrote. “They’re not closing the store, nor are they notifying employees of the problem. The section was just blocked off.”
Fortunately, the tainted sweatshirts were not on the rack very long because the store “gets shipments every day,” and the bugs did not have too much time to spread.
The company later closed the location after her tweet went viral, and released the following statement: “Out of an abundance of caution we have closed the H&M store at Westfield World Trade Center in order to investigate fully.”
As for the whistleblower, it was her last day working for H&M. “I’m resigning because I hate it here,” she wrote. She apologized to her store manager for the sudden widespread negative attention brought about by her tweet but said her co-workers, on the other hand, were thankful.
Dozens of people took to the comments section to share their disgust, with one writing: “These are adult bedbugs. Store needs to be closed immediately.”
Another said, “Looking at it just made me itch,” while a third added: “This is exactly why physical stores are dying day by day. The concept of public shopping is low-key gross.”
“Looking at it just made me itch,” wrote one disturbed person.
“This is exactly why physical stores are dying day by day. The concept of public shopping is low-key gross,” someone else wrote.
Some commenters agreed that the critters were bedbugs, while others argued they were lice or stink bugs, although none of these claims have been confirmed.
Source: AWM
