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Anonymous wrote:It drives me nuts when people put MBA on their email signature. It says a lot about them.

I work for a university and the initials in everyone’s email signatures are so out of hand. I got an email a few weeks ago from an admin asst who had B.A. after her name.

Putting the level of education in the email signature is required at my job. It has nothing to do with what I prefer. So don't blame the sender when you see this.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of jealous people on here

Sure Doc

Lots of jealous people on here

It’s a trash degree insecure sports coaches and terrible teachers get.

Because they are some of the most insecure people out there who desperately wanted to be in academia and be Dr. but couldn’t get into a good PhD program, let alone ever come close to a real academic job. So they go into admin or some BS garbage “research” so they can flash the Dr. title.

If my student's ES principal insists upon being addressed as Doctor McGillicuddy, then I shall expect reciprocity and will be addressed as Mrs. Smith, not Jan or Miss Smith. My preferences and formality are just as valid.

I maintain professional, perhaps formal courtesy. If you introduce yourself WITH your title, then that's what I will call you unless and until you tell me otherwise. So teachers are always Mr./Mrs./Ms. and I'd never lead with the first name.

I have a PhD in Chemical Engineering and honestly I don't care what people say.

It does sound as I am really old when people refer me with "Dr" though. LOL

Can't we just find a way to distinguish those that have their educational doctorate from UVA and those that get them online from Liberty?

Anonymous wrote:It drives me nuts when people put MBA on their email signature. It says a lot about them.

I work for a university and the initials in everyone’s email signatures are so out of hand. I got an email a few weeks ago from an admin asst who had B.A. after her name.

The better question is what childhood trauma happened to you to fixate on this.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that it's ridiculous, especially because I know two dumb EdD's. I'll call you Doctor if you graduated from med school.

Normally, I don't care if people call me Dr. or not. But, me, with my PhD in physics, require you to call me Dr. Why? because if you will be an a-hole, I will to.

Dr. X

^Your hubris on demonstration here shows you have a lot more a-hole in you than education.

In common vernacular around the world, the word "doctor" typically is conferred upon someone with a medical degree of some sort.

If you require your co-workers to refer to you as Dr. in a non-medical environment you are an egomaniac.

Dr. X my a$$.

..and before you reply with a pithy comment, be willing to confess how YOU refer to others in your workplace. Do you call the admin specialist "MR. Admin" and the cleaning crewmember as "MS Cleaner"? Bet you don't … they are just Suzy, or Bob, or John to you.

Whoa, whoa..any education past high school? “Dr.” only with a med degree- are you kidding?

What world do you live in - the Planet of Beltway? Because anywhere outside of it, the vast majority of human beings on Planet Earth will hear the word "doctor" and think medical.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that it's ridiculous, especially because I know two dumb EdD's. I'll call you Doctor if you graduated from med school.

Normally, I don't care if people call me Dr. or not. But, me, with my PhD in physics, require you to call me Dr. Why? because if you will be an a-hole, I will to.

Dr. X

^Your hubris on demonstration here shows you have a lot more a-hole in you than education.

In common vernacular around the world, the word "doctor" typically is conferred upon someone with a medical degree of some sort.

If you require your co-workers to refer to you as Dr. in a non-medical environment you are an egomaniac.

Dr. X my a$$.

..and before you reply with a pithy comment, be willing to confess how YOU refer to others in your workplace. Do you call the admin specialist "MR. Admin" and the cleaning crewmember as "MS Cleaner"? Bet you don't … they are just Suzy, or Bob, or John to you.

Whoa, whoa..any education past high school? “Dr.” only with a med degree- are you kidding?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that it's ridiculous, especially because I know two dumb EdD's. I'll call you Doctor if you graduated from med school.

Normally, I don't care if people call me Dr. or not. But, me, with my PhD in physics, require you to call me Dr. Why? because if you will be an a-hole, I will to.

Dr. X

^Your hubris on demonstration here shows you have a lot more a-hole in you than education.

In common vernacular around the world, the word "doctor" typically is conferred upon someone with a medical degree of some sort.

If you require your co-workers to refer to you as Dr. in a non-medical environment you are an egomaniac.

Dr. X my a$$.

..and before you reply with a pithy comment, be willing to confess how YOU refer to others in your workplace. Do you call the admin specialist "MR. Admin" and the cleaning crewmember as "MS Cleaner"? Bet you don't … they are just Suzy, or Bob, or John to you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that it's ridiculous, especially because I know two dumb EdD's. I'll call you Doctor if you graduated from med school.

Normally, I don't care if people call me Dr. or not. But, me, with my PhD in physics, require you to call me Dr. Why? because if you will be an a-hole, I will to.

Dr. X

^Your hubris on demonstration here shows you have a lot more a-hole in you than education.

In common vernacular around the world, the word "doctor" typically is conferred upon someone with a medical degree of some sort.

If you require your co-workers to refer to you as Dr. in a non-medical environment you are an egomaniac.

Dr. X my a$$.

Everyone will have a doctorate and therefore be a “doctor” by 2040