What about the grocery store/convenience store?

I'm sure I'm the only one that found this comment amusing, but I did. It almost reads like they're afraid their letters may be influenced by the alcohol.

Or spilled on. :(


I hate when some drunk person would spill beer on my letter shirts

Massachusetts.

Oh - and my local (that later became a chapter of AEPhi) had even stricter rules. No letters, badges, pins, etc. anywhere alcohol was being served or sold. No exceptions - if you wanted to go to a restaurant with a liquor license, you'd better not be wearing letters. No problem with grocery stores, because alcohol can't be sold in grocery stores in MA (not even beer).

I totally understand. I wouldn't want to see a sister at Kroger or Wal-Mart picking up a case of beer with her letters blazin' across her chest. The same goes for liquor stores. It is very hard to patrol this when it does happen, but it's all about being smart when you wear your letters. Just like you wouldn't give someone the bird with your letters on a front license plate or a big sticker in the back window.

I don't want to see ANYONE in their GLO letters buying ANYTHING at WalMart ever. Then again nobody would see it if they weren't there themselves!

Wal-Mart not elite enough? It's cheap and when you're in college, that's what really counts. xoheatherxo and I go there all the time, usually at 2am, and usually one of us is wearing letters.

You are ridiculous. So you happily waste your husband's money? Glad that "elite" education taught you the value of a dollar. Walmart is white trash heaven, but you know what, you can't beat their prices on a lot of stuff- H&BA, some food, prescriptions, etc. Hell, I buy my pantyhose there because it's by far the best prices. Clothes and shoes on the other hand... a little more questionable b/c most of it is pretty gross.

What if you're underage in one juristriction, but not the other. Can someone from your chapter say that she went on a wine tour with her parents in Niagra Falls, Ontario or Italy? What if someone complains that she did that, not realizing that the legal drinking age is younger? Also, what would a pub constitute as, a bar or a restaurant?

It's not uncommon for a U.S. chapter to have their formal in Canada. Doing so allows most of the members and their guests to legally partake in adult beverages of choice.

Yeah it can. I think it just depends on the store though, the Roche Brothers by Bwater sells all kinds of alcohol..Beer, wines, smirnoffs..whatever.

And don't forget the always obvious, I was so wasted, I got my letters tattooed on my ass!!!

u cant wear letters anywhere that alcohol is sold? i understand not going to the bar in letters or going to a party in letters, or a liquor store in letters, but nowhere that its sold? that means you cant go to a gas station in most places cause they sell beer?? thats crazy!!! and whats wrong with walmart?? i wouldnt buy clothes there, but so many other things are just cheaper than other places. must be nice to have enough money to not have to shop for things on sale ever!

That must be new... or possibly some cities and towns allow beer sales in grocery stores, and others don't. I used to do my grocery shopping at a store in Central Square (that isn't there anymore) where you could buy liquor, but the liquor section was off in a little caged-in area in the corner, with a separate cash register, so it was essentially a separate "store within a store". That was as close as grocery stores could get to selling alcohol.

I should clarify that the "no letters anywhere alcohol was being sold" rule was from my local, not AEPhi. We wanted to avoid even the slightest association between our letters and alcohol... personally I think it was overkill, but the rules are the rules. I doubt AEPhi would have a problem with my wearing letters while doing my grocery shopping, as long as I wasn't heading for the cash register with a cart full of nothing but cases and cases of beer. :p

I don't believe in supporting stores that decimate small business across America and treat their employees like dirt (low wages, minimal health insurance, no unions allowed).

And yes, you can wait for sales at other stores.