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Because that's what I got at work today.
That's right. $3,000 in donations. $3, 225 if you want to be exact.
And that was just in four pledges.
That's the first time I've ever seen my boss do a full-out happy dance.
So we were calling current students' parents tonight. I ended up calling the mother of one of the girls in my rush group. My conversation with the girl later was a tad bizarre. ("Hey, I think I called your mom tonight!" "Yeah, she called me and told me you called her." "...Well this is weird...")
She was wearing the coolest freaking skirt EVER OMG OMG OMG I WANT.
And then the girl sitting two seats down from me called my mom. When I heard, "Hi, Mrs. (My Last Name)," I nearly fell out of my seat. (I'm not kidding. I really nearly did.) I was right in the middle of taking information for a pledge, too. It was nuts.
So of course, when I went on my break, I called the house phone and went through my work spiel. My mom laughed.
...Knowing my luck, I'll probably be the one calling her next time.Not like I'll get a donation or anything.
But that first pledge was crazy. It was our first night calling parents, so I have an unfamiliar script and event list in front of me. I made my way through the first call (the parents were in Georgia), screwing up and bumbling along horribly, and I finally manage to spit out my first ask: "So, can I put you down for $1000 tonight?"
He says, "Sure."
...I took about two milliseconds to go OMGWTFBBQVCR. (It took about that long to switch gears from "Second Ask" to "Credit Card Info.") Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever says yes to $1000 just like that.
And he put it on a credit card (the preferred method because the university can get it and put it to use the next day).
And his workplace matches donations (making it $2000).
This is when my boss hugged me and started doing the happy dance. Man, she rocks. My boss = much win.
So that was great. And then we went to rush.
I've got my top 3 sororities picked out. The hard part's gonna be deciding which one I want to get into (provided any of them will accept me). I'm thinking Delta Gamma, Tri-Delta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. I just had so much fun in each of those, and I'd love to go back. ^^
Here's hoping they liked me back!
That's right. $3,000 in donations. $3, 225 if you want to be exact.
And that was just in four pledges.
That's the first time I've ever seen my boss do a full-out happy dance.
So we were calling current students' parents tonight. I ended up calling the mother of one of the girls in my rush group. My conversation with the girl later was a tad bizarre. ("Hey, I think I called your mom tonight!" "Yeah, she called me and told me you called her." "...Well this is weird...")
So of course, when I went on my break, I called the house phone and went through my work spiel. My mom laughed.
...Knowing my luck, I'll probably be the one calling her next time.
But that first pledge was crazy. It was our first night calling parents, so I have an unfamiliar script and event list in front of me. I made my way through the first call (the parents were in Georgia), screwing up and bumbling along horribly, and I finally manage to spit out my first ask: "So, can I put you down for $1000 tonight?"
He says, "Sure."
...I took about two milliseconds to go OMGWTFBBQVCR. (It took about that long to switch gears from "Second Ask" to "Credit Card Info.") Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever says yes to $1000 just like that.
And he put it on a credit card (the preferred method because the university can get it and put it to use the next day).
And his workplace matches donations (making it $2000).
This is when my boss hugged me and started doing the happy dance. Man, she rocks. My boss = much win.
So that was great. And then we went to rush.
I've got my top 3 sororities picked out. The hard part's gonna be deciding which one I want to get into (provided any of them will accept me). I'm thinking Delta Gamma, Tri-Delta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. I just had so much fun in each of those, and I'd love to go back. ^^
Here's hoping they liked me back!
