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re: Pretenious responses after getting doctorate?

Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:15 pm to
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:15 pm to
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sicboy
Exonerated
Posted by lsu2006
BR
Member since Feb 2004
39994 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:16 pm to
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He wanted to be called Drew, so no, he didn't steal it from The Office.


Lighten up, guys. Gees.
Posted by shutterspeed
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:17 pm to
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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...


You wouldn't understand. You don't hold a doctorate.
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:19 pm to
YOU DON'T KNOW!
Posted by CuseTiger
On the road
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:22 pm to
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Is there anything more pretentious than a doctor correcting someone by saying "Doctor" after someone calls them "Mr." or "Ms."?


The only people I will joke with once i get my phD are my friends. People who correct anyone outside of this are
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Assholes...
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4292 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:24 pm to
What about an Optometrist? Is that a doctor?
Posted by AubieALUMdvm
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:27 pm to
I've observed this a couple times in different work situations or at conferences. I avoid those people from that point on. i would never do that to someone.
Posted by DrunkerThanThou
Unfortunately Mississippi
Member since Feb 2013
2846 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:28 pm to
There was a patient at the hospital who was very offended when she was called Ms instead of Dr.
She even went so far as to called out the Md treating her and everything. Turned out she had a Phd in sociology.....
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 1:32 am
Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11111 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:32 pm to
Anyone who puts in an extra 8 years after college deserves to be called Doctor. At least the medical variety.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:32 pm to
I have a teacher I work with that our principal had to basically put in her place because she was giving her kids extra homework if they forgot to address her as "Dr. _____" after she got her doctorate.

In a fricking middle school.

ETA: That's the only time I've seen anyone take it that seriously though.
This post was edited on 11/30/14 at 10:34 pm
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:33 pm to
I would never do that. For the most part I don't tell people I have a PhD unless it's necessary. 9/10 people I meet would never know I have one.


However, when picking up chicks I tell them "you can trust me I'm a doctor" or "im a doctor, I know these things" and last but not least "wanna check out my TARDIS?".
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18905 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:34 pm to
Coach, doctor, chef, judge, officer. It's odd how society comes up with titles for some jobs but not others. The accountants, mechanics, lawyers, teachers, truck drivers, EMTs, etc. are just plain old Bob. No cool title.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63572 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:39 pm to
I make people recite all my professional certifications behind my name when addressing me.
Posted by HoustonChick86
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Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:40 pm to
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But I absolutely had a kid in HS who was all douchey about him being called "Andrew"

That was the name he preferred, not a title, which makes you the a-hole.
Posted by LSUbase13
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Member since Mar 2008
15060 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:41 pm to
I had a schmuck Mass Comm professor "correct" me my freshman year of college.
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36384 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:45 pm to
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HoustonChick86
Please see yourself out.
Posted by HoustonChick86
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Member since Dec 2009
57549 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:46 pm to
Because I don't agree with you? That is ridiculous.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:49 pm to
That is god damned ridiculous.

Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:54 pm to
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Is there anything more pretentious than a doctor correcting someone by saying "Doctor" after someone calls them "Mr." or "Ms."?
Especially if they're not even medical doctors. Our music director at church - who used to be (still is?) a chiropractor - insists on being called Dr. _____. Such a douche.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80548 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:56 pm to
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music director at church

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a chiropractor

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insists on being called Dr. _____


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Such a douche


o rly?
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