
Hot tubs are meant to be relaxing and luxurious, but after her experience, Grita Sudziute (@gritasudziute) couldn’t feel any further from relaxed.
In a video clip that has amassed 4,424 views, she asks, “Does anyone know what, like, side effects could happen in the long term after being sat in bleach for 45 minutes?”
She then directed the camera to her bathing suit. The vast majority of it was bleached white, along with patches revealing its original color: baby blue with white flowers.
“It’s white, yellow… I don’t know what you would call it,” she said.
She then went on to explain exactly what happened.
“We were at Hilton Garden, and we’re in the hot tub for about 45 minutes,” she said. And we’re like, ‘This hot tub has a really strong bleach smell,’ but we’re like, ‘Great, it was clean.'”
“We all get out of the hot tub, and my friend goes, ‘Why is your bathing suit white? Wasn’t it blue?’
She continued, “Let me remind you of one thing, there were no signs that the hot tub should not be used. And when we came back and told the receptionist, the guys ran to the jacuzzi and put up the sign. They also immediately took a sample of the water, and the other guys started pumping clean water in the jacuzzi, clearly trying to dilute whatever the chemical concentration was there.”
“Thanks, Hilton Garden Inn,” Grita added in the video description. “Our bright blue swimsuits are now white. Jacuzzi or giant bleach bath?”
Grita didn’t immediately respond to The Mary Sue’s request for comment via TikTok comment.
What did commenters say?
In the comments section, she told users that, at the time of writing, the jacuzzi is still closed. She also noted that she emailed management, but never heard back from them. “They haven’t even asked us if we’re okay,” she added.
However, commenters were divided over whether the hotel actually did anything wrong.
“Oh, taking a sample and closing it down directly after?” one asked. “Yeah lawsuit for negligence.”
@gritasudziute “Thanks @HiltonGardenInn ? Our bright blue swimsuits are now white. Jacuzzi or giant bleach bath??” @hilton #hilton #fyp #hotel #hottub #POV ♬ original sound – Grita
“CALL POISON CONTROL,” a second advised. “Go to the ER. Call a lawyer.”
However, a third commenter suggested that the color-changing swimsuit debacle wasn’t uncommon.
“Last time I was at a hotel, the sign above the hot tub said that your wardrobe can change color due to the chemicals in the tub,” one pointed out. “Sorry this actually happened to you!”
“The recommended limit is 30 minutes in a hot tub,” a second advised. “And it’s not bleach the chlorine levels were extremely high. It damaged your swimsuit, but other than some irritation there’s no long term effects.”
Do hot tubs bleach swimsuits?
According to The Hot Tub Store, it is possible for hot tubs to bleach swimsuits.
However, the site notes that this only happens when the chlorine and bromine levels in the tub are kept “much too high.”
“Your hot tub should never have this high level of chemicals,” the site added. “If the hot tub at your gym or at the hotel has levels of chlorine this high, you might not want to get in.”
On its website, Hot Tub Village also notes that the level of chlorine or bromine in your hot tub should be between 1 and 3 parts per million (ppm).
Hilton didn’t immediately respond to The Mary Sue’s request for comment via TikTok comment.
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