So, I was walking around Opry Mills mall once in pin-attire (I was wearing my pledge pin and a lavaliere) and I saw a girl with a HUGE bag with Chi Omega on it (the greek letters over the crest)... I was soooo freaking ecstatic! I go over to her and ask what chapter she is from and she looks at me like I am a freak. I point to her bag and tell her that I am a new member from the Austin Peay chapter. She still had no clue what I was saying... so, embarrassed I asked if she was a Chi Omega. She asked,” What’s Chi Omega?" I about died! She told me that she found it at Goodwill and thought it looked cute.
Even though I was so angry I explained that Chi-O is a women's fraternity and went into the huge shpeil about why it is fabulous. I was so mad, but I didn't want her first experience with a Chi-O to be a crazy girl ripping off her bag!
Anyway, she then said laughing,"Oh my gosh, I should totally tell people I am a Chi Omega from now oh, huh?"
Ah! I told her calmly (I was so impressed I was being so diplomatic) that it probably wouldn't be a good idea because it might cause so much confusion with future run-ins with another Chi Omega. I also made some statement to the affect that only members of Chi Omega should own such items... but I said it in a way that was nice and nonaggressive. I mean, I wasn't about to give her a huge lecture about Greek Life since she obviously had no concept of it at all! Sigh... yeah, needless to say, I was so freaking embarrassed.