question about greek letters and work
 

So I was just wondering something...

I'm wondering how appropriate/inappropriate wearing greek letters to work is or isn't. Nothing like a t-shirt with huge letters, but for example a necklace. I'm proud to be greek, but is it ok to show it in the workplace (I am an intern).

I'm thinking it might be inappropriate to do...any thoughts??

:D

All NPC members are encouraged to wear our badges on badge day, so I would think that it is ok.

It is perfectly OKAY to wear that to work. Sometimes I wear my lavalier, I also have a ring that my chapter gave me that I wear all the time. In addition to that one of my bags has our logo on it.

you should be PROUD to wear that stuff! go for it!!:D

Most of the time, I wear my service pin. I hadn't got any nice jewelry like a ring or lavalier. However, my thought with rings is that a greek ring would be like a class ring and those look nice all the time.

I wear my lavalier and a lanyard that has my timecard on it. I need the time card not only to punch the time clock, but to enter and exit the building

My lanyard looks like this:
http://store3.yimg.com/I/inarush_1802_26586224

The lanyard was the first thing I bought when I got the bid :D

ETA: Wearing my card around my neck saves a lot of time rummaging thru pockets and stuff to get my time card, especially when you are ready to GTFO at quitting time!

GTFO=Get the F Out!

I've worn jewelry and my sisterhood pin to work before. On Founder's Day I wore my wooden letter pin since I wasn't dressed up enough to wear the sisterhood pin. (I dress really casual for work).

Thanks...I don't know why I felt weird about the subject. haha...I'm going to wear my lavalier tomorrow! :p

My whole office is decorated w/ Sigma Kappa paraphernalia! Sigma Kappa cups, pictures, key chains, stickers, notepads, frames, etc!

The dress in my department is business casual & I wouldn't wear my jewelry unless I dress up a little bit more!

I wear either a lavalier, a charm on a bracelet, or my Quill every day with my suits and dressy clothes to work. On some days, when jeans or other extremely casual clothing is allowed (say for cleaning the office or a workshop) I will wear a polo shirt with letters or Alpha Xi Delta embroidered on the upper left pocket area.

In addition, my tote has letters on it, as well as my lunch box, which I got at Convention.

Figure out what way is appropriate for your work environment, and WEAR THEM.

:D

I always wear my lavalier, and since my work place is on an campus job that allows it, I wear my t-shirt / sweatshirt letters sometimes too. Not all of the on campus jobs let the girls and guys wear their letters though, but usually those jobs will let them wear a lavalier or pin, it all depends on the boss.

Be Proud and subtle if necessary!

But always Remember what you learned from Your Greek Affiliation!:cool:

This along with Your Family made You What You Are Today!:)

By all means, a lavalier or pin is certainly acceptable, but you may feel uncomfortable with the pin - that's why so many people have their pin set into a ring.

I use ADPi memo pads, pens, and similar stuff, and when I interview (once a week), a lot of people have commented positively on them!

If it's tasteful, there's nothing wrong with wearing it to work. It really depends on your work climate, ultimately. I often wear my cofa button (since I don't have the official pearled badge for my organization) on a lapel when I wear a suit, and I have a small signet ring made from my original cofa button (which has our organization's crest on it) that I rarely take off.

~ Mel.

Mel I'm fixing to PM you with a question!

Back to the subject. It depends on your workplace. My summer job is being a Wal-Mart cashier and we're allowed to wear basically anything but jeans. So I wear lettered t-shirts all the time! And we have the option of clipping our nametags onto our blue vests OR wearing it on a lanyard. So, I wear mine on the SAI lanyard I got at convention last summer. :D

PM answered. :)

I've yet to attend a convention for TBS-- my undergrad years were spent in chapter survival mode, and since no one in my chapter had a car (not really a desired thing in Boston with $300 + per month parking fees), we couldn't do any road-trips.

I'll be going to my first set of them this year-- both our district and precinct conventions are in New England, and I'm being the alumni road-trip chair. I'm planning on dropping a lot of money on the "swag" I never had as an undergrad. *grin*

~ Mel.

I agree w/ what everyone else has said thus far heck I'm an Atty and I wear my ivy leaf AKA charm almost everyday!:D

I wear by Beta Sigma Phi charm bracelet a lot! I am a teacher, so it jingles around when I write on the board. That way, I am always reminded of the support of my sisters.

Erica

It can actually inspire others when you wear your letters. David, my fiance (who is not Greek), has a friend who is an Alpha Phi Alpha at work. His friend has a lanyard, and told David that he is an Alpha for life. David thought that was the coolest thing, even though he never joined a GLO in college.

I wear my Beta Sigma Phi bracelet often, too. I'm very proud of it. No charms on it yet, but I'll probably have at least one tomorrow night when I have my pledge ritual.

Up at school when I'm working in Enrollment I'm supposed to represent just Butler so I try not to wear anything unless it's Butler Greeks. Here for the summer I regularly wear my arrow bracelet and I occasionally wear my silver lavalier. Since I'm going to be disaffiliated in the fall for Panhellenic Exec I'm trying to not wear anything showing my affiliation. It's a challenge!

I lost my bracelet :( I have to get another one...

I work in an office around campus and I have to dress "business casual" (which still makes no sense to me) and I alway wear my Sigma Kappa braclet. As long as I'm not wearing a letter T-shirt my boss doesn't care because I'm supposed to represent all of UT not just my little corner. Most employers don't care as long as it is tasteful.

That's the coolest thing. When I worked at the call center, I should have thought about getting a lanyard for my badge. I wore my lavlier at work all the time. Nobody knew I was greek unless I told them so it was never a problem.

I wear mine EVERY DAY! whether i'm at work or at the beach. It's really nice and it's just like wearing any piece of jewelry. I've never had any complaints or concerns with it at all. I feel naked with out it!

I wear the 'unofficial' fraternity ring. Its kinda become a tradition in this part of the US for Lambda Chis to get this ring from James Avery and wear it because it has part of our creed on it. Its the 'faith, hope and love' ring.

http://secure.jamesavery.com/view_je...ages/R-173.jpg

I don't wear anything related to my sorority at work. It's a business-casual environment, so lettered shirts/sweatshirts would be inappropriate. It would be looked on as a little "odd" if I wore my pin (plus I'd be afraid of losing it if I wore it every day), and I don't own a lavalier.

I know at least a few of my coworkers are greeks, but I have never seen anyone representing at all - with one exception: there is a car I often see in the lot where I park, that has an AKA license plate frame.

Where I work most are college students (at night). I work in a pharmacy. However, the pharmacist is an ATO brother from the mid 50s. Then again, he doesn't care if I wear a rush shirt under my smock because he can't see it. I wore one of my intern shirts under my smock the other day- a campaign I have been working on.

I almost always wear my lavalier to work (except now, I'm wearing my maple leaf)

I wore my badge on badge day and chapter appreciation day and I recieved postive comments from my manager about it.

I see nothing wrong with wearing anything greek related as long as it's appropriate. if people have a problem with it, then too bad for them.

lavalier
 

im at work right now and im wearing my lavalier... (i work at a law firm for the summer)... on the days where i have to get dressed up for court (blazer and slacks etc) i was considering wearing my pin, but ended up deciding against it. i also have a silver/crystal bracelet w/ letters and an arrow charm that i wear sometimes too... i feel that lettered tee's would be too casual for my job though