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I think if you are in the PhD/MD holder's trade environment, you should respect them. For example you would address a university professor as "Dr." or if you are seeing your physician, you should call them doctor. And in those, situations, I can see someone being corrected - politely.
For someone out of their environment (i.e. getting their pool cleaned) - to "demand" the title is a bit much (especially if the title is not known). You may have deserved the title, but you certainly have not deserved the right to crap on others. Is a polite correction out of line here? Probably not... but does it really matter if the person ringing up your dry cleaning call you Dr._____ . or not?
Just my .02.
This a good post but is a college really a professors environment. I thought the students paid their salary. There are far too many professors running around acting like the sherriff on campuses around the country. Thats like saying a sports team is the coaches team. Everybody knows the players (particularly the superstar) run the team.
This a good post but is a college really a professors environment. I thought the students paid their salary. There are far too many professors running around acting like the sherriff on campuses around the country. Thats like saying a sports team is the coaches team. Everybody knows the players (particularly the superstar) run the team.
Depends on the University...research grants have a lot to do with how financially stable a university is.
My librarian in high school earned a doctorate from Columbia and if you know anything about that kind of degree, it's a pretty big deal. I remember people referring to her as Mrs. _______ many times and oneday, she was like, "My name is Dr. _______, I have a Ph.D. It was great, lol.
My dad is a doctor, but my friends just called him Mister. He didn't make a big deal out of it because my dad's a pretty laid back guy.
I will always call someone with a doctorate, be it in medicine, dentistry, engineering, English, veternary studies, whatever....DR.___. The term 'Dr.' is not reserved for the medical doctors.
I think as a professional, in a professional setting, I'd appreciate someone recognizing the distinction of my having earned the degree, DR, and use the title. In a social setting, I might even prefer Mr., Miss, MS, or Mrs. -- keeps you from getting 'cornered' at, say, a cocktail party or dinner.
Any title is a show of respect, isn't it? and is a reflection on the person using the title in their address to the other, as it is on the person with the title.
This a good post but is a college really a professors environment. I thought the students paid their salary. There are far too many professors running around acting like the sherriff on campuses around the country. Thats like saying a sports team is the coaches team. Everybody knows the players (particularly the superstar) run the team.
I pay my doctor's and dentist's salaries and have known both my whole life, but I'm not going to go in there referring to them by their first names.
My husband is a physician, and only when he is speaking to colleagues or in a professional environment, does he refer to himself as Dr.
Otherwise he just says his first and last name. After all, I do not see a CEO running around saying, Hello, My name is CEO John Smith, or I am Waitress Jane Smith.
So, yes these people need to lighten up about the "respect they deserve"
After all, I do not see a CEO running around saying, Hello, My name is CEO John Smith, or I am Waitress Jane Smith.
That is totally different and you know it. A person with a PhD has worked for a title that, in today's society is recognized in speaking and writing.
Now if that waitress goes out and gets her PhD, I will call her doctor when she drops off my burger!
Anyone who has earned a doctorate has earned the right to be addressed as "Doctor" in an academic or professional setting, especially when they are in a position of authority over you.
surgeons in the UK are not called "doctor", but "mr." (or "miss"). the reason is historical, and has to do with the fact that surgery used to be performed by barbers (yes, barbers!), not medical doctors. i always found that interesting.
on a side note, the color red on a traditional barber's pole harkens back to the days when barbers also bled people with leeches...or so i've heard.
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