Travelodge guest confused by welcome message telling him not to 'wet the bed'
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Edinburgh hotel hits back at customer who slammed 'rude' staff and left before check-in Matthew Clarke, 39, booked into the Travelodge at London Docklands Central on September 30 ahead of taking part in Sunday's London Marathon.When the dad-of-three returned to his room and switched on the TV, he was confronted by a “strange” message on the screen.The message read: “Welcome to Premier Inn.
Please don't wet bed.”Matthew, a civil servant, was baffled and even wondered if he was in the correct hotel.However, he also says he saw the funny side of the message – and insisted he has never wet the bed and so it was not a “personal attack” and the writer clearly has no “prior knowledge” of him.Matthew, from Swansea, Wales, said: "It does make you wonder what's gone on there before."It's a strange thing to see when you turn your telly on.
My first thought was 'Am I in the right hotel?', because it said 'Welcome to Premier Inn.'"Then when I read, 'Please don't wet the bed', I thought 'It's not something I'm likely to do anyway', and I thought it was funny."I'd like to say that I've never wet the bed, so they weren't working with some kind of prior knowledge."It's not like they were aware in advance and thought 'Mr Clarke's coming.
Let's remind him not to wet the bed'."I didn't see it as a personal attack on my reputation."The runner said he brought up the bizarre message with hotel staff the next morning who he says were as baffled as he was at who was responsible for it.Matthew added: "I mentioned it when I checked out the next day, and they said they'd take a look at the room.
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