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Related: About this forumMan Shares Hilarious Story Of Why Hotel Banned Him For Life
http://www.reshareworthy.com/man-banned-from-hotel-seagulls-story/?utm_source=Reshareworthy+Newsletter&utm_campaign=29bf5dd221-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6e07917f92-29bf5dd221-196848253A man who got banned from the Fairmont Empress hotel in Victoria, Canada, asked the hotel to forgive him 17 years later. Nick Burchill was staying at the posh hotel for a business meeting when all the trouble began.
His story starts with him bringing a suitcase full of pepperoni to his room. He planned on sending the cured meat to his friends in the Navy. But to stop it from spoiling, he opened the window. Thats when all hell broke loose.
In a hilarious Facebook post, Nick relates how he left his room before events snowball into disaster after disaster.
28 March 2018
Dear Empress Hotel:
This may seem like and unusual request, but I write to you today, seeking a pardon.
17 Years ago a string of unfortunate events led to my being banned from your hotel. I would like to explain the incident
Well worth following the link above and reading the entire story if you want a good LOL.
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(54,157 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)he did a excellent job writing about the incident.
pandr32
(12,173 posts)This story sure made me laugh. Thank you for posting.
elfin
(6,262 posts)3catwoman3
(25,447 posts)...Wait, Wait - Don't Tell Me this morning. Hysterical!
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(36,895 posts)Butterflylady
(3,988 posts)After all this crap with dotard I needed a good laugh.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)In my experience, the 'hotel' takes itself very seriously indeed, and if the lifetime ban had been left in place, I wouldn't have been surprised.
As a couple of weird bits of trivia....
The hotel was originally built on quite swampy land, and a huge number of gumwood pilings were driven into the ground to stabilize it. When they did a massive reno in the 80's. it was decided it would be prudent to check the remaining life of the gumwood. It is so incredibly well self-preserved that it was as good as the day it was installed.
The Humboldt wing on the N side of the hotel was a slightly later addition, being completed in 1922. Both being built entirely of brick, it was easy to marry the look of the two structures. The interesting part, at least to me, is that one of the bricklayers was Boris Karloff.