re: Pretenious responses after getting doctorate?

People call me Mr. Lordguill or Dr. Lordguill. I don't care either way.

I feel like it is only going to get worse with the increase in doctoral offerings. For instance, one can receive a "doctorate" from the University of Phoenix and I believe nurses and physical therapists can earn doctorates...

I was at an education seminar a few years back (because I was your typical I love research and hate teaching professor ) and I started talking to another attendee. Having spent an extensive amount of time in academia, you rarely refer to your colleagues as "Dr." In turn, I called this woman by her first name... This woman quickly corrected me and reminded me she had an E.d. and should be referred to as Dr. Well, being an academic snob and/or douchebag who received their doctorate from a prestigious university; I asked her where she got her degree from. Turns out it was from the University of Phoenix. I promptly laughed in her face and asked if she was was joking. She was not.

Nonetheless, as a PhD, you should only refer to yourself as doctor if 1) you're an MD or 2) you're at the bar trying to get laid, as stated above.

I always called my dad's good friend (who was also my doctor) by his first name growing up. He didn't like being called doctor when out of the office.

It kind of felt weird but i just went with it.

My favorite people on this planet are the ones with PhD's who don't make a big deal about it. It means they are really smart and humble. It's a great combination for a human being to have. And I've seen these qualities in really shy people as well as extremely outgoing people.

this topic always reminds me of an old gentleman i met while he was picking up metal from a trash pile. we introduced ourselves and i said "nice to meet you mr. smith". he then tells me he pastors a church in town. i said "oh, then it's Brother Smith."

he said "i don't brother myself much."

Only MDs are addressed as "doctor" outside of the job.

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Pretenious responses after getting doctorate?

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Some of the most arrogant people I've ever met have a doctorate and work in academia. They come off as remarkably entrenched and incapable of considering other alternatives to their conclusions about everyone and everything.

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Is there anything more pretentious than a doctor correcting someone by saying "Doctor" after someone calls them "Mr." or "Ms."? Assholes...

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Are you a Grad School wash out? Those unfortunates are some of the most bitter people I've ever known in the chemistry field...some of them having spent 7 or 8 years and end up coming away with nothing.