TIFU by going to the sauna with freshly dyed hair

So I effed up today and thought I might as well share it for a laugh.

I'm at vacation right now and figured what better to relax than to visit a swimming hall and a sauna, right?

(Now there was a bit more of eff uppery on my behalf - as in I didn't actually check if the swimming hall was opened before I was on the bus, the other one close by was closed as well and it took me an eternity to find one at all, but that's mostly just me being me.)

Now I love red hair. I've had it red for quite a while - started at 15, although I rarely keep it dyed forlonger than 2 years at a time. Recently I figured I miss the colour a lot, so I decided to go red again. Exceot my workplace isn't really onboard with wild or unnatural colours, so I figured I only dye the lower half of my head plus some strands at the front. Pretty much everything that would be shaved in an undercat is red. Since I absolutely loathe spending money where I don't absolutely need it I always dye it myself.

Everyone who self-dyed before can tell you one thing - the first few washes some excess colour will eash out. It's embarrassed me at school swimming classes before when the water suddenly turned red. It ruined shirts of mine because I thought my hair was dry and put on bright shirts, only to take them off at the end of the day and notice they got a new criss cross muster on the back.

By now I mostly know everything that can go wrong and am quite adept at making sure those little mishaps only happen in private. Also learned to keep a few dozens of red towels lying around. No visible stains on my watch!

I re-dyed it about three weeks ago. The usual - colour on, wash out, be careful with clothes for the next two weeks. No problem. Colour washed out nicely.

So I went to the sauna today. I didn't bother bringing my own towels to my vacation - the appartment I rented lent them out for free. Less baggage!

The towels were white.

No problem, I thought. It's been enough time.

I enter the sauna and have the time of my life. I do 2 turns and relax a bit in a whirlpoolish tub when my gaze falls onto my towel.

The front end that my head rested on was completely covered in red.

The middle where I had the towel wrapped around my body and made it into a shirt - covered in red.

It looked quite frankly as if I'd either started my period and tried very unsuccessfully to hide it or used it to murder someone.

People were definitely giving me stares.

I will now spend the rest of the evening trying to un-dye my towel...

(Cooincidentally now I match the towel since the last sauna run might have been a bit too hot and literally burned the skin around my knees from where I had my legs propped up. Oops.)

TL;DR: went to a sauna with relatively freshly dyed hair. The colour was not as save as I thought and my loaned towel now looks like I murdered someone with it.