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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Then don't YOU do it.
Also, there is no universal standard for what is considered embarassing someone and ill-mannered.  |
To be clear, I didn't say it is ill-mannered to embarrass someone. I said it is ill-mannered to
intentionally embarrass someone. If one's intent is to let some non-member know that they shouldn't be wearing letters, then there's not necessarily any intentional embarrassment even if there is actual embarrassment.
But I'll defer to your wisdom and insight. This time.
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
Known perp continuing to wear letters even when s/he has been "quietly" warned not to wear them?
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Maybe.
Maybe. (And I'll readily admit that I haven't been faced with this situation, nor do I think it is as common with my org as it may be with some others.)
But again, my comment was couched in terms of "getting back to the original topic of this thread," which started with this gem:
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Originally Posted by UNFSigmaChi
I was shopping the other day for a mothers day present when i saw this guy wearing a UF Greek Week shirt. So i was like hey man what Fraternity are you in, im a Sigma Chi?" Hes like what makes you think im in a fraternity??? Im like ummmm welll maybe that greek week shirt. And he says haha oh ya well im on the UF soccer team and one of my teammates left it at my place and I just wear it for the greek letters. So im like oh so your trying to act cool then huh?! He got a little pissed and was like hey i play soccer for UF, i am cool. Im like well would you get pissed if you saw someone wearing a UF soccer shirt who didn't play soccer for UF. Hes like hell ya i would....and then i laughed and was like well why the hell are you wearing a Greek week shirt when YOUR NOT GREEK!!! He didn't say anything and his friends laughed at him. It was so great! Anyways thought i had to share.
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There are ways to get your point across to an @$$ without being an @$$ youself.
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