TO the non-partiers

thats a load of crap......ppl do what the hell u want,x

 

If not drinking means you won't be accepted then in 6 months the Canada Pavilion has sure changed, and not for the better.  I seem to remember the line "No pressure!" popping up at every throw-in.

Or maybe it's only certain people who won't accept you...

I was a gongshow a lot of nights.  On the other hand, I also left parties completely sober to play Monopoly.  I never felt any pressure either direction.  Honestly nobody cares whether you drink or not -- it's you're decision.  You'll have fun no matter what.

 

Hey guys

Chase is a great guy but like a lot of you I have a few things to say about the "drink or else" statement.

When I first came down I made some statements about how everyone drinks and if you dont they wont accept you blah blah blah. I quickly learned this is not the truth. While I do not go out to a lot of the parties or pi very much, the times I have I have never felt pressured to drink. There are going to be people who do but that is their choice and everyone is allowed to make up their own mind. Some of the best people here do drink but they never once made me feel like I had to at all.

I am coming to the end of my year and one of the things I have learned here is to be yourself. More people will like you if you just make up your own mind and do what you want than if you are a slave and do things because you think you have to (you dont!)

As for the older canadians and traditions, some people drink some dont. The ones who do will always keep up those traditions and the ones who dont dont have to worry about them.

Anyway no one here will make you drink and no one here will not like you if you dont. Just be yourself, set your own boundaries and you will have a great and fun year.


Casey

 

I hardly ever post on here, but this post has annoyed me so much I'm going to.

I think it's completely out of order what has been said here, all this rubbish about how you have to drink, people won't like you if you don't, and you'll stay in your apartment doing nothing if you don't drink. If that's someone's opinion then you're entitled to that, but don't state it on here as if it's a statement of fact.

I've been here five months, I like to go out and have a drink as much as anyone, and regularly do it, but this is in no way a pre-requisite to you enjoying your time here. If you don't drink you don't drink, it doesn't make you any less of a person and no-one will have a problem with that, anyone who does is a bit of a loser who I wouln't waste any time on anyway. Likewise if you do drink, it doesn't make you any more of a person... and to be honest I totally pity anyone who thinks any different of someone based on whether they drink or not, cos that's just beyond pathetic and sad.

I just wanted to post cos I think it's damn irresponsible to post such complete rubbish, people are nervous about coming out here and they don't need to here such immature, pathetic garbage as this.

Come out here, be yourself, and have a great time. It's ridiculous to suggest that the world can be split into "those who drink and those who don't" and anyone who tells you otherwise is just being pathetic and entirely inconsiderate of people coming out here who are probably pretty nervous anyway, I know I was.

That's my tuppence worth, rant over.

Bazza

 

sorry, but chase is completely wrong...

yes, a lot of people do drink and party but it is by no means a measure of how well you'll be liked (and Chase must never drink if that's true!)...in fact, i think a lot of people have a HUGE amount of respect for those that don't drink, rather than those who do!

What a stupid thing to say.....you really do need to get a life...and hang out at your own apartment now and again....

 

I think it is rude that chase said that if you dont drink people will look down on you i will not be old anough to drink over there and i dont drink alot in the uk and to be told that by not drinking i will be disliked makes me wonder about the type of place i will be working are there clic's?Well to be honest i dont care if they are you can tell your real friends as they wont try and get you to drink with them at the risk of you being terminated!!!!!!!I can have a blast without alcahol and on many ocasions i do and was thinking it wont be a problem not being able to drink over there and i hope individuals over there who sahre your opinion dontn ruin it and make it hard for those who want to have a good time minus alcahol!!!!
Sorry to rant but i just felt it had to be said.
Rhianon xx

 

We lock ourselves away and still get drunk....haha.....chim chiminee Chloe!!

I don't think anyone should pay any attention to any of this.....Emma's right, you do what you want....you soon come to learn that the people here are not worth worrying about if all they do is concern themselves with how YOU should be acting...there's no SHOULD in it! I know someone here who hasn't touched alcohol since she got here (she's canadian...do you not like her Chase!?) and still manages to enjoy herself (probably more so than people who do drink)....

....everything he's said is a load of crap, and it's people who make comments like that and think like that, that the rest of us think are retards for being such wasters! there's more to life than drinking......

Ellen x

 

I'm glad that so many people who are in Florida at the moment have disagreed with Chase and confirmed what I thought! I'm even more certain now than before than all of you about to travel, and indeed those thinking of applying, will have an amazing experience.

Live life to the full. Have an amazing time. Be YOU - and it'll be even better.

Andy

 

You guys can do whatever you like, but I can tell you straight up that most of the people that like me, only like me BECAUSE of the fact that I am a funny drunk, and they only hang around when I am drunk. If you don't get drunk, they may not look down on you, but they sure did it for me, so I was just giving you guys the heads up, that it MIGHT happen, so don't be surprised. I also posted this simply to see how people would react, because I make alot of outrageous statements, and quite a few of you literally attacked me, called me a " nat", whatever the fuck that is. THat is the BIGGEST problem down here, is that everybody makes judgments, and none of you have a fucking clue about me. My best friend down here doesn't even know very well. You can attack me all you like. I'm a big boy, it aint gonna boither me one bit not to hang out with you guys, but GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY BEFORE YOU MAKE JUDGMENTS!

Chase

 

Um, Chase....isn't your original post a prime example of what you've just said in big capital letters??

and it's very sad if you think people only like you when you're drunk.....don't you think there's something wrong with that??

Ellen

 

Ellen,

With all de respect, that was posted to you, moreso than anybody else on here, because have not once given me the time of day, and I am in your apartment with Sandra and Sarah, well, pretty much every day. And, I also disagree. I'm not judging any of the people on here, I am simply saying that they may be treated the same way I was. I couldn't care less if they dont want to drink.

 

I don't know how being a drunk can gain you freinds.Usually being a drunken idiot makes people lose respect for you.I'm not a big drinker( only drink occasionally ),but I wouldn't risk a dream job to get wasted.What good has every came out of drinking anyway? You have a good time,but you also say dumb things,act stupid and do things you end up regreting.Not to mention it costs money and you might get hungover.

It sounds like Chase isn't being pressured to drink,he is peer pressuring others to.

 

hey chase... its what you make of it yourself... the fact that youre not drinking doesnt have to mean u have to sit in ur room by yourself...
Unless u dont have any friends.

 

Anne,

I have a ton of friends, and I think Jim will agree with me, I am NEVER home, so gaining friends is not the issue here. I was simply trying to say that EVERYBODY down here judges you before they even know a single thing about you. I'm not trying to point fingers, but Ellen is a prime example of EVERYBODY down here. I was nicer to her than to ANYONE else when I first got here, and she treated me like shit, and continues to do so, and she doesn't know a damn thing about me. If you guys don't like me, so be it, but at least try to get to know me before deciding that you don't.

Chase

 

chase that sucks you felt judged and puressured to drink in order to have fun. but just picture the next time you're out and drunk security finds out you're underage and you get sent home. woukd it have been worth it?

you'd think that the way you felt when people didn't give you the time of day would make you want to be even more welcoming to the newbies coming, so it doesn't happen to more people.

do unto others as they do to you pal.

 

erm...is it just me or is this thread getting a bit personal? :-\

u said ur opinion, ellen said hers....surely if u have a problem with ellen, a public forum isnt the best place to bring that up

 

Tessa,

I fully plan on being very welcome to the newbies, simply because alot of people weren't very welcoming of me, and I want to change it. I have had run-ins with the security a few times, and nothing has come of it, so thats not really an issue.

@ PrincessJilly

To be completely honest, I have tried to talk Ellen, and she WILL NOT give me the time of day. If this is the only way I can get the message to her, then this is how I'll do it.

Chase

 

Anyone realise I have the ability to delete this thread!?! haha!!

Dont' worry guys...I've sent Chase a PM....no love lost...not from this end anyway!!

I think people have mis understood what he was trying to say....you don't have to drink to be accepted here, but he's just saying that that's what happened to him and just warning you....

Ellen x

 

thats exacly what I was saying, and every single person did what everyone down here did. Your judging me, and you have never even met me.

 

No-one's judging you...they couldn't....you just didn't put what you were trying to say in a very good way and everyone's misinterpreted it!!

Ellen x