Our chapter, being geographically closest to our HQ, was often the consulatnts' first visit, so they could "get their feet wet." We always took great pride in our chapter hospitality, and were usually highly-regarded by visiting consultants and chapters on walkout.
When I was president of my chapter, we hosted a visit by a brand-new consultant. We were his first visit, and he stayed with us 3-4 days. I even made a big home-cooked meal (I'm a good cook
) and invited our exec, advisers, even the Greek Adviser. He went out with us (of legal age) to one of our favorite bars, a place that back in 1990 had Long Island Ice Teas on special. Well, we bought him a few rounds, and he started talking about "Man, these Indiana girls are HOT! It must be the corn!" So at some point, he starts buying rounds for us, girls, random people, etc. He's having a GREAT time, and is running a tab on his credit card. We naturally, didn't give a thought to this. He was a nice guy, gave us some good advice, and we had fun. His visit ended, his report was positive, and things were looking good. Until about a month later...
I get a phone call from the Executive Director at our HQ. He asks me if when our consultant was there, did we go with him to a place called Butterfield's. Not thinking anything about it, I answer "yes". Our ED proceeds to inform me that our consultant ran up a $150.00 tab at the bar on the HQ Corporate Card, and had been terminated!!!
Suffice to say, our HQ covered use of the corporate card much better in training after that, and we never let our consultants buy rounds for us again!
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