Better Late Than Never...My Philly Fall '08 Recruitment Story

[OhSeven]

Aw I thought this was going to be an interesting thread. I think it's lame that people had to post her school and kind of scare her away from sharing what could have been a good, interesting story that probably at least meant something to her.

[LAblondeGPhi]

Originally Posted by OhSeven

Aw I thought this was going to be an interesting thread. I think it's lame that people had to post her school and kind of scare her away from sharing what could have been a good, interesting story that probably at least meant something to her.

Ya, I agree. It seems unusual that her school would be outed so quickly.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi

Ya, I agree. It seems unusual that her school would be outed so quickly.

So quickly as her own original post?

I agree that it is poor form for anyone to out a poster's school, and such actions should not be tolerated. However, as someone who has never even been to Pennsylvania I was able to figure out her school very quickly. When you post what city your university is in, mention the time of year of your recruitment, and then post how many chapters there are, you have outed yourself. Plain and simple.

I would have a little more sympathy for her had she not made an incredibly rude remark about one of the chapters. Recognizing that a house is not for you is one thing. Being rude during a recruitment party and then making disparaging comments about its members on a public internet board... totally different story.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

So quickly as her own original post?

I agree that it is poor form for anyone to out a poster's school, and such actions should not be tolerated. However, as someone who has never even been to Pennsylvania I was able to figure out her school very quickly. When you post what city your university is in, mention the time of year of your recruitment, and then post how many chapters there are, you have outed yourself. Plain and simple.

This is so true. Some people don't understand the concept of DISCRETION.

I would have a little more sympathy for her had she not made an incredibly rude remark about one of the chapters. Recognizing that a house is not for you is one thing. Being rude during a recruitment party and then making disparaging comments about its members on a public internet board... totally different story.

Agreed 10000%. There is absolutely no excuse for being rude at a recruitment party and then making mean comments about them like that.

This is so ridiculous how the "brutally honest" retro thread posters think it's OK to behave that way just because recruitment is already over.

[als463]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

This is so true. Some people don't understand the concept of DISCRETION.



Agreed 10000%. There is absolutely no excuse for being rude at a recruitment party and then making mean comments about them like that.

This is so ridiculous how the "brutally honest" retro thread posters think it's OK to behave that way just because recruitment is already over.

I wasn't trying to be hateful-I assumed everyone else picked up on the school. I'm sorry. Even though my GLO does very well at that school, I still don't like the way she talked about other chapters....Had she said GOOD stuff throughout the post about each chapter-I would not have felt the need to question whether or not it was Drexel. Next time, I will keep to myself but, it was mentioned on here that she pretty much outted herself. Ooops!

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by als463

I wasn't trying to be hateful-I assumed everyone else picked up on the school. I'm sorry. Even though my GLO does very well at that school, I still don't like the way she talked about other chapters....Had she said GOOD stuff throughout the post about each chapter-I would not have felt the need to question whether or not it was Drexel. Next time, I will keep to myself but, it was mentioned on here that she pretty much outted herself. Ooops!

FWIW, my post wasn't directed at you, it was directed at the OP.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure things out like schools, groups, whatever. People posting threads need to use discretion (i.e. not put info that can identify them, their school, whatever).

I think it's awful that the OP thinks she can talk shizz about any chapters the way she did. It is just a common theme in the same old "retro" threads because they want to be "brutally honest" (You have NO idea how run down that phrase is around here!). They think since it's over they can be classless and say rude things because they already have a membership to some other chapter.

[LAblondeGPhi]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

So quickly as her own original post?

I agree that it is poor form for anyone to out a poster's school, and such actions should not be tolerated. However, as someone who has never even been to Pennsylvania I was able to figure out her school very quickly.

I stand by the notion that being overly obvious about details is still different from actually saying the name of the school. Even if only for the sake of being searchable when you look for "University X" posts.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi

Even if only for the sake of being searchable when you look for "University X" posts.

Valid point.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi

I stand by the notion that being overly obvious about details is still different from actually saying the name of the school. Even if only for the sake of being searchable when you look for "University X" posts.

Exactly.

[kiteflyersmom]

I'm thinking that no chapter at Drexel or anywhere else is damaged by this.

If I were a pnm getting ready to go to school in the Philly area I would take all of this with a grain of salt. It is suspect how there have been multiple threads within the past couple of months with striking similarities. I hope that any pnm trying to get advance information on here would recognize that we have an aspiring fiction writer on here.

The chapters on these threads often include the athletic girls, the old money girls, the beautiful tanned and toned girls, and the awkward girls from the undesirable chapter. Not to be mean, but it isn't even very original.

[als463]

Originally Posted by kiteflyersmom

I'm thinking that no chapter at Drexel or anywhere else is damaged by this.

If I were a pnm getting ready to go to school in the Philly area I would take all of this with a grain of salt. It is suspect how there have been multiple threads within the past couple of months with striking similarities. I hope that any pnm trying to get advance information on here would recognize that we have an aspiring fiction writer on here.

The chapters on these threads often include the athletic girls, the old money girls, the beautiful tanned and toned girls, and the awkward girls from the undesirable chapter. Not to be mean, but it isn't even very original.

I hope no chapter at Drexel is damaged by this-if this is the school she is talking about. Zeta commented that I had no problem "outing" the school because my chapter does very well there-I wasn't intentionally implying that it was "no big deal-because-hey...it's not MY GLO." I was trying to say that whether or not it was my GLO, the point is that you should not be talking about how you disrespected a chapter on that campus-in such a way. When I said that, I was trying to explain that I wasn't sticking up for that chapter because I was getting defensive because it was mine...I was saying that, in the spirit of Greek unity, NONE of us should stand for letting people trash talk any of the NPCs, as if they don't all have something incredible to offer many women.