Embarrsing another GDI wearing Greek Shirts

[katydidKD]

True, but different rules for different fabrics of letters does sound silly if I say so myself, and a lot of others have commented along those lines.

[MysticCat]

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.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Known perp continuing to wear letters even when s/he has been "quietly" warned not to wear them?

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:

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.

There are ways to get your point across to an @$$ without being an @$$ youself.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

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.

Rationales vary.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But I'll defer to your wisdom and insight. This time.

Don't patronize me. LOL.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

There are ways to get your point across to an @$$ without being an @$$ youself.

Sometimes. Sometimes not. That's why rationales vary and it depends on the context.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Don't patronize me. LOL.

I wasn't patronizing you.

This time.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I wasn't patronizing you.

This time.

*stealing your coffee*

NOW WHAT?!

[agzg]

LOLWUT at this whole thread.

Also, I find the thread title to be embarrassing.

[Amy9413]

One of my sisters told me a story about how she saw a woman with a Lilly Pulitzer Delta Zeta print tote bag. When she asked the woman what chapter she was from she seemed really confused and asked her why she thought she was a Delta Zeta. When my sister told her that her bag was a Delta Zeta print, she just said she got it because she liked the design.

That's one thing I've always wondered about. Before I went Greek I always thought that if you were going to buy Greek licensed things you had to enter your membership number at checkout, I was really surprised when I found out you can just buy them willy nilly.

Also, I've heard of stories of GDIs getting stitched letters of "Gamma Delta Iota." Why would they waste their money by doing that?

[tallgreekalum]

Only speaking for my chapter (ADPhi) at my campus (UMass)..Protocol has remained the same over the yrs. Event or advertising shirts could be worn by non-members. but "Colors" or Letters could only be worn by brothers, little sisters when we had them, and SERIOUS girlfriends. Some of our chapters NEVER wear letters. Some let pledges wear them. Some teach our fraternity song to pledges, some don't, and are horrified if they hear them doing it.