Embarrsing another GDI wearing Greek Shirts

[fantASTic]

What is interesting is that some people think that non-Greeks wearing their letters make their org look bad..

Wouldn't you think that physically attacking someone over a t-shirt is making your org look bad, too?

Not saying that we should just let anyone wear our letters, but you'd think people would realize this...

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

What is interesting is that some people think that non-Greeks wearing their letters make their org look bad..

Wouldn't you think that physically attacking someone over a t-shirt is making your org look bad, too?

Not saying that we should just let anyone wear our letters, but you'd think people would realize this...

I understand what you are saying and if I see a homeless person wearing our 'nalia, I say shame on us for making it accessible. But if I see someone who is obviously perping then I say shame on them and the vendor who sold it to them.

The NPHC has licensed vendors that we are only to buy from. But there are others out there who don't want to pay the licensing fee who will sell to anybody.

While I wouldn't tear off anyone's shirt, etc. I would ask them who they purchased it from and when and report it to our HQ. I would also tell the perp it is not nice to fool mother nature.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

I understand what you are saying and if I see a homeless person wearing our 'nalia, I say shame in usfor making it accessible. But if I see someone who is obviously perping then I say shame on them and the vendor who sold it to them.

The NPHC has licensed vendors that we are only to buy from. But there are others out there who don't want to pay the licensing fee who will sell to anybody.

While I wouldn't tear off anyone's shirt, etc. I would ask them who they purchased it from and when and report it to our HQ. I would also tell the perp it is not nice to fool mother nature.

Would a licensed vendor really prohibit someone else from purchasing 'nalia? I don't think it's in their rules to restrict who they sell the products to, unless it's a badge of some sort.

I mean, the Greek store I went to in STL had a ton of NPHC stuff (and I know they're licensed for the NPC stuff at least), and I don't know that they would have stopped me from buying any of it. And if asked I suspect a small lie would cover everything.

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Would a licensed vendor really prohibit someone else from purchasing 'nalia? I don't think it's in their rules to restrict who they sell the products to, unless it's a badge of some sort.

I mean, the Greek store I went to in STL had a ton of NPHC stuff (and I know they're licensed for the NPC stuff at least), and I don't know that they would have stopped me from buying any of it. And if asked I suspect a small lie would cover everything.

Just what I was thinking...can they really tell if you're a member or not?

[SWTXBelle]

It is just a special kind of pathetic to pretend you are a member of a GLO when you are not.
That said, I wouldn't take it into my own hands and act as the G Phi B police. I might make sure everyone I knew was aware that someone wasn't actually a member, but looking at our creed I'm pretty sure our founders wouldn't want physical force to be used (!).

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Just what I was thinking...can they really tell if you're a member or not?

I don't think anyone ever asked me for ID. In fact, when I was in school, I bought a shirt for my cousin, who is in another GLO as a birthday gift

[Thetagirl218]

I don't think vendors would ever require member id numbers. I mean maybe if it was something only from the GLO's own website. I know though that non- greeks and greeks off other GLOs can buy stuff from Herff Jones and other online greek vendors. Many of my sisters have gotten chapter guards or nicer badges from their non-greek parents.

As for buying stuff from other GLOs, one of the local greek vendors at my campus had tons of stuff for all GLOs. I have bought stuff there that is not from my GLO as gifts for other friends (I used to work in an office with a bunch of AKAs and SAEs). I never had a problem. If someone knew that I was Theta and asked why I was buying something that was AKA, I would simply tell them it was a gift or something.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Would a licensed vendor really prohibit someone else from purchasing 'nalia? I don't think it's in their rules to restrict who they sell the products to, unless it's a badge of some sort.

I mean, the Greek store I went to in STL had a ton of NPHC stuff (and I know they're licensed for the NPC stuff at least), and I don't know that they would have stopped me from buying any of it. And if asked I suspect a small lie would cover everything.

No they could not restrict you from buying from them, because you could be purchasing it as a gift for someone who is a member.

But our long time vendors do tend to be more cognizant of the problem. It is more able to be controlled at our national conventions, and regional conferences where a badge is required to get into the exhibit area.

But then there are the non-certified vendors that come to our endorsed events and sell 'nalia out of their hotel rooms and even on the street. So my question to the perp would be more to determine if it was purchased my a licensed vendor or a rogue vendor.

BTW, my favorite greek store in the Lou is Swift's.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

No they could not restrict you from buying from them, because you could be purchasing it as a gift for someone who is a member.

But our long time vendors do tend to be more cognizant of the problem. It is more able to be controlled at our national conventions, and regional conferences where a badge is required to get into the exhibit area.

But then there are the non-certified vendors that come to our endorsed events and sell 'nalia out of their hotel rooms and even on the street. So my question to the perp would be more to determine if it was purchased my a licensed vendor or a rogue vendor.

BTW, my favorite greek store in the Lou is Swift's.

Gotcha.

Jeez, I don't remember the name of the Greek store I went to. On Delmar somewhere between Skinker and Vandeventer. I didn't have a car on campus so the few times I was the driver I usually just drove down Delmar til I found it.

[AnchorAlumna]

10 years ago it was quite the thing in our local high schools to wear Greek party shirts. It was like you had an older brother or sister who gave you old shirts. Guys wearing sorority letters was fine, too. Still is, in fact. I gave my kids DG shirts to wear...I felt it was good advertising to PNMs!

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Gotcha.

Jeez, I don't remember the name of the Greek store I went to. On Delmar somewhere between Skinker and Vandeventer. I didn't have a car on campus so the few times I was the driver I usually just drove down Delmar til I found it.

That was Swift's! I have known Jerome Swift since high school.

[tpa_92190]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

I understand what you are saying and if I see a homeless person wearing our 'nalia, I say shame in usfor making it accessible.

I'm still in highschool so maybe that's the reason I'm confused, but I really don't understand this statement . If someone is homeless they need all the help they can get, I don't see why it would be so offensive for them to wear clothing with greek letters on it?
I know that an athletics team is on no level equal to a sorority, but I've always loved the idea of someone getting use out of my cheerleading or equestrian shirts and sweatshirts. If I'm not wearing it any longer, it seems a shame to throw it away just because it is associate with an organization.

Maybe it's something I'll understand later on, once I'm in college?

[kathykd2005]

What she was saying was not that the homeless person was a bad person, but that the individual who simply threw away his or her letters was not respecting the "'nalia" of the organization, meaning, he or she tossed out their letters or letter shirts without giving them a second thought. For instance, with all of my undergraduate letters or those I no longer wanted, I willed them down to other sisters. I didn't just toss them in the garbage or put them in Goodwill.

[Buttonz]

I (along with some of my co-workers) used to wear letters all the time at day camp. I had a girl in my group who had an older sister that was a Sigma Kappa. She was going into 6th grade. She showed up one day wearing a "Rush SK!" shirt. She was one of the kids who went home by bus, but if I ever met her sister I might have asked her if she knew that she wore it.

I've never seen anyone wear SDT letters that weren't sisters...I think having to answer "Why are you wearing something that says EAT" would be punishment enough for them...as it gets really old, really fast. I would stop them though and ask.