Retro Recruitment

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

. They are not affiliated with the university which is how they get away with it.

Sadly, the school that I'm talking about doesn't regulated Greek Life enough to care about it so it happens quite often. Everyone knows about it and knows why Sprite pledges avoid certain areas on campus, what it means when Root Beer's pledges are wearing certain things, etc.

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

Sadly, the school that I'm talking about doesn't regulated Greek Life enough to care about it so it happens quite often. Everyone knows about it and knows why Sprite pledges avoid certain areas on campus, what it means when Rot Beer's pledges are wearing certain things, etc.

So I'm guessing this means that Root Beer is another local.

[OrigamiTulip]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

Rot Beer's pledges

Typo or Freudian slip?

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by BetaRose

Typo or Freudian slip?

Maybe a little bit of both

[Buttonz]

I started to talk to the President of Coke.

She was nice and invited me to a COB event that they were having that night (or was it the next night)? It was right down the street from where I worked so I was able to leave work and go straight there. There were about 8-9 sisters and one or two other PNM's. It was very relaxed and stuff and I had a good time, and I connected with one of the other PNM's.

Coke was having a party that weekend so we were invited. The PMN that I connected with, let's call her Jane, picked me up and we went. We both had a good time and left happy. We were told we would find out by the end of the week if we received a bid or not.

I had a feeling that I might be receiving one, I knew if I did get one I would take it. I got a call (the same night that Bush declared war on Iraq in fact) while I was watching the stuff with Bush and studying for my Poli Sci midterm (I'm shocked that I remember that!) telling me that Coke was not extending a bid to me. I was shocked, and called Jane who told me she just received a bid to Coke and she was accepting it. She was shocked as well that I didn't get one.

I remember hanging up the phone and being "Huh? What did I do wrong? Should I look at Sunkist & Dr. Pepper still, or just give up?"

I spoke to Jane several times throughout the rest of the week (she and I remained semi close through everything, she originally pledged and dropped Cream for the same reason I dropped Sprite) and she told me that I shouldn't give up....but I was still unsure.

[Leslie Anne]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

"Huh? What did I do wrong? Should I look at Cream & Dr. Pepper still, or just give up?"

Aww, But then haven't we all thought the same thing? The disappointments in these retro threads are so much easier to take than the current ones. We know you end up happy.

[Buttonz]

As stated, I wasn't sure if I should look at Sunkist or Dr. Pepper or just give up. After a few days of calming down, and a few more of really thinking about it, I decided that it couldn't hurt and I would always regret not trying.

I found the website for Sunkist and I talked to one of the sisters over AIM that night, and when she had to get off the computer, she asked if she could call me. Well, I hate talking on the phone, but I said yes. We wound up on the phone for over and a hour and a half, and made plans to meet up the next day on campus to talk more.

[ClassicBeauty]

I hope it works out!