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Nick Burchill will never forget the day he found dozens of seagulls feasting on pepperoni in his hotel room at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. He managed to get the birds out, but not before they trashed his room, covering it in feathers, feces and drool.

Despite successfully ridding his room of about 40 seagulls, Burchill received a strict punishment: the posh hotel banned him for life.

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For 17 years, Burchill stayed away. He never stepped foot in the Empress again. That is, until this past weekend.

In an email posted to Facebook on Friday, Burchill implored the hotel to pardon him, or at least consider the last two decades as “time served.”

“I have matured and I admit responsibility for my actions. I come to you, hat-in-hand to apologize for the damage I had indirectly come to cause and to ask you reconsider my lifetime ban,” he wrote.

All the kind comments have almost made up for the 17 years of seagull flashbacks Nick Burchill

His wish was granted when Ryan Rearden, a manager at Fairmont Empress, said he was welcome to stay in the hotel the next time he visits Victoria.