I asked hotel to help me surprise my crisp-loving wife – but confused staff’s efforts were HYSTERICAL
TALK about crisp sheets . . . a stunned couple returned to their hotel room to find their bed covered in the spud snacks.
Johnnie Norman asked staff to lay out 30 whole bags of assorted flavours to surprise his crisp-loving wife Rachel, while they enjoyed a night out for her birthday.
They got back to find the bags had all been opened and crunchy treats scattered like confetti over the sheets.
Stunned Rachel thought they were victims of a strange break-in — but could not resist tucking into a few crisps.
And the pair were left in stitches when mortified Johnnie explained what must have happened.
Rachel, 36, from Accrington, Lancs, said: “I was hysterical.
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“His face was a picture. Since that day, though, he’s never tried any more romantic antics.”
Warehouse operative Johnnie, 35, added: “Looking back, it really is funny — like we both had some sort of prawn-cocktail crisp fetish.
“I can laugh about it now but it was such an epic romantic fail!”
The couple had booked the Grand Hotel in Blackpool and went to the Beauty and the Beast pantomime then for dinner and drinks while confused staff concocted their crisp calamity.
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Luckily, the hotel fixed the error, changed the sheets and gave the couple a voucher for another night’s stay.
Rachel said: “It was obviously memorable for the staff too because when we went back for our free night a few months later they recognised us. Johnnie was so horrified!
“This has lost me any chance of any romantic surprises now because he’s so scared of things going wrong.”
NHS worker Rachel scoffed four bags of crisps a day at the height of her habit, spending £15 a week.
She has recently cut down to one every two days in a bid to be healthier.
The Grand Hotel in Blackpool has been contacted for comment.
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