I hate being called "nurse"!!!

[farrellcollie]

And please don't be offended by my point, which was that I thought it was inappropriate for my ex with a PhD in physics to want SKnot's friends and their parents to say "Dr. Booger" when everyone else is going by first names.

"Hi, I'm Sarah, I'm Jessie's mom."
"Hello. I'm Dr. Booger."

(sounds more like a conversation at a medical/vet/professor office than at a preschool picnic)

I don't think it is appropriate even in medical/vet/prof office for a dr to come in and say "Hi Jane, I'm Dr. x" - when that happens to me (more in vet's office than human dr - I don't go to drs unless I have some major blood flowing out of me or some sort of hanging appendage that causes major pain). I usually say something about both being formal or both being on a first name basis - if dr can't handle it - I find another. I have no tolerance for drs (of any sort) who think they are god, are condescending, and who waste my time by regularly being late for appointments.

[Duck on Wheels]

I don't think it is appropriate even in medical/vet/prof office for a dr to come in and say "Hi Jane, I'm Dr. x" ... I usually say something about both being formal or both being on a first name basis ...

Hmmm. So why did it feel like kidding when my GI doc in Madison always addressed me as Professor? I guess cuz he always did it with kind of vocal "wink". Still, I agree, it was better than him using my first name and me his title.