The Mariners Apologize for Having Only One Pen

Earlier we reported the story of a man who attempted to fill out a job application at Mariners HQ, but was refused a pen. Now, the Mariners have apologized to him. Writing on the Blue Moon bar's blog, the thwarted applicant published an email he received Friday afternoon:

Jason,
My name is Marianne Short and I am the Vice President of Human Resources with the Seattle Mariners. I have tried to do some detective work here after I saw a blog that someone had sent me describing a situation that developed while trying to fill out an application at Safeco Field. I have narrowed the search down to you and hope I am sending this to the right person.

If you indeed are the person who was treated poorly from the receptionist, please accept our apologies. Even though the job was actually through our food vendor, Centerplate, your first contact with us should have been a much more positive experience.

I wish you luck in your job search, and in the meantime, if there is anything I can do please ask. I want your impressions of the Seattle Mariners to be positive as we don't like losing fans for any reason.

Marianne Short

Applicant's reaction? "Apology accepted." And, in an email to us, he reports this strange follow-up experience he had at the Blue Moon.

Today I noticed a Mariner's poster tacked to our ceiling. It's been there forever. What I didn't notice before, however, is that there's an old Mariner's pen stuck to it. Seriously! I'm not sure if I never noticed or if someone just did that. Oh, the irony!