Leslie's Pool Supplies review: I almost died ( 1 comment)

I went to the Leslie store located in Anna, TX. Had my water tested and bought supplies around 9:30am on Saturday morning 6/7/25. One of the supplies that I bought was a 50 Lb. bucket of Chlorine Powder. My drive is about 20 minutes away from the store. When I got home and got out of my truck, I smelt chlorine. I have a tunnel cover on my truck and just thought the bucket may have tipped over and spilt out. When I opened the tailgate, a strong odor hit me right in the face and took my breath away. I almost passed out. After I got my breath, I noticed the lid of the chlorine bucket was slightly opened. While holding my breath, I started to remove the bucket from the back of the truck. The bucket was really hot. I lifted the lid and noticed a small plastic bottle (about 1” x 3”) tucked down by the side and only the top of it showing. Whatever was in that bottle was reacting with the chlorine. I removed the bucket from my truck immediately and put at the edge of my driveway. I when in to tell my wife that I need to take the chlorine back to the store and show them. By the time I got back outside the bucket was smoking really bad. I took a garden hoe and removed the lid from the bucket, as soon as I did the chlorine ignited. I called the store immediately and explained what was going on, Matthew said he needed to call his district manager. Matthew called me back and said they needed pictures or video. I asked him where I need to send that and he said, “you need to bring it in, because we need proof, we don’t have anywhere you can send the proof”. I told him I could not come until later because I had a funeral to go to.
When I got to the store, the assistant Ryan said he was aware of the issue. Tried to call the district manager but, didn’t answer due to being at a sporting event for his kid. They were texting but, not sure what was said. I showed Ryan the video but, he did not know what to do about it. At this point it was about 5 hours after the incident, and I still have not heard from the district manager. We told Ryan that this is a major deal and could have gotten someone killed. I’m writing this letter Sunday morning and still have not heard from Leslie management.
Luckly, I took this out of my truck when I did. This looks like someone deliberately put this bottle in the chlorine to do some harm. I have not got no support from Leslie’s and I’m going to put this out everywhere I can on social media.
They made me feel like I was doing something shady. I have been going to Leslei’s for over 5 years; I will never buy from them again.