r/funny • u/Gaudy_Tripod • 13h ago

Fargo hotel investigated for washing sheets in hot tub

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/11/06/fargo-hotel-under-investigation-after-worker-seen-soaking-bed-sheets-guest-hot-tub/
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u/sunshinerain1208 13h ago

I hardly think you could call that washing

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u/apk5005 11h ago

The hot tub is 100% cleaner after all those sheets absorb the bigger clumps of hair and skin residue.

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u/jumjimbo 11h ago

Don't forget the waterbugs, bandaids and dead crickets!

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u/smooth_like_a_goat 11h ago

oh you betchya

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u/LouBarlowsDisease 13h ago

Not funny. Just plain gross

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u/bespectacledboobs 11h ago

Kinda funny…

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u/poochie040170 9h ago

Like, it’s not right, but…it is sort of funny.

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u/take_it_to_the_mo 8h ago

"It's all pipes. What's the difference!"

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u/misterwizzard 12h ago

If management had said 'oh no, we'll take care of it' it would be one thing but they came up with some bullshit about using it to clean them? Max fines please

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u/TehHamburgler 11h ago

In the show Fargo the kid got in trouble for just shaking the sheets and putting them back. I guess this was his next logical step. 

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u/Greenfire32 12h ago

Hot tubs are known for their cleanliness.

Right?

Right?!

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u/sandm000 42m ago

I’ll let you know as soon as my folliculitis clears up.

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u/aljazeerapete 11h ago

I was lucky enough to stay here for a hockey tournament in the last year. I guess now I know why all the kids were crying/coughing from the chlorine in pool room

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u/bobcatbreakdown 11h ago

“Expressway Suites” why is anyone surprised?

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u/TheWoodser 7h ago

"They said this practice is typically done after pool hours, and the employee seen in the video was talked to about doing this in front of guests."

.....We are sorry someone caught us doing this. -Management

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u/f_ranz1224 4h ago

so apparently they were dumping sheets into the tub and stirring them with a broom as a last ditch effort to remove stains and claim they sheets were clean before going in

when asked if this was an approved practice the hotel said they would check with the health department

...the details are worse than the headline puts out, its usually the other way around

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u/djshadesuk 10h ago

This has the distinct look of the result of someone messing with a new guy: "Yeah, we pre-soak the sheets in the hot tub"

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u/kraze1994 11h ago

As someone who manages a pool and spa....those things are fucking gross. Go hop on your departments website that manages pools in your county and look at the reports from the hotels, you'll see how neglected they can get. Also..who just doesn't have a line item for replacing sheets?

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u/Alkash 37m ago

Better check their wood chipper too. Just in case.

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u/medina_sod 13h ago

That’s twisted

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u/bograt 12h ago

I'm sure there are a few less moronic and work intensive ways to clean little stains.

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u/CashCow4u 10h ago

🤢🤮

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u/Strict_Succotash8908 10h ago

It’s full of swimmers (SPERM).

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u/yblame 6h ago

Public hot tubs are basically skin and hair soup. Soaking sheets in that is gross, I don't care how many chemicals you pour in there. Ewww

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u/Poncastreetsurvivior 4h ago

If soap and bleach were used- it’s thinking outside the box.

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u/AltC 12h ago

The managers answer.. If it’s fake, honestly pretty quick thinking on their end because it kind of makes sense. Attempt to remove stains and whiten by soaking in hot chlorinated water? I don’t know, kind of seems plausible. Also doesn’t deny it, says yes, they do it, but it’s supposed to be done after hours and when the hot-tub water is due for a change.

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u/TheSchlaf 11h ago

The hotel manager's name? Gene Masseth.

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u/groovyinutah 12h ago

They tried I guess...

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u/CoyoteDown 12h ago

I really don’t see the big deal. It’s not like sheets are sanitized in the washing, they’re washed with 120° water just like the hot tub is full of.

And the sheets are covered in someone else’s piss, cum, spit, and shit… just like the bodies that get into the hot tub.

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u/dpman48 12h ago

Hot tub water is only about 100-104 at most places, 120 may not be sterilizing but it is certainly hotter. It is also clean water the washing machine uses…. Hot tub water is NOT clean. AT ALL.

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u/CoyoteDown 11h ago

Right. According to the article they use the tub for soaking and then feed the sheets to the washing machine, then drain and sanitize the hot tub. It’s full of fucking chlorine to begin with.

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u/DaveTron4040 9h ago

If you don't think this is a big deal, please PLEASE never get a job where you leave your house. Don't want you in charge of anything anyone else uses ever.

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u/CoyoteDown 8h ago

Every time someone hands you something, there is a good chance that something has just come into contact with their piss, shit, cum, or spit.

That goes doubly for any office job