"Kiddo"

[oldmanfan]

1 hour ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

I shall forever refer to you as Dr. OldManFan.  

 

Personally, in an academic/clinical setting I would refer to you as Dr. OMF.  I agree you earned it, I certainly acknowledge the commitment it took to achieve your goal, but it really just boils down to courtesy and the psychology behind it all.  To be completely honest, if you're engaging me in a clinical setting, the Dr. moniker is important to me.  I don't want "Rick, the guy from Elmira" treating or advising me, I want good old Dr. OMF giving me the downlow.  Taking it one step further, in that setting, I'd personally hope you would refer to me by my first name, mostly because that simple familiarity would be reassuring to me.  Others probably would prefer to be addressed as Mr/Mrs/Ms.  

 

Outside of that environment, I guess I would go with in-kind responses. I'm assuming in social settings you introduce yourself to other adults as OldManFan, not "Hi. I'm Dr. Fan."?   If you called me by my first name, I'd call you Old. If you referred to me as Mr, the only danger would be me forgetting that you've earned your doctoral degree and calling you Mr as well.  If I'm understanding you correctly, that would not bother you and you would likely not tell me that the appropriate designation is Dr. OMF?    

 

Can we at least agree that the Maestro episode on Seinfeld was among their finest work?  

 

 

Well, let's deal with the Seinfeld issue first.  The Maestro episode was great, but the Master of Your Domain episode ranks first for me.  Kramer slapping the cash on the table and screaming " I'm out!" was one of the great moments of TV.

 

In social settings call me what you want.  Call me Dr., call me Mr., you can call me Ray, you can call me Jay, you can call me RJ....  God knows I've been called a lot of things, and I don't get bent out of shape if you don't use the Dr. title. I don't think Jill Biden would either; at least her public persona strikes me that way.   The only time I get upset by what I'm called is if a youngster tries to call me by my first name; I hate that.   I expect young people to show me more respect than that.

 

In the workplace whether seeing patients or teaching, then it should be used.  And I usually call patients by their first name unless I'm meeting them for the first time, or if they ask to be referred to otherwise,

 

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

8 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Well, let's deal with the Seinfeld issue first.  The Maestro episode was great, but the Master of Your Domain episode ranks first for me.  Kramer slapping the cash on the table and screaming " I'm out!" was one of the great moments of TV.

 

In social settings call me what you want.  Call me Dr., call me Mr., you can call me Ray, you can call me Jay, you can call me RJ....  God knows I've been called a lot of things, and I don't get bent out of shape if you don't use the Dr. title. I don't think Jill Biden would either; at least her public persona strikes me that way.   The only time I get upset by what I'm called is if a youngster tries to call me by my first name; I hate that.   I expect young people to show me more respect than that.

 

In the workplace whether seeing patients or teaching, then it should be used.  And I usually call patients by their first name unless I'm meeting them for the first time, or if they ask to be referred to otherwise,

 

Master of your Domain is awesome, and the Kramer scene exceptional.   I liked Bookman as well, and just saw the Maestro the other night so it was too of mind.  The look on his face when Elaine called him “Bob” was priceless. 
 

I think on the Dr issue, you’re pretty reasonable for an egghead (apologies to my friend @I am the egg man).  
 

 

 

[Warcodered]

5 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

My Grade 10 Chemistry teacher was a "Dr." As was my Grade 9 Social Studies teacher.  They used the title.

 

Why is it more important to be a MD or DO?

The only place it'd really matter is if she was giving medical advice.

[ExiledInIllinois]

53 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

The only place it'd really matter is if she was giving medical advice.

Not really.  Lot of M.D.s that are quacks.  Makes no difference.  All the same.

[TH3]

On 12/15/2020 at 10:54 AM, Plano said:

Sounds like this writer has never been punched in the face, somewhat like our orange moron at the helm now. 

 

Sometimes it just takes a little ass kicking to bring people down a notch. 

 

You are correct

[T master]

I have all the respect in the world for those that go to school and get a Phd and have earned the right to be called Dr. but that being said i think we have seen that just because you are book smart doesn't mean that common sense interjected any where after you get the degree .

 

I personally  have known people that have went to school to get degree's and when they come out and go into he field of study that they were in in college they didn't have a clue when having to put to real life use or practical application .

 

If those that get the Phd actually do work in the field of study the degree was given and have actual hands on experience in said field then that's all well and good and in that field of which they study they may be able to speak on the subject and actually know something but IMHO with some kind of practical hands on experience in the field the badge of Phd really doesn't have a lot of meaning 

 

Book learning with no practical experience doesn't mean you are actually a expert in that field it just means you have a really good idea how it's "suppose to work" but can't say for sure because you only know what the books/professor have told you which is a good start but with out real life experience your still learning .

 

If you want proof of this just look at Washington DC a city filled with people that went to college to be lawyers to learn how to twist words with in the law to make it look and sound like they are smart yet most of them can't balance their own check book !! Not someone i want telling me what's best for me .

 

But i think the real reason why they may want his wife to drop the Dr. thing is because they will find out that she is the real brains of the family kind of the wizard of Oz thing .