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Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:01 am to Scruffy
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Otherwise, most people outside the hospital who meet me don’t even know.
You gotta start wearing your stethoscope around your neck in public so people know
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:01 am to Dragula
I'm fine with it, as long as he's fine with me calling him Dr. Jackass.
This post was edited on 12/7/22 at 8:04 am
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:02 am to Dragula
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:03 am to deltaland
quote:frick no.
You gotta start wearing your stethoscope around your neck in public so people know
People would start asking for medical advice and I wouldn’t even be able to charge for it.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:03 am to Dragula
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Curious if this is acceptable as he has earned that that title or is it a bit pretentious?
I mean we don't call anyone else by their profession
In a casual setting I don't see the point of addressing them as doctor.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:05 am to Dragula
My wife is a physician. I call her Dr. Wifey sometimes.
She hates it.
She hates it.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:06 am to Dragula
Outside of a doctor's office/hospital, a professional setting, or a classroom, you probably shouldn't expect people to call you Doctor. If a dude insisted I refer to him as Doctor at all times, I would probably avoid his companionship.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:06 am to H2O Tiger
If you earned the degree, go for it. I have no problem with it. It does depend on the setting, however. Grow up in a small university town and most everyone's dad is a Doctor SoAndSo.
My dad had a doctorate. I can't remember him ever introducing himself as Doctor SoAndSo, but most people, except friends, called him Dr.
My dad had a doctorate. I can't remember him ever introducing himself as Doctor SoAndSo, but most people, except friends, called him Dr.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:07 am to Powerman
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In a casual setting I don't see the point of addressing them as doctor
Now I'm imagining OP's guy correcting some waitress as he picks up his to-go order from a restaurant.
"I've got an order for Mike Smith"
"Ahem, it's DOCTOR Smith, actually."
I'd dump his food in the trash.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:07 am to Dragula
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For example at the dealership service dept they call for Jack Smith he corrects them as " It's Dr. Smith"
Auto-upcharge $10k over MSRP.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:08 am to Dragula
Small PP syndrome.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:09 am to Dragula
I don't call doctors Dr. when I interact with them at all, haven't in decades. I'm not concerned with whether or not a person I'm paying for a service likes how I address them.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:09 am to metallica81788
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where a man had to address his father-in-law as "Dr Bob"
Too many fish in the sea for that bullshite.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:09 am to Dragula
I think if the person were in academia or research and it’s in an academic setting, sure. Somehow that seems like normal usage. If you’re a microbiologist, PhD and we’re at a bar, it seems a bit out of place. I think the relationship matters too.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:12 am to Dragula
The doctors who I know like that, I wouldn’t hang out with them outside of a medical/professional setting anyway
BTW, you can usually tell who will be like that when the are fellows
BTW, you can usually tell who will be like that when the are fellows
This post was edited on 12/7/22 at 8:14 am
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:13 am to genuineLSUtiger
Most brilliant doctor I know doesn't care that I don't call him Doctor. This guy is actually a bit of a rock star in the Trauma Surgeon world and it always freaks other medical people out that I don't call him that. It's kind of become a gag between us. He's this highly respected medical professional and I am "oh that's Bob."
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:15 am to Dragula
Sounds like he has earned the title, "Dr Douche"
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:17 am to Bourre
quote:You can tell when they are residents.
BTW, you can usually tell who will be like that when the are fellows
They are the ones answering the phone as “this is doctor so and so”.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:18 am to Dragula
If he corrects me out at a party, I may show him a boil on my taint to see what he thinks.
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