Re: "Dr." and all that

["Paul O. Johnson" <pojhome@SWBELL.NET>]

I share Jim's experience. For 36 years, have found that the greatest benefit
of announcing my doctor's degree is the service it gets me from pharmacy
clerks and receptionists at dentist and physician's offices. It's like
having a handicapped license plate in a full parking lot.

Paul O. Johnson
Collin County College

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Green" <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: "Dr." and all that


> I dunno, Larry.  In the super market if someone calls me "Mr", that passes
> through my brain un-noticed.  In a medical person's office, I _do_ notice
> -- if this fellow, who went to a medical training school, wants to be
> called "Dr", he and his office staff (and hospital nurses for that matter)
> can bloody well call me "Dr" -- as my degree was a lot harder to get than
> his/hers.  however , I can well see that this is just my evil ego getting
> in the way.  On the other hand I get much better treatment if I do.  Eg if
> they put Dr on a prescription, boy does the pharmacist jump.  This adds a
> bit of humor to my day,