Meanest Thing You've Done/Said to a Rushee

[Benzgirl]

^^^Why would you do that to a friend?

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

^^^Why would you do that to a friend?

Let me clarify, I'm not talking about cutting in the middle of the semester. We do a single blackball rush, and I blackballed some of these kids, walked them out, whatever you want to call it.

It comes down to this - we're a selective house, and we can't let them in just because one person wants them in, that's not being selective. People don't see the faults with their own friends, other people can. The fact that they're friends with my brother doesn't qualify them to be my brother.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

It comes down to this - we're a selective house, and we can't let them in just because one person wants them in, that's not being selective. People don't see the faults with their own friends, other people can. The fact that they're friends with my brother doesn't qualify them to be my brother.

Did you say anything afterwards to the guys that had invited them?

I do know where you're coming from, we had a girl who kept inviting some of her friends even though no one else in the chapter had any interest in them at all...I guess she thought they'd "grow on us" or something.

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Did you say anything afterwards to the guys that had invited them?

I do know where you're coming from, we had a girl who kept inviting some of her friends even though no one else in the chapter had any interest in them at all...I guess she thought they'd "grow on us" or something.

Yeah, I explained why I didn't think that they should get a bid or if I thought there was a house they would be a good fit at I told them to point them that direction. There have also been some where I felt bad about it and just told my brother to try to guide their friends elsewhere because I was going to walk them out if they kept coming by our rush.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Yeah, I explained why I didn't think that they should get a bid or if I thought there was a house they would be a good fit at I told them to point them that direction. There have also been some where I felt bad about it and just told my brother to try to guide their friends elsewhere because I was going to walk them out if they kept coming by our rush.

So in other words, you were a lot nicer than you sounded in your first post.

[magichat]

convinced a drunk rush to throw his shoes in the (lit) fireplace...then blackballed him the next morning.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by magichat

convinced a drunk rush to throw his shoes in the (lit) fireplace...then blackballed him the next morning.

sucks for that kid.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by magichat

throw his shoes in the (lit) fireplace...then blackballed him the next morning.

I would have loved to have been there for this. It sounds hilarious.

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

So in other words, you were a lot nicer than you sounded in your first post.

If it's a kid I just plain don't like when they come through, I'll walk them out and tell them to go somewhere that they could get a bid because they won't at our house and are wasting their rush, whether they were invited or not. I will still at least tell their friend why I did it though.

If it's someone who just isn't going to get a bid that I feel sorry for, I'll try to get his friend to stop bringing him around first, but if that doesn't work I'll still walk him out.

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Let me clarify, I'm not talking about cutting in the middle of the semester. We do a single blackball rush, and I blackballed some of these kids, walked them out, whatever you want to call it.

It comes down to this - we're a selective house, and we can't let them in just because one person wants them in, that's not being selective. People don't see the faults with their own friends, other people can. The fact that they're friends with my brother doesn't qualify them to be my brother.

So true. I see it too often in sorority rush. One member's best friend since forever and everyone else who knows/met the pnm can't stand her. The active takes it as a personal insult. She can't see that if we did cave to her pressure/drama and extend the pnm a bid, that pnm would never be happy. Nobody can stand the girl and her life would be miserable. Is that what you want for your friend? The pnm's much better off finding another group where she fits in with many more people than just the 1.

[GooniePDT49]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Let me clarify, I'm not talking about cutting in the middle of the semester. We do a single blackball rush, and I blackballed some of these kids, walked them out, whatever you want to call it.

It comes down to this - we're a selective house, and we can't let them in just because one person wants them in, that's not being selective. People don't see the faults with their own friends, other people can. The fact that they're friends with my brother doesn't qualify them to be my brother.

Yes but the question becomes a bit more of an issue when they're a legacy. We've had a few who were legacies and were complete retards. They still are complete retards, but got in anyways cuz they're legacies.