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A practical joker has been banned from a Hilton Hotel for life after leaving an 'abusive' joke on its online booking system.

Software consultant Jason Payne said he never expected the tasteless comment to be seen by staff, after responding that he had a 'large snake in his trousers' to a question about pets. He said it was the only pet he had, adding 'hope that's OK'.

Mr Payne, 35, said he was surprised when the receptionist at the Hilton Hotel in Basingstoke starting laughing when he checked in on February 8, as he hadn't expected his comment to be read. 'The woman at the reception just suddenly burst out laughing hysterically and appeared very amused,' he said.

'I had no idea why and then she read the comment to me ... Her colleague then also laughed.'

However, Payne, who was staying at the hotel for the night for a friend's birthday, received an email days later, banning him for life from staying at the hotel. In her correspondence, Cathrin Wurst, the hotel's front manager, said staff had been put in an 'uncomfortable situation', and said the hotel was unwilling to accept 'abusive language'.

Joe Guy wrote:I don't know why but the snake comment must have rattled someone.