You explain how pool chemicals react to a friend, they tell you, "But I don't understand why the sodium hypochlorite won't react any more with the chloride ions and the hydrogen ions." Knowing that this reaction displays an equilibrium, what would be a good response to their comment? When people sweat, their bodies often exude salts (including chloride ions) and acidic compounds (that produce hydrogen ions when dissolved in water). For this reason, people are asked in public pools to shower before jumping into the pool water.