Embarassing Rush Moments
 

SORORS AND SISTERFRIENDS-
I saw this post on another website, and found it kind of interesting. What are some of the most embarassing rush moments you can recall.

I got two--
This girl at my college spilled red punch on one of the Delta's Cream Suit. I felt bad for her...she was teased all over campus.

At my own rush, a woman got up and asked what was on the DAT! DUH...why would they tell you that (shaking my head).

One of my friends wore a PINK dress to the Delta rush at her school. Not an informational...RUSH. I tried to convince the child not to wear it but she swore that her dress was fucshia not pink. I was like whatever girl...the color is too close...don't wear it. She was the talk of the yard.

Some folks just don't listen....:rolleyes:

I didn't really have any embarrasing moments. One girl did wear pink. A lot of girls are scared to drink the punch because its red..., and I did see some waering pink or green nail polish. If this was closed to Sorors, I would love to exchange some other stories....

Ok this one chick at my rush was like, "I just had a baby so I do not have any community service hours because I have been too busy! So what would you suggest I do." As you could imagine a sea of chatter filled the auditorium and the chapter president said "I would suggest you hold off on your pursuit of membership into DST for now."

My thinking was, "How are you going to get into a public-service organization with no public service?????" :confused:



That's my 13:cool:

When we were holding rush, one interested young lady came in the same exact red suit that I had on. She had on white stockings too (and I hate a white stocking)!

I'm frightened that she wore a red suit to the rush! I'm appalled she wore white stockings. what would have been audacious is if she had on matching white, leather shoes :(

Red Pumps:(

Well, you should have given her credit for having good taste. :D

I attended a Delta rush where a WOMAN stood up and asked what 'exactly' would be covered during MIP-lol. Needless to say, the room was filled w/groans & laughter.

Forgive me if this thread was intended for your sorority only, but the posts have reminded me of some of the "outrageous moments" my LGLO chapter has seen during recruitment. (We don't have rush, but we have mandatory informational events.) Anyway, one time, a young lady sat in the VERY back of an informational and just kicked her heels up on the desk in front of her, and was tipping her head back popping bubble gum (I talking BIG bubbles) the entire time. I was trying not to draw attention to her because I think that is what she wanted, so we just continued on with our talk. But then she was like "look, if you are not going to tell us what you do in your process, there is no point to me staying here." :rolleyes:

Another time, there was an interested woman who was "CEO" of her own "party crew." She was known all over campus and the area for being a party promoter and just generally not being respectful of women (basically she would exploit her friends at the parties and on the party fliers, etc.). Well, she came to a mandatory event, and in the middle of it, she raised her hand and said, "You know, I think that I can make this organization so much better and make it into something worthwhile." :eek: (We are the first LGLO of any kind to be founded on the west coast). Needless to say, she did not go into the membership process.

Yet another time, we were at a fraternity party and we were hanging out at the bottom of the stairs with some non-members, just chatting with them. Low and behold, one of the women who had previously shown up to a mandatory event and made a really great impression literally fell down the stairs because she was drunk. She landed at our feet and yelled, "oh hey, you are my future sisters! I LOVE YOU!" :mad: We helped her get back to her dorm safely, but she never did pursue my organization. In fact, she was so embarrased every time she saw us on campus.

Don't get me wrong, we attract LOTS of great women, but sometimes you get a couple of odd-balls! :D

A self-selection process...
 

Some people weed themselves out.

LAtina Alumna,

Thanks for sharing. This thread is for any GLO member to post. :)

Oh and the party planner :mad:

Hello All!!! Just wanted to stop by and give my story. During the last rush that Delta had on my campus there were ladies who wore red and white....together to attend!!! I was a freshman at the time and on my campus you have to be at least a sphomore to pledge (so...I didn't go). But, I did see lots of interest with red suits and red pumps!!!! One sistah had red finger nails with some kind of white design on them!!!! My suite-mate wore a "Future Delta" tee-shirt (that was the first time I had ever seen one of those shirts)!!! I thought it was a bad idea...it just seemed a little premature to me.....:rolleyes:

ok..is it just me or do the same people always have a example of "someone esle" wearing nalia or "Future" this or that.....or some kind of "I'm in the loop" story

a hint to the wise should suffice sooo...STOP TRYING SO HARD......It personally iritates the mess out of me when people do this ...its comes off as a cross between being a kissass and a know it all.....I'm impressed by the prospective who has mad community service hours, has a strong knowledge of of my organizations history, and can bring some valuable assets to Delta...not the one who HAS to answer EVERY question at a program or who makes a detour got to be in my path on the yard to speak.....Ladies believe me, your actions when you are not around us speaks volumes, everything gets back..............(maybe I'm just in a bad mood :( )

At a rush I attended, a girl sitting in the front row asked if she didn't make line, could she get her money returned. When expectations of ceremonial dress was explained, the same girl whispered to those around her if the pearls had to be real. Then she kept asking questions that had already been covered. You could actually feel the eyeball rolling around the room. I was embarrassed for her.

LOL! What is wrong with people?! It's sad b/c they get so far, only to screw it up for themselves...

***shaking my head***

a couple of memorable moments
 

one chick wore her hair in corn rows and a fubu jersey and said she wanted to be a Delta cause were "hard". i was like oh no you are in the wrong meeting.

another participated in the name the founders game and she was naming founders and she kept misprouncing them.

this other girl came to an AKA probate in a green outfit holding a pink umbrella (it was not raining either) NERVE!

Re: a couple of memorable moments
 

AAAAAAAW HELL 2 DA NAW. . . .I bet she was clowned by E'ERYBODY!!

Re: a couple of memorable moments
 

Looks to me like she was pledging something.....

Why was that addressed during a rush? That doesn't seem like "basic info" to me.

please tell me you are lying??!! what did the deltas say??

At an Interest Tea this one girl stood up and asked--What did yall have to do?--I mean did ya'll have to do crazy stuff? when ya'll pledged..I heard ....

Then this woman walked in she was at least 45..in a pink and green sweat suit (to Formal Rush).. hair all over her head etc,
she proceeded to be loud and crazy the entire time

Another year a girl came with pink nail polish with ivy leaves airbrushed across then--and then proceeded to tell us why she did not like the AKA's at one of our sister campuses in the same city!!!

One lady wanted to sell Mary Kay and told us about her intentions to be more active in the grad chapter (she was also in her 40's)

and my all time favorite.... AKA? Also Known As What?

Ok I really don't understand something.....
 

What would possess these women from coming to a rush with the organizations colors on? If they didn't wear the colors to other events, why now...to a rush...would they wear them. Do they think this shows some type of loyalty?

I don't understand....
I actually have an embarrassing story but it is not all that like the other stories:
It was at an XYZ Organization informational and everyone was asked why did they attend or what do they like about the org. This one young lady said she liked the org because she liked their colors.

Oh well....

OMG @ AKA? Also Known As . . . .that is what we used back in the day along with BKA.

GEEEEEEZUS @ ol girl wearing nail polish with ivy leaves. . . so y'all didn't put her on? :o

Re: Ok I really don't understand something.....
 

This happened to us a few times! What is WRONG with people?? :rolleyes:

I think that many people don't know the protocol when it comes to sorority/fraternity functions and are simply ignorant to those things that we Greeks take for granted that they should know. Unless there is someone grooming an interest to be "the model interest" then there will be women/men who make those mistakes... hey a girl wore red to my rush... (Bad example she didn't get in...) But talking to this girl at the rush, she didn't know any better. I know for a fact if you ask a New Yorker what a sorority was they would think animal house, school daze or hazing. Let’s realize people that GDI's may not know what they are doing. On Black college campuses for me the behavior is less excusable because of the culture is so engrained. What about a majority white school or a school without a big Greek presence?

At my rush and the line after mine, the same poor girl came to rush and froze on the spot. I mean at my rush she was called up and just stood there in a trance in front of EVERYBODY and I mean there was dead silence , I don't mean like ten seconds I mean like two-three minutes. Then two years later she did the excact same thing at another rush. People felt more sorry for her than appalled. She had to get herself together in the hallway the second time. Poor thing.

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**small hijack maybe?***:rolleyes: :)
I knew a girl who went to an AKA founders day (not a rush) and asked what were the 20 pearls and what did they mean.

I went to a majority white school and our black greek system was not as strong as an HBCU and there were young ladies who didn't have a clue and were genuinely interested. I remember one young lady came to our rush in red sweats because she was on the track team and had just come from practice. when it was her turn to introduce herself, she apologized and explained her attire. But there are some young ladies (shaking my head:rolleyes: ) who just don't get it.

I have two...
 

I have been to two Rush's and I have had embarrasing moments at each one. At the first one (undergrad) one of the members walked up to me and said loudly, "weren't you trying to be an AKA?" Of course that wasn't true but I was still embarrased nonetheless. The second time (alumnae level) was not so much embarrasing for me as it was the other person. There had to be like a good 800 people at this rush and the lady that sat next to me (also an interestee) had to be like 50 something. Every time she wanted to ask me a question she addressed me as "future soror". I was so shocked the first time she said it but I couldn't say anything because I didn't want to disrespect her. So, I basically just start trying to ignore her and talk to the girl on my other side. And then when we had to play the unscramble game she kept asking me the answers and one time she was like, "these are those thrust thingys but I don't know them". There were members all over that place and I'm pretty sure someone heard her.
Ok, that's just my 2 cents.

I can get over the person in the beautiful red business suit a whole lot better than the person who comes in sweats, jeans, a dress for tha club, etc. Some people really don’t know or understand that for the organizations events the orgs colors should be left to the members. It is not done out of disrespect and if they really are a together person, they can learn. The one who does not come appropriately regardless of the colors is something else.

That is for sure Kimmie,

I have heard some crazy things about the ghetto women/men who come to rushes, I know for a fact that this group of friends actually came to a rush not to get in the sorority, but for the FREE FOOD!!! :mad: :eek: :o They dressed up and all and one even submitted an application for membership and got in! She said afterward, "I didn't want to do this at first but I think I will enjoy it while it lasts!!!" :eek: Then proceeded to do her sorority call. I must give it to her that she was Ms. Community Service after she became a member of XYZ... But she was the joke of the campus. Makes ya wonder doesn't it:confused:

Ok...
 

the only thing I can think of from my rush is that a question was asked about the progression of the role of the African-Amercian woman in the next 20 years or something like that and every interest had to answer...the one and only white interest there was like "I don't know about the role of African-American women but the role of WOMEN will be...etc..etc.." You could cut the tension in the room with a knife....

Re: Ok...
 

Tell me she didn't go there:mad:

My thing is, whether or not they 'know' the deal I've told young women this "Would you do, wear, or say that at a job interview?" Treat this like that, only betta!

I like that explaination better than simply telling people to come dressed in business suits. They are less likely to show up in outrageous colors or styles. When it comes to important things like this, I usually treat them as a real first impression situation because first impressions are important.


And if they have never been on a job interview, I think they should research that as well. JMO

I was at an information session just after crossing. As an icebreaker, we asked all of the ladies to introduce themselves using their first name and an adjective starting with the same letter (e.g., elegant Elissa). One girl responded with "kinky K----." (I kid you not!) And no, she was not selected.

Oh. My. Damms. Not a good thing. Why would a person introduce herself as "kinky Khia" or something like that when she's pursuing an organization that's full of educated women who are about doing good and uplifting people? :rolleyes: :confused:

Well that didn't sound too educated.
I'm scratching my head at that one.....why the......ok I'm not going to get mad.

Re: Ok...
 

Please don't flame me, but I think this may have been a bit insensitive to the White lady. Obviously, she may not know about the role of AA women since she is not one, so she was not able to answer the question from that perspective. But, I am guessing that she did try to answer the question as best she could.

Now, if the tables were turned and an AA female was at a KKG or DDD rush and they asked about the role of White women, then we all know that the isht would hit the fan and just about every AA student on campus would call for the chapters' charter to be revoked because of racism.

Yes, NPHC greeks are 98% AA, but we do have White members. As a matter of fact a White undergrad soror of mine won a SW Regional scholarship.

I think the fact that a White woman showed interest in a NPHC org and wanted to participate in the activites in a room full of AA women took a lot of guts. I don't really like the term reverse discrimination, but I think this situation is an example of that. JMO