Today at the shoe boutique. The salesman was cool as a fan and highly accomplished and community service oriented. So we talked for an hour. But it was preceded by the typical college stuff where he said:
Him: "Delta, huh? Skeewee!!!!...oh...no...that's not what you all say...."
Me: "Nope but I am still amused."
Him: "I kind of wanted to pledge Kappa when I was in college (in the 1980s) until I saw their underground stuff and it was very homosexual. The Grooves ran the yard and I liked their style...but even they had their problems I guess...."
Me: (wondering if I should be my usual smartass self or be cool) "uh...well it's dumb that you were exposed to that underground stuff, I guess, but we have a lot of chapters so what you saw is just that...what YOU saw and what THEY were doing...."
Him: "yeah well that's what THEY were doing back then..."
Me: "uh...what YOU saw is just that...what YOU saw...and what THEY were doing...don't dismiss BGLOs as a whole because of it...."
Him: "well...I guess you're right..."
Me: (blank stare and thinking "NO SHIT, I'm right.") "Yeah so do you have my size in this shoe?"
Him: "I never wanted to get into that stepping stuff."
Me: "Well that's a very small % of what we do...but when you were 19 you were busy admiring the good times the Grooves were having...you wouldn't have wanted to wear a suit, attend meetings, and do community service."
Him: "True!"
Me: "Oooookay...."