Heliotrope Hotel

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My stay disheartening to say the least. Let me preface this by saying I really don’t require a lot from a hotel. Cleanliness and safety are really all that matters to me at the end of the day. I went back and forth trying to decide on booking this hotel or the Coachman Inn. Apparently I made the wrong decision. First, I had a shower and was a little put off that the ledge in the shower looked like it hadn’t even been wiped down after the last guests. The rest of the shower seemed ok, so I tried to put it out of my mind and just not use the ledge. Next, I go to crawl into bed after a long day of driving, flip back the covers and see the most disguising sheets I’ve ever seen in a hotel. (I’ve tried to attach pictures, but I’m not sure they really do it justice...incredibly hard to photograph with the lighting as it was). Sidenote: I wish I was a more assertive person, but I’m not. I spend the next 30 minutes debating whether I’m overreacting/working past my anxiety about not wanting to complain about anything. I debate driving to Target to purchase new sheets. I debate sleeping in my car. I finally work up the courage and decide this is a fault of the hotel, not mine, and I shouldn’t have to suffer because of it. I change out of pajamas, get dressed, walk across to the lobby area to ask for new sheets. I wait as another guest is being checked in, and when she is done, ask if there’s any way I could get clean sheets as the ones currently on my bed are dirty and not in great condition. She goes to the back, hands me another sheet, and mumbles a half apology, but seems a little too unbothered. I get back to the room, realize it’s the wrong sheet she game me (I needed the fitted one). Head back over for the other ones.