Embarrsing another GDI wearing Greek Shirts

[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.

[PhiGam]

I give my sister (still in HS) some extra shirts from our different events, philanthropies, formal, etc. I feel that its ok to let a female wear my organization's name (my letters can not be put on tshirts because they are sacred) but I would never let another male have a shirt from my GLO.

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I give my sister (still in HS) some extra shirts from our different events, philanthropies, formal, etc. I feel that its ok to let a female wear my organization's name (my letters can not be put on tshirts because they are sacred) but I would never let another male have a shirt from my GLO.

First off, you're still here?

Second, are my letters any less sacred if they're on a shirt...? Absolutely not.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

First off, you're still here?

Second, are my letters any less sacred if they're on a shirt...? Absolutely not.

Eh, eventually he'll tire of trying to prove his Fratiness and mellow out, or leave.

And FIJIs have a thing about their letters (they can only be on Badges and Official Houses)- which is why they wear FIJI shirts, instead of PhiGam block letters.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

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

Ah! I didn't know the owners' names They are indeed an awesome store, which reminds me I should stop back in when I visit next.

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Eh, eventually he'll tire of trying to prove his Fratiness and mellow out, or leave.

And FIJIs have a thing about their letters (they can only be on Badges and Official Houses)- which is why they wear FIJI shirts, instead of PhiGam block letters.

He annoys me. I understand there's a certain eliteness to being Greek since we were chosen to be in our respective orgs, but there's no need to be an utter snob about it like he's been. Not being Greek doesn't make you any less of a person. I don't prounce around in my Zeta gear because I think it makes me look cool (like I bet he does) and I damn sure wouldn't be upset if I saw a homeless person (man or woman) wearing my letters on some hoodie - I would be glad she had something to keep her warm, however she came upon the garmet (ok, that last part was a side note, but whatever).

My point to him is, mature a little and think before you make stupid broad generalizations like he has been all over GC.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

He annoys me.

You annoy people, as do I. It's TEH INTARWEBS. Move on.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

He annoys me..

Yes, Fratty is still here. BTW...what was his first alias?
I'm ready to do a new thread on the Split Personalities of some of our GC'rs.

[RedRover]

The local Salvation Army thrift shops often have shirts of Greek Letter organizations.

A guy I know buys old fraternity and sorority pins that he picks up at garage sales, flea markets, etc. He makes jewelry (cuff links, tie pins, money claps, etc) with the pins and sells the new stuff at craft sales, etc. He feigns ignorance when asked about the letters. He says it is his way of getting back at the stuck-up fraternity/sorority crowd at his alma mater.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by RedRover

The local Salvation Army thrift shops often have shirts of Greek Letter organizations.

A guy I know buys old fraternity and sorority pins that he picks up at garage sales, flea markets, etc. He makes jewelry (cuff links, tie pins, money claps, etc) with the pins and sells the new stuff at craft sales, etc. He feigns ignorance when asked about the letters. He says it is his way of getting back at the stuck-up fraternity/sorority crowd at his alma mater.

He sounds like a very petty, stuck up jerk himself.

[SthrnZeta]

And btw, just because I'm Southern, doesn't make me a Greek snob - I actually believe in my creed, thank you very much, and there's nothing in there that says being Greek, or a Zeta in particular, makes me better than anyone else.

"To be true to ourselves and to those within and without our circle... to find satisfaction in being rather than seeming, thus strengthening in us the higher qualities of the spirit... to look for the good in everyone...striving ever to make our lives a symphony of high ideals, devotion to the Right, the Good, and the True, without a discordant note..."

[PhiGam]

I was just saying that my GLO can't have our letters on shirts, its a national thing, not local. I can't believe anyone was offended by that... seriously.

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I was just saying that my GLO can't have our letters on shirts, its a national thing, not local. I can't believe anyone was offended by that... seriously.

I highly doubt that people took offense to your GLO's national policy on letters.

Based on the posts you leave, I believe it was YOU they found offensive, even in an innocent post in a thread like this.