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Then of course you can always (oh be still, my beating heart) just ASK them how they prefer to be addressed! If I meet a known lettered professional outside the office I use their title first. If they say to do otherwise, I'll do that next time. The ones who are more hung up about the title will care. The others won't.
Of course you can ask them how they care to be addressed. But if I run into Buster's vet at a local restaurant and we say hello, I'm just going to call her Dr. Buster's Vet. But if she were a regular in my social circle, I'd think it was a little weird if she insisted on holding onto the title and probably just wouldn't call her anything.
woman gets PHD, puts Dr as title/salutation, airline doesn't oblige and all of you are outraged at her selfishness.
man takes hormones, puts in breast implants, wears dresses and wants to be called her, hers, they, theirs or whatever pronoun and all of you scream inequality when someone doesn't use the proper pronoun.
A lot of traditional etiquette is outdated and archaic. I can't imagine referring to someone as "Doctor" in a strictly social environment.
It sounds totally crazy. I have tons of friends from college who now have PhDs, and I don't know of anyone who expects to be called "Dr." in a social context. I suppose, perhaps, it could be normal in a social situation such as a cocktail party in which many people don't know each other and someone is introducing someone else to the "doctor." But even then it seems like that would only make sense if the party were within academia.
Yes, if I ran into my medical doctor when out shopping, or my college professor who goes by "doctor," I would call them "Doctor So and So." But that would only be because I had a pre-existing relationship with them which existed within the setting in which they would traditionally be called "Doctor." If I were not their patient or student and it was not in a medical or academic setting, I can't see calling them by their professional title.
Note to all airline employees who meet customers: Take a good look at this person's picture, so that you will recognize her (it) anywhere, anytime, then be sure to call her "Yo, you there, Ma'am, the skinny, dark haired, DOCTOR broad!"
PhD: Piled higher, Deeper.
I have known a few people with higher degrees in my life. Many of them were at the top of the list for "Least Common Sense" awards.
"O’Dwyer was boarding a Qantas plane when a flight attendant reportedly looked at her boarding pass — which said “Dr. O’Dwyer” — and instead addressed her as “Miss O’Dwyer.”
“Do not look at my ticket, look at me, look back at my ticket, decide it’s a typo, and call me Miss O’Dwyer,” Dwyer shared on social media. “I did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss.”
Wow burn the flight attendant at the stake for making a mistake. It doesn't bode well for the new doctor and patient relations.
Do not look at my ticket, look at me, look back at my ticket
I think this is what got her going. The attendant took the time to look at the ticket twice, apparently.
Must be a slow day in the tabloids.
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It doesn't bode well for the new doctor and patient relations.
