Yesterday, I was reminded of the coolest parts of being a Buffalo Bills fan. I was being released from a UPMC Pittsburgh hospital after surgery (had my Bills hat on), while on the elevator the door opens a couple floors up from where I'm getting off. 4 Steelers fans get on and start *****ing about Bengals players and fans, fall out from the game over the weekend. I won't go into what they said, but I was shaking my head and opened my mouth about players and coaches from both teams acting like idiots. Their reply "WTF do you know, you're a Bills fan" I just shook my head again.
A floor down from there, the door of the elevator opens again, a few people get off there. But there, just outside the gift shop there is a man wearing a Bills hat. I saw it immediately. He sees mine and tips and points at his hat, I return the gesture. I smiled.
As my wife loads me into the car she sees I'm smiling and asks me why.
I just said to her "This is why I like being a Bills fan. Here we are literally in the middle of "Steeler Country" with other people giving us **** about wearing a Bills hat and this guy tips his hat and shows respect."
Not many other fan bases are like that. I look at it like this... We don't have hardly any bandwagon fans because let face it, we've been bad for a long time. Right now, so many other fan bases are or have gone through their fair share of bandwagon jumping. Steelers, they have fans all over the country because of their SB wins. New England, Seattle, New Orleans, Vikings now, Cardinals now... You know the huge list. So the ones of us that are Bills fans, we're most likely been lifelong fans and we love this team, no matter what.
I saw it at Bills backers bars in Charlotte, when I lived there. We respected each other, maybe because we know the pain we've been through. I don't know.
So now that I've stated what I think is the coolest part of being a Bills fan...
What about you? What's your favorite / coolest think about being a Bills fan?
A floor down from there, the door of the elevator opens again, a few people get off there. But there, just outside the gift shop there is a man wearing a Bills hat. I saw it immediately. He sees mine and tips and points at his hat, I return the gesture. I smiled.
As my wife loads me into the car she sees I'm smiling and asks me why.
I just said to her "This is why I like being a Bills fan. Here we are literally in the middle of "Steeler Country" with other people giving us **** about wearing a Bills hat and this guy tips his hat and shows respect."
Not many other fan bases are like that. I look at it like this... We don't have hardly any bandwagon fans because let face it, we've been bad for a long time. Right now, so many other fan bases are or have gone through their fair share of bandwagon jumping. Steelers, they have fans all over the country because of their SB wins. New England, Seattle, New Orleans, Vikings now, Cardinals now... You know the huge list. So the ones of us that are Bills fans, we're most likely been lifelong fans and we love this team, no matter what.
I saw it at Bills backers bars in Charlotte, when I lived there. We respected each other, maybe because we know the pain we've been through. I don't know.
So now that I've stated what I think is the coolest part of being a Bills fan...
What about you? What's your favorite / coolest think about being a Bills fan?
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