Its a Cold World...

by Beastusmaximus on Aug 27, 2008 12:14 AM PDT Comment 4 comments

I’m going through the whole find a summer job to pay for college thing...pain in the ass. So im sitting there at the mall hopeless and with even less money. I go to the Raider Nation store with my steeler "casual fan" friend to look at stitch jerseys i cant afford to look at, i talk it up with the owner who really knows his raider history. I than kick my friend out for jokingly asking, "i want the best players jersey, do you have a Shane Lechler jersey?" and "do you have big ben in large?"

Anyways the owner and i start talking football we cover everything, and my people skills and raider pride win em over. Than i notice the "now hiring" sign I read the requirements which felt like reading my autobiography. We both look at each other and we get that Raider connection MY DREAM JOB WAS MINE!!!! As im filling out the application the owner ask stops me and asks, "BEASTUSMAXIMUS are you 18?"

story over.... im a month away from 18

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No Way!!!!

You have to be 18?

I guess you’ll have to wait a month!?!?! It could be worse…You could be a 17 year old Chief fan!!!

Pride And Poise!!!

by saint on Aug 27, 2008 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Child labor laws have gotten completely out of hand...

Back in 1969 (at 14 years old) I lived in Boise, ID. Albertson workers had just gone on an unexpected strike (catching management off guard). A friend and I walked into the store on Franklin ST. (store 109) and asked for a job. The store manager handed us box-knives and told us to go throw the soup isle. He brought some paperwork to the isle and had us sign some tax info forms and a couple other things.

Back then you didn’t ‘compact’ cardboard and send it off—you threw it in a big fireplace and burned it. I did a lot of things during that strike—but one of the most fun was putting on these asbestos pants, climbing into the furnace, and shoveling hot ashes out a back shute into metal garabage cans.

I hate a lot of the laws passed over the last forty years—but laws that prevent young people (that want to work) because, ’THE GOVERNMENT" is protecting you are the worst.

Broncos broncos everywhere and all the league did blink,
Broncos broncos everywhere think moldy faiders stink!

by Mike Clark on Aug 29, 2008 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I must get back to MHR and join the thread....

Good luck in your game tonight.

Broncos broncos everywhere and all the league did blink,
Broncos broncos everywhere think moldy faiders stink!

by Mike Clark on Aug 29, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That sucks

Check craigslist for jerseys.

Here’s my long story:

I work at a store that also buys items from the general public, which we in turn sell on eBay and Amazon.

Because of this, we people aren’t allowed to make side deals on stuff with other customers and employees are definitely allowed to do this.

A few weeks ago, a young woman enters my store with a Raiders-themed daggar and a Raiders jersey and brings them to the attention of me and my owner of the store.

Upon inspection, she has brought me an authentic Tim Brown jersey! I’ve always wanted authentic, but didn’t want to pony up all that casheesh to have one of my own.

After a few calculations after referencing eBay, my boss only offered her a few bucks for the jersey. She didn’t take the offer and promptly went her own way.

Moments later, I told my boss that I would have made him an offer on the jersey had he bought the jersey from the young lady. He told me that I should have made an offer to her and that it was not breaking the rules because he would have been there seeing the whole thing.

Needless to say, I felt the golden opportunity of getting an authentic Raiders jersey for cheap slip through my fingers.

Because of this, I ended up combing eBay myself to nab a jersey, but to no avail.

Luckily for me, this story has a great ending. I did a google search on “bargain raiders jerseys” which referred me to a craigslist listing from Albuquerque. After looking at the listing, I thought of trying to find a seller on craigslist for a Raiders jersey, and wouldn’t you know, I found the young woman’s post for Raiders daggar and jersey. Apparently, the back story to the items listed was that some ex-girlfriend of the young lady’s current boyfriend bought him this Raiders stuff not knowing that he was in fact a Niners fan (you can see that relationship was going nowhere). Because of this, he gave this stuff to his current gf to sell for a few bucks.

Opportunity knocks twice!

Long story short — I have authentic Tim Brown Jersey size 52 (I would rather have a large, but XL still looks good on me) for a grand total of 15 dollars!

I know I’ll be going to one game this year, and I know I’ll be stylin’ when wearing my Silver and Black 81 to the Coli.

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Aug 28, 2008 11:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs