A Travelodge guest was left baffled when he was greeted in his hotel room with a 'welcome' message urging him not to wet the bed.
Matthew Clarke booked into the Travelodge at London Docklands Central on Friday, September 30 ahead of taking part in Sunday's London Marathon.
When the 39-year-old dad-of-three returned to his room in the evening and switched on the TV, he was confronted by a 'strange' message on the screen.
The traditional hotel welcome message emblazoned across the screen read 'Welcome to Premier Inn. Please don't wet bed'.
The civil servant said that while it was 'strange' and it made him wonder if he was even in the right hotel, he saw the humour in the mystery message.
Matthew stressed that he had never wet the bed and so didn't see it as a personal attack on his reputation as whoever did it was not 'working with some kind of prior knowledge'.
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 keen runner said he brought up the bizarre message with hotel staff the next morning who he says were as baffled as he was.
Matthew said: "I mentioned it when I checked out the next day, and they said they'd take a look at the room. They were a bit surprised as well.
"I didn't know where it had come from or who would have access to the messages on the TV screens.
"It could be staff, it could be a previous guest playing a prank on the next person in the room - I just really don't know.
"It could even be a bit of corporate hi-jinks between the rival hotels. Who knows, it's not something I've seen before.
"I didn't think anything bad of it, it seemed like someone was on the wind-up."
Travelodge has been contacted for comment. Premier Inn declined to comment.
