question regarding alcohol (slightly)

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of impressive that she spent her summer getting her bartending license rather than standing around talking to her friends and pretending to work at Hollister?

I don't think she intends to be "hi, I'm splendiddib and I'm a bartender!!" - rather, if someone asks what she did over summer, or if she's going to work on campus, that's her answer. Quite frankly, if there's a sorority of girls who are going to get uptight over the fact that you bartend, I don't think you want to pledge there.

What if she worked at Applebee's over the summer, told some sister this, and the sister just happened to have gotten food poisoning at Applebee's? That's not a very good impression either, is it? Seriously, if you have to censor every word you say, how is anyone going to get to know you?

The thing is, it just MAY come off as "Hi I'm ___ and I bartend" whether she intends for it to come off that way or not.

She could just say "I worked at *Insert Bar Here*" which leaves out any mention or bartending or not (if you just say you worked there, you could be a waitress for all they know).

We don't know what the chapters are like, if the women are particularly strict with the "no alchohol talk" and it's just risky. For all we know she could be at some conservative-type campus where the mention of anything related to bars during recruitment would get her cut. Why risk that because you just need to tell peeps you don't know that you bartend?

I also don't think you need to censor everything you say during recruitment. There are a zillion other things about herself that she can talk about, I'm sure. If the only topic a PNM could find to discuss about themselves is the fact that they bartend, that's a little sad.