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11-10-2010, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Sometimes, you just want to do something for somebody without ulterior motives.
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I see those things as about more than doing something for somebody without ulterior motives.
But, the theme of GC this week is: YKINMK.
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11-10-2010, 12:47 PM
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Yeah different concepts of "nice." That screams something other than "nice" to me.
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11-10-2010, 12:50 PM
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nice [ nahys]–adjective, nic·er, nic·est. 1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit. 2. amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to strangers. 3. characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy: nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis. 4. showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments: ao job that requires nice measurements. 5. minute, fine, or subtle: a nice distinction. 6. having or showing delicate, accurate perception: a nice sense of color. 7. refined in manners, language, etc.: Nice people wouldn't do such things. 8. virtuous; respectable; decorous: a nice girl. 9. suitable or proper: That was not a nice remark. 10. carefully neat in dress, habits, etc. 11.(esp. of food) dainty or delicate.
Sometimes, you just want to do something for somebody without ulterior motives.
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I've just attributed this to IFC/NPC vs. non-IFC/non-NPC. The only times that we received "OMG COOKIES!" were when people wanted votes in student elections. Aside from that, it would just seem weird.
When we had our on-campus house, we would never expect sorority women to do our chores/yardwork.
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11-10-2010, 12:54 PM
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I've just attributed this to IFC/NPC vs. non-IFC/non-NPC.
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Yeah I couldn't tell whether this was an NPC thread or whether this was about what "good sorority women" should do. LOL.
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When we had our on-campus house, we would never expect sorority women to do our chores/yardwork.
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Will you be my wifey
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11-10-2010, 12:56 PM
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Will you be my wifey
Yes I'll be your wifey
Will you be my wifey
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We ain't gettin no younger, we might as well do it
Let's get marrieeeeeeeed
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11-10-2010, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
I see those things as about more than doing something for somebody without ulterior motives.
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Why? Are you that suspect of people?
Is it less weird that we did a rake-n-run with Delta Zeta involving random peoples' lawns, rather than fraternity houses?
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11-10-2010, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Why?
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Because different group cultures and campus cultures call for different things.
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Is it less weird that we did a rake-n-run with Delta Zeta involving random peoples' lawns, rather than fraternity houses?
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No. That's even stranger than raking a fraternity's lawn.
Not everyone wants randoms to rake their lawn.
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11-10-2010, 01:11 PM
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I think playfully pranking the fraternities is fine. However, defacing the structure of their house isn't cool. No, it probably won't do any permanent damage, but it does cross the line from fun to damage. But then I'm a fun sucker. If a fraternity tpd our yard I'd be furious.
The only thing they really did on my campus was the fraternities would kidnap the composite and make the sorority come serenade them to get it back. But sometimes that would get out of hand and they wouldn't admit they had it and it would get ugly. Or a not very nearby fraternity would do it and then getting it back was a HUGE cluster.
And doing something nice for a fraternity is nice, but there's also a fine line to creepy or pathetic. If my chapter had done any of the nice things listed above, we'd have been laughed off the campus. Maybe it's a local culture thing, but we were much further from the TV show Greek than that. And I'm assuming she meant PARTICIPATING in their philanthropy, not raising money for it. Doing their philanthropy for them would be SERIOUSLY creepy and pathetic.
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11-10-2010, 01:23 PM
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Alright...I guess I'll just say that I'm glad I went to a strange university, where it was more common to come home to random flowers from a fraternity rather than your composite missing, and leave y'all to your pranks.
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11-10-2010, 01:24 PM
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Alright...I guess I'll just say that I'm glad I went to a strange university, where it was more common to come home to random flowers from a fraternity rather than your composite missing, and leave y'all to your pranks.
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You're taking this exchange WAAAY too seriously.
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11-10-2010, 01:27 PM
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You're taking this exchange WAAAY too seriously.
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Not really. Nothing much else going on and I'm avoiding working on the lien waivers I need to send out.
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11-10-2010, 01:34 PM
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Not everyone wants randoms to rake their lawn.
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I agree with you. I wouldn't appreciate people trampling my lawn. I recently saw an event where GLOs got together to rake the lawns of elderly residents as a service to the community. But, the residents had given prior consent.
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11-10-2010, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Not everyone wants randoms to rake their lawn.
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I would!!! I would!!! I would!!!
If some random strangers jumped out of a car, raked my lawn and did not charge me??!!!???
Sign me up for that program!  The leaves are really starting to fall in my area, so I would love it!
(Can't you tell that I am really excited about the idea of this by all of my exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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11-10-2010, 01:43 PM
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Hmmm. "Leave ya'll to your pranks" makes it seem as though AlphaFrog doesn't understand what some of us are saying.
No one is saying that pranks > nice things. We didn't really do pranks. Sororities and fraternities at the collegiate and graduate levels do nice things for each other all of the time. What is considered "nice" is what we're talking about here. You didn't just say "focus on bonding with the fraternities and doing nice things for each other," you made a list of things that you thought the good sorority women could do as if that's an objective standard. That's where the discussion lies.
For the record my chapter, as a collective, would've hated coming home to flowers from a fraternity. If the fraternity men knew us (and our friends in fraternities did) they knew that many of us weren't/still aren't flower women. Giving us flowers other than a Violet (to symbolize Delta) would be seen as a prank (LOL) or let us know that you just did what you assumed women would like. LOL.
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11-10-2010, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
I would!!! I would!!! I would!!!
If some random strangers jumped out of a car, raked my lawn and did not charge me??!!!???
Sign me up for that program!  The leaves are really starting to fall in my area, so I would love it!
(Can't you tell that I am really excited about the idea of this by all of my exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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LOL.
I would rather pay someone I have given consent to (and therefore know who they are and what they are doing on my property) than get a Random Rake for free. That is especially the case since the person I pay will often do the job when I'm not home. If I'm not home and come home to a Random Rake, I will be nervous and will make sure my house alarm wasn't tampered with.
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