Embarrsing another GDI wearing Greek Shirts

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by LΩVE

I guess on the other hand sometimes independents don't understand WHY it's so wrong to wear our letters, and why it makes us mad. It probably just looks like a club to some of them.

Maybe because so many fraternities treat their fraternity like a club rather than a fraternity?

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by southernsugar

That's really interesting to me... At my campus, I would certainly FLIP OUT (and I have... I ripped the letters off someone's car once knowing they weren't in my sorority) if I saw another girl wearing my letters and she wasn't a member.. but as to guys letters... I own a ton of shirts and jackets from events or rush shirts.. Last year one frat made vineyard vines rush fleeces, which happen to fit most girls I know and be VERY comfortable, and they're a popular item to see on campus.
At the same time, I've seen a lot of guys wear our letters around- boyfriends, guyfriends, brothers.

I just can't believe you vandalized someone's vehicle like that. Is it possible they were from another campus, the sticker was from a sibling or previous owner? I love my letters and what they stand for, but it seems so petty. Isn't having to explain to the police, the Dean of Students/Judicial board, and your sisters that you messed with someone's property over a 1.99 sticker more shameful than a perp?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I just can't believe you vandalized someone's vehicle like that. Is it possible they were from another campus, the sticker was from a sibling or previous owner?

That's kind of what I was thinking.

[southernsugar]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I just can't believe you vandalized someone's vehicle like that. Is it possible they were from another campus, the sticker was from a sibling or previous owner? I love my letters and what they stand for, but it seems so petty. Isn't having to explain to the police, the Dean of Students/Judicial board, and your sisters that you messed with someone's property over a 1.99 sticker more shameful than a perp?

I certainly didn't say what I did was right, just that I understood being overprotective of letters. And I didn't damage her car in taking them off "ripping" them off may be an overstatement. I removed them. And yes, I was very certain it was still her and only her car at the time. I'll admit to it being out of line. A lot of us knew her really well and were really upset about her actions.

And really, no I don't see it as being more shameful. If someone asked me what I was doing then, I'd be honest about it. Honestly, stealing letters is somewhat identity fraud. She is claiming a relationship to me that she does not have, and I didn't want anybody to confuse that fact. If I had walked by and done nothing, those watching may assume that she is part of my GLO or that I simply don't care about the reputation of my letters. Maybe I have misplaced some of my value judgement about my letters, but I doubt it.
It was immature, welcome to college. I'm so glad everyone else seems to be soooooo above it. Congrats if you are, you win a better-than-me personal presentation on the internet award.

At best, I didn't handle the situation in the best way. But it cant' be said she had a right to those letters, and as we have the obligation to take back stuff with letters or ritual (pins) from depinned members, I figured we should probably take off the stuff from a nonmember. Didn't really know whose job it was to do that, so I took it into my own hands.

Also, as per the name, it was what I thought of on the fly. Sorry I'm not very creative or up to some other southern woman's standards. It's a message board darling, I'm not introducing myself in the street as "southern sugar". I am very south-of-the-mason-dixie line, it's the culture that I understand and an identifying mark. I enjoyed the alliteration and simply how it rolled off the tongue. Plus, i have an aversion to numbers in screen names as they're just not aesthetically pleasing. And hard to get in the right order sometimes.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by southernsugar

I certainly didn't say what I did was right, just that I understood being overprotective of letters. And I didn't damage her car in taking them off "ripping" them off may be an overstatement. I removed them. And yes, I was very certain it was still her and only her car at the time. I'll admit to it being out of line. A lot of us knew her really well and were really upset about her actions.

And really, no I don't see it as being more shameful. If someone asked me what I was doing then, I'd be honest about it. Honestly, stealing letters is somewhat identity fraud. She is claiming a relationship to me that she does not have, and I didn't want anybody to confuse that fact. If I had walked by and done nothing, those watching may assume that she is part of my GLO or that I simply don't care about the reputation of my letters. Maybe I have misplaced some of my value judgement about my letters, but I doubt it.
It was immature, welcome to college. I'm so glad everyone else seems to be soooooo above it. Congrats if you are, you win a better-than-me personal presentation on the internet award.

At best, I didn't handle the situation in the best way. But it cant' be said she had a right to those letters, and as we have the obligation to take back stuff with letters or ritual (pins) from depinned members, I figured we should probably take off the stuff from a nonmember. Didn't really know whose job it was to do that, so I took it into my own hands.

Also, as per the name, it was what I thought of on the fly. Sorry I'm not very creative or up to some other southern woman's standards. It's a message board darling, I'm not introducing myself in the street as "southern sugar". I am very south-of-the-mason-dixie line, it's the culture that I understand and an identifying mark. I enjoyed the alliteration and simply how it rolled off the tongue. Plus, i have an aversion to numbers in screen names as they're just not aesthetically pleasing. And hard to get in the right order sometimes.

Exactly, DARLING. You are bringing a bad name to the "Southern" culture you claim to understand so well. And, no, your asinine ideas on how your group's letters somehow BELONG to you and GIVE you the right to bother others property in your group's name DO NOT meet the standards of the Southern women on here.

One last thing, DARLING. You're right it IS just a message board. Keep sticking your foot in your mouth trying to defend your stupid actions... I'll keep reading and being appalled at your lack of common sense -- just like your nationals are probably doing on here, too. It's just a message board -- that happens to be quite well known by national officers of most of these groups.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by southernsugar

I certainly didn't say what I did was right, just that I understood being overprotective of letters. And I didn't damage her car in taking them off "ripping" them off may be an overstatement. I removed them. And yes, I was very certain it was still her and only her car at the time. I'll admit to it being out of line. A lot of us knew her really well and were really upset about her actions.

And really, no I don't see it as being more shameful. If someone asked me what I was doing then, I'd be honest about it. Honestly, stealing letters is somewhat identity fraud. She is claiming a relationship to me that she does not have, and I didn't want anybody to confuse that fact. If I had walked by and done nothing, those watching may assume that she is part of my GLO or that I simply don't care about the reputation of my letters. Maybe I have misplaced some of my value judgement about my letters, but I doubt it.
It was immature, welcome to college. I'm so glad everyone else seems to be soooooo above it. Congrats if you are, you win a better-than-me personal presentation on the internet award.

At best, I didn't handle the situation in the best way. But it cant' be said she had a right to those letters, and as we have the obligation to take back stuff with letters or ritual (pins) from depinned members, I figured we should probably take off the stuff from a nonmember. Didn't really know whose job it was to do that, so I took it into my own hands.

Also, as per the name, it was what I thought of on the fly. Sorry I'm not very creative or up to some other southern woman's standards. It's a message board darling, I'm not introducing myself in the street as "southern sugar". I am very south-of-the-mason-dixie line, it's the culture that I understand and an identifying mark. I enjoyed the alliteration and simply how it rolled off the tongue. Plus, i have an aversion to numbers in screen names as they're just not aesthetically pleasing. And hard to get in the right order sometimes.

Well thank you for telling me I won an award for not being all tacky as hell on the internet. I don't live in The South, I live in the Pacific Northwest, specifically Idaho. I personally wouldn't take the chance of messing with someone's letters because it is not that deep and I guess I'd rather just let someone have a $1.99 sticker they paid for than mess with someone else's property. I could make a generalization about how people from where you're from aren't raised right with good home training, but there are enough classy people from The South on GC to offset one person who can't respect other people's property, even if they feel ownership over letters someone is using that they have no idea about the meaning behind.

Tacky is as tacky does.

I honestly don't understand the issues with the outrage over wanna-bes. I mean if someone wants to perp Alpha Gam that just means we're the hotness and they're not and will never be. It isn't worth causing a scene or having criminal charges brought. I swear it is like that episode of "The Office" where Andy freaks out because Dwight is wearing Cornell stuff. Maybe I should start going off on people who wear Idaho gear if they can't prove their dates of attendance. Oh wait, I live in Idaho, if I messed with someone's property I'd get shot.

[1914blue1920]

Originally Posted by southernsugar

I certainly didn't say what I did was right, just that I understood being overprotective of letters. And I didn't damage her car in taking them off "ripping" them off may be an overstatement. I removed them. And yes, I was very certain it was still her and only her car at the time. I'll admit to it being out of line. A lot of us knew her really well and were really upset about her actions.

And really, no I don't see it as being more shameful. If someone asked me what I was doing then, I'd be honest about it. Honestly, stealing letters is somewhat identity fraud. She is claiming a relationship to me that she does not have, and I didn't want anybody to confuse that fact. If I had walked by and done nothing, those watching may assume that she is part of my GLO or that I simply don't care about the reputation of my letters. Maybe I have misplaced some of my value judgement about my letters, but I doubt it.
It was immature, welcome to college. I'm so glad everyone else seems to be soooooo above it. Congrats if you are, you win a better-than-me personal presentation on the internet award.

At best, I didn't handle the situation in the best way. But it cant' be said she had a right to those letters, and as we have the obligation to take back stuff with letters or ritual (pins) from depinned members, I figured we should probably take off the stuff from a nonmember. Didn't really know whose job it was to do that, so I took it into my own hands.

Also, as per the name, it was what I thought of on the fly. Sorry I'm not very creative or up to some other southern woman's standards. It's a message board darling, I'm not introducing myself in the street as "southern sugar". I am very south-of-the-mason-dixie line, it's the culture that I understand and an identifying mark. I enjoyed the alliteration and simply how it rolled off the tongue. Plus, i have an aversion to numbers in screen names as they're just not aesthetically pleasing. And hard to get in the right order sometimes.

I can understand why you did what you did. If she wasnt a member then she shouldnt have had those letters. I probably would have done the same thing as an undergrad.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by southernsugar

That's really interesting to me... At my campus, I would certainly FLIP OUT (and I have... I ripped the letters off someone's car once knowing they weren't in my sorority) if I saw another girl wearing my letters and she wasn't a member...

WHY, dear God, WHY must dumbass, snobby bitches continue to drag the Southern name through the mud? I mean, is it too much to ask for them to give themselves a username like, "belowtheMason-Dixonlinesugar" or "IthinkIambetterthaneveryoneelse213" or how about "gettingmyMRS./futureBettyFordAlum"??? WHY, MUST they put SOUTHERN in their usernames? True Southern women would LAUGH at bitches like this in our towns.

[PANTHERTEKE]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

WHY, dear God, WHY must dumbass, snobby bitches continue to drag the Southern name through the mud? I mean, is it too much to ask for them to give themselves a username like, "belowtheMason-Dixonlinesugar" or "IthinkIambetterthaneveryoneelse213" or how about "gettingmyMRS./futureBettyFordAlum"??? WHY, MUST they put SOUTHERN in their usernames? True Southern women would LAUGH at bitches like this in our towns.

It's okay.. guys still know that ALL women are crazy, not just Southern ones.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE

It's okay.. guys still know that ALL women are crazy, not just Southern ones.

lol.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

WHY, dear God, WHY must dumbass, snobby bitches continue to drag the Southern name through the mud? I mean, is it too much to ask for them to give themselves a username like, "belowtheMason-Dixonlinesugar" or "IthinkIambetterthaneveryoneelse213" or how about "gettingmyMRS./futureBettyFordAlum"??? WHY, MUST they put SOUTHERN in their usernames? True Southern women would LAUGH at bitches like this in our towns.

You just made my day.

[1914blue1920]

If he runs into the wrong person, he wont have to worry about wearing a greek shirt.

[jessica.lanelle]

Do people have no shame? That would be so embarrassing to be wearing any shirt of any organization that I was not a part of. That just does not make good sense.

[1914blue1920]

Ignorant people do it all the time because to them, it has not meaning.

[XOMichelle]

I used to wear my mom's ASA t-shirt when I was in high school. It was cool to wear vintage, and it was my mother's shirt from college. Wearing it was like a round-about way for teenage me to complement her. One day a girl in the mall was mad at me "where did you get that shirt!? You can't wear that!". I thought it was kind of crazy, I could wear whatever I wanted!

I wouldn't wear other letters now, mostly because I wouldn't dare give up the advertising! I'd like Chi O to be around for another hundred years or more.