# Sorority girl's warning letter to sisters goes viral - It's epic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104 "2013-04-19T04:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 63
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104/63 "2013-04-19T17:54:11Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Hey! > > Anyway, this shit? All’s I’m sayin’ is, _criminy_ am I ever glad I stayed the hell away from the sororities. Yes, she’s clearly a very clever and witty person, and she’s crafted a fine piece of bitchery here. Kudos for that. But even more alarming than the idea of ever having to interact with her in person is the actual content of the email. I mean, she’s yelling at them for _wanting to have fun with people that they like_ - such as, say, friends, family, and boyfriends - rather than with the johns from the “matchup” fraternity. They’re not even supposed to be talking to _each other_. Their sole function is apparently to be perky, friendly cheerleaders for the sorority, just bouncing along through the forced jollity with no lives or interests of their own. My friends who were in sororities have tried to tell me it’s not like that, it’s really about friendship and fun and community service and blah blah blah. But apparently not. It seems it actually _is_ about becoming a freaky Stepford girl. Well there’s another subtext and that is if you expect to be successful professionals in your adult life and profession you need to be on point with your message and image. People behaving like a herd of stray cats when the organization is trying to focus on achieving some PR goal makes everyone look bad. If you don’t want to be in a sorority that’s fine but part of the package is agreeing to the group goals set by the leadership. Doing what you want and what’s most fun is not always going to align with the larger goals of the organization. If that’s not something these young women can “get” would you really want them representing your company or organization? “No one’s the boss of me” works until you actually have a boss. The email is over the top but the point of working cooperatively and not embarrassing the chapter with poor or self indulgent behavior is a life lesson anyone who is going to work effectively in a group has to learn. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104)._