The Secret Service and Ritual

[Glitter650]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Ritual being conducted in a student center room with paper covering the little door window from the inside and the paper falls off and someone walks by and looks in.

Been there, done that.

HEHEHEHEHHEE sooo been there too. We not only put a piece of paper to cover the little window, but to hide the fact that we were using candles in a union room !!! hehe hehe hehe.

Also ...we once had a woman from another org. just BUST ON INTO our formal meeting once with one of those knocks that really just meant I'm knocking but I'm coming in on my own. I'm not knocking to wait for you to answer the door...

[Elephant Walk]

yeah we definitely put a person at the front door, someone guarding the entrance to the parking lot, and someone at the back door.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

yeah we definitely put a person at the front door, someone guarding the entrance to the parking lot, and someone at the back door.

You really need this on your house though? I mean don't you have locks on doors? Do people just bust in at random times?

[SoCalGirl]

Only during initiation was someone outside watching the door. During meetings we need everyone present. I never really worried about someone walking in on pinning because we normally had it in classrooms that nobody would be using at night.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

Only during initiation was someone outside watching the door. During meetings we need everyone present. I never really worried about someone walking in on pinning because we normally had it in classrooms that nobody would be using at night.

We initiated at 7:00AM... not a lot of college students up then either

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

You really need this on your house though? I mean don't you have locks on doors?

It may or may not be a tradition for some fraterntieis to do so. (guard the entrances)

Do people just bust in at random times?

Not when you have someone guarding the entrances.

[Elephant Walk]

You really need this on your house though? I mean don't you have locks on doors? Do people just bust in at random times?

No, but that's because we have guards. We have locks on the doors, however they're only combination locks, that is, you press a certain number on the door and it lets you in. You never know when some Pi Phi will come in to let us know about a fundraiser they're having. It's just for the best. We'd like to remain secretive.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by GDIfly

I'm at a loss for a situation in which this would happen? Someone slacks off locking/guarding the door and a non-member accidentally walks in? In which case they would still probaby hear something...

Happened once to my chapter as we were preparing for initiation. No ritual in progress yet, but preparation that was still not meant to be seen by outsiders. Central location on campus with many doors, one of which was unfortunately unlocked. A member of another sorority on campus opened the door and walked in, looked around in confusion, then one of my sisters yelled, "Yeah, seen enough?! Get out please!" We were all a little caught off guard and you could tell everyone was thinking, "Damn!"