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Don't know if this is considered 'stealing' a PNM, and I tried to post earlier but it didn't accept, and it's hard to explain...

Years ago, one time only on one campus I know of for I can't imagine WHAT reason, on Bid Day the PNM envelopes were individually color-coded on the outside according to which house's bid you received. There was a more popular house on the campus, which comes into play...

Each woman (when her name was called) picked up and immediately opened her bid envelope from the same table. From the outset, there were 3Xs more tan envelopes than white or grey. As women who had opened up their bids made it obvious each house had a different color bid envelope, the next women were reluctant to open envelopes from the 'wrong' colored house (IE their friends/roommates/legacy house wasn't the house listed inside the envelope that they were going to be handed when their name was called).

The popular house (tan) made quota, and later pledged some of the 'reluctant' women. Grey and white houses had some work to do, but maintained positive attitudes and today (years later) all three are thriving over total. A most unfortunate situation that was NEVER repeated.