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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine what a miserable and insufferable son of a b**** you have to be for “Hi [your first name]” to bother you! Up the SSRI dose, jeez. [/quote]

I totally agree. They could have responded in a kinder/more informative way. They could have gently said something like "hey I don't really mind if you call me by my first name when you know me, but until then, would you please call me "XYZ". I work at a university and am a lawyer. I don't care who calls me by my first name. Some people with PhDs do seem very sensitive. [b]To me, a "dr." is someone who went to med school, not some idiot PhD in a worthless humanities department.[/b][/quote]

The funny thing about your perception is that it isn't reality. A Dr. is literally someone who has earned a doctoral degree. One who has earned a PhD and is employed as a teacher of university courses has earned the title of "Dr. Smith"...but he may not yet have earned a promotion to PROFESSOR. (Most start as Assistant Professors...then move to Associate Professor once they achieve tenure...and then they are promoted to FULL professor. And many do not feel comfortable being addressed as "Professor Smith" until that point, whereas being addressed as "Dr. Smith" is accurate for all three levels.)[/quote]

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