question regarding alcohol (slightly)

[cbm]

Originally Posted by perfectinpurple

I would leave this subject alone for the most part. There are ways to make it known that you plan to have a job without bringing up the bartending thing. It's certainly ok to be proud of getting you license, but typically its best to avoid the subject of booze (in all of its aspects) during recruitment.

This exactly, 100%. I wouldn't bring it up.

[ASTalumna06]

Unless the sister who you're having a conversation with also got her bartending license, and she brings it up first, I wouldn't mention it at all. Even though serving alcohol has nothing to do with drinking it, sisters might link one thing to the other. It's probably not a place to which you want to steer a conversation during recruitment.

[33girl]

Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of impressive that she spent her summer getting her bartending license rather than standing around talking to her friends and pretending to work at Hollister?

I don't think she intends to be "hi, I'm splendiddib and I'm a bartender!!" - rather, if someone asks what she did over summer, or if she's going to work on campus, that's her answer. Quite frankly, if there's a sorority of girls who are going to get uptight over the fact that you bartend, I don't think you want to pledge there.

What if she worked at Applebee's over the summer, told some sister this, and the sister just happened to have gotten food poisoning at Applebee's? That's not a very good impression either, is it? Seriously, if you have to censor every word you say, how is anyone going to get to know you?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of impressive that she spent her summer getting her bartending license rather than standing around talking to her friends and pretending to work at Hollister?

I don't think she intends to be "hi, I'm splendiddib and I'm a bartender!!" - rather, if someone asks what she did over summer, or if she's going to work on campus, that's her answer. Quite frankly, if there's a sorority of girls who are going to get uptight over the fact that you bartend, I don't think you want to pledge there.

What if she worked at Applebee's over the summer, told some sister this, and the sister just happened to have gotten food poisoning at Applebee's? That's not a very good impression either, is it? Seriously, if you have to censor every word you say, how is anyone going to get to know you?

The thing is, it just MAY come off as "Hi I'm ___ and I bartend" whether she intends for it to come off that way or not.

She could just say "I worked at *Insert Bar Here*" which leaves out any mention or bartending or not (if you just say you worked there, you could be a waitress for all they know).

We don't know what the chapters are like, if the women are particularly strict with the "no alchohol talk" and it's just risky. For all we know she could be at some conservative-type campus where the mention of anything related to bars during recruitment would get her cut. Why risk that because you just need to tell peeps you don't know that you bartend?

I also don't think you need to censor everything you say during recruitment. There are a zillion other things about herself that she can talk about, I'm sure. If the only topic a PNM could find to discuss about themselves is the fact that they bartend, that's a little sad.

[FSUZeta]

sorority member: "what did you do this summer?"

splendiddib-"i went to school"

and if the sorority member then asks what classes you had, or what school you attended-then you can say,"i got my bartending license, just in case i need to get a job at some point in my college career." end of story.

[cbm]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of impressive that she spent her summer getting her bartending license rather than standing around talking to her friends and pretending to work at Hollister?

I'm not all that impressed because I had mine during college (waitressed at a restaurant with a bar). I think a PNM bringing it up could create the wrong impression. Sure, it's cool and all, but it could look like she was trying to play up that she parties/drinks. It's just always better to be safe than sorry during rush!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

I'm guessing it's something more along the lines of IF she gets a question like, "So, what did you do this summer?" or "What are your interests/activities?" THEN is it okay to respond, "Oh, I got my bartending license, and I'm hoping to work at Paddy's Pub (or whatever) this semester!"

There was a girl in my pledgeclass who was a bartender, but I don't know how she handled talking about it during rush. I know she found the mandatory TIPS training really boring, because she'd already had to go through a lot of it to get her license (but then I think most of us found TIPS training pretty boring).

I think you should bring it up if asked what you did this summer. You don't want to just say, "I worked" because that is too generic and not memorable, and more than likely, if you give that answer, you will be asked where you worked, and you don't want to lie.

I think you could spin the bartending in a positive way, in that you could emphasize the safety classes that you had to take to impress even the most risk-management minded members of a chapter.

Just make sure you have other stuff to talk about too.

[wildcat10]

I go to an SEC school, and the attitude here is pretty sensitive to alcohol during recruitment. As in, it's a major no-no to mention.

When I went through recruitment, I mentioned to one girl that I had heard really great things about tailgating. I didn't specifically mean that particular sororities' tailgating, just that in general, sororities and fraternities had fun tailgating. Yes, I was definitely naive, but it didn't cross my mind to necessarily associate tailgating with partying. She got a really strange look on her face and said she couldn't really talk about that, and I got cut the next day. Obviously, I have no way of knowing whether or not that's why I got cut, but based on how quickly our conversation went downhill after that, I would say I didn't exactly get a raving review from this girl.

My point is: don't mention it. My aunt always said to never bring up booze or boys during recruitment, and I think that's pretty good advice!

[wildcat10]

Oops! Sorry for resurrecting an old thread (AND for double posting)... definitely need to learn to pay better attention!