"I wish I had been hazed."

[AGDee]

So, for those who "had to" get signatures, learn info about members, etc. what happened if you didn't get a couple from sisters who were never around? What did you think would happen to you? What actually happened to you? How did they prevent sisters from making you do things to get the signature?

You all realize there is no such thing as phone duty, right? Cell phones=No house phone!

[suebarton]

I was in a service sorority, but we had to get signatures. The actives could ask us questions about the history, or Greek alphabet, or the song. If an active was never around, or balked at signing books, the pledge trainer would talk to her. If that didn't work, we were told not to worry about her signature.

I never knew of anyone who did not get all their signatures.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AGDee

So, for those who "had to" get signatures, learn info about members, etc. what happened if you didn't get a couple from sisters who were never around? What did you think would happen to you? What actually happened to you? How did they prevent sisters from making you do things to get the signature?

The sisters who weren't around (usually student teaching) coordinated with the pledge mom when they would be available. The "3 meetings" thing was not hard and fast, it was up to the sister.

I thought initiation might get delayed or something. In reality nothing happened. My pledge mom was the kind of person who made you want to put your heart and soul in it to make her proud.

The worst thing any sister "made" us do was introducing ourselves to someone we didn't know to get the signature. Oooh, how awful. Our sisters wanted us to be more outgoing and meet people who were important to them. What an onerous burden.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The sisters who weren't around (usually student teaching) coordinated with the pledge mom when they would be available. The "3 meetings" thing was not hard and fast, it was up to the sister.

I thought initiation might get delayed or something. In reality nothing happened. My pledge mom was the kind of person who made you want to put your heart and soul in it to make her proud.

The worst thing any sister "made" us do was introducing ourselves to someone we didn't know to get the signature. Oooh, how awful. Our sisters wanted us to be more outgoing and meet people who were important to them. What an onerous burden.

That's good. That's not what I've witnessed. I've witnessed much, much worse, especially back in the 80s.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AGDee

That's good. That's not what I've witnessed. I've witnessed much, much worse, especially back in the 80s.

Oh, so did I. But I didn't join a chapter full of a-holes. Forcing an entire system to become a watered down version of itself because a tiny fraction of its members are a-holes is like when the teacher punishes everyone because of what one kid did - and that didn't work either.

And on a side note, I know I've told this story before, but the ultimate result of this overcompensation came in the person of a girl who was briefly pledging my chapter several years after I graduated. At the time all pledges on campus were required to attend (I think it was a daylong) hazing workshop. She pointed out that since only pledges were doing it, and were forced to do it under threat of being depledged, the workshop itself was hazing. Pedantic maybe, but going by the standards they'd been told, she was absolutely right.