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Old 07-24-2011, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94 View Post
I think part of what makes people cry or get otherwise thrown off their game when this happens during recruitment is that it's so shocking. I think most of us have worked in jobs where the occasional jerk is par for the course; you learn to deal with it; and it's not really that unnerving. But recruitment is typically really different.

So when you run into one of the tiny number of people who will actually say something intentionally, directly mean, it's a little bit like having cold water thrown on you or getting slapped. You are just stunned. It's probably the shock more than the rudeness that upsets you.
I think it also depends on when the rudeness is as well. During open houses, the rude girls don't really bother as many people because the emotional toll of recruitment hasn't hit and your able to brush it off.

The worst is when they are rude later, due to being cut by a chapter they liked or just still having their heart set on one chapter. The worst I saw was a girl who was a legacy that came to our pref party. She had been very sweet the entire week and then at pref night was so rude and dismissive of the sorority ending with stating she was there to make her mom happy but had no interest in us. The girl who preffed her and really liked her throughout the week and was devastated afterwards. She ended up at another chapter, thankfully.
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