There’s nothing quite like the feel of crisp hotel sheets when enjoying time away from home.
But one hapless husband had that taken to a whole new level when his entire bed was covered in the crunchy snack after a romantic gesture went spectacularly wrong.
Johnnie Norman, 35, took his wife Rachel, 36, out for her birthday in Blackpool, Lancashire, and secretly asked hotel staff to put 30 assorted bags of crisps on the bed while they were out to surprise his crisp-loving wife.
But staff misunderstood, opened the bags, and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti.
Stunned Rachel thought they were victims of a strange break-in when she opened the door and saw the scene, but still decided to eat some of them.
After a mortified Johnnie explained what must have happened the pair could not stop laughing.
Rachel loves crisps and would eat four bags a day – spending up to £15-a-week on the snack – until cutting down to one every two days recently in a bid to be healthier.
Rachel, an NHS worker, from Accrington, Lancashire, said: ‘I was hysterical.
Johnnie Norman, 35, took his wife Rachel, 36, out for her birthday in Blackpool, Lancashire, and secretly asked hotel staff to put 30 assorted bags of crisps on the bed while they were out to surprise his crisp-loving wife – but the result was not what they had in mind
Staff misunderstood Johnnie’s request, opened the bags, and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti
Rachel loves crisps and would eat four bags a day – spending up to £15-a-week on the snack – until cutting down to one every two days recently in a bid to be healthier
‘His face was a picture.
‘Since that day he’s never tried any more romantic antics, but it’s one of our favourite memories.’
Johnnie, a warehouse operative, bought the crisps for Rachel’s 30th birthday, on December 15, 2018.
He said: ‘Looking back it really is funny! Like we had some sort of prawn-cocktail crisp fetish…’
Hotel staff changed the sheets and gave the couple a voucher for another night’s stay.
