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Crunch Alert: Hotel Blunders Surprise by Salting the Bed with Crisps

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 employee from Accrington, Lancashire, stated: "I was extremely emotional."

'The look on his face said it all.'

'From that day onward, he hasn’t attempted anything more romantic, yet it remains one of our cherished recollections.'

Johnnie, who works as a warehouse operative, purchased the chips for Rachel's 30th birthday celebration on December 15, 2018.

He remarked, "Reflecting on it now, it’s hilarious! It was as though we were obsessed with prawn cocktail crisps..."

The hotel employees replaced the linens and provided the pair with a certificate for an additional evening's accommodation.

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