I have done it again, and the consequences have never been thrown in my face as blatantly as tonight.
I am staying in a smallish hotel tonight, for some work thing. When I booked the room over the phone a few days ago, I pondered saying the room's for Dr. Inacademia, but I quickly gave in to the modesty I've been socialised to express according to my gender, and meekly said: for Fia Inacademia, please.
Fast forward to tonight: I arrived, and the owner said to me: "Mrs Inacademia, Dr Someone will join you on your coach trip tomorrow." I got a peek in his books, and indeed, Dr Someone was written down with the full title.
He said doctor four times in the short five sentence communication we had, he was clearly (maybe wrongly) impressed with someone for having that damn title.
And he also probably took me for none.
I swear, I'll use that darn title from now on even more often, and I won't feel like an impostor, or an arrogant idiot.
And, I am curious of Dr Someone's gender.
Your official title is Dr. You should use it!
ReplyDeleteI had an incident such as this once which occurred because I'd just got my Dr title. The incident meant that I always use the title especially since figure that I worked like a maniac and gave up far too much for too many years not to use it.
ReplyDeleteHa! Dr Someone was male, not an MD but doing very similar research to myself.
ReplyDeleteBy all means, use "Dr" shamelessly.
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