Little Things You Hate

[Elbo]

You know your lecturer's a bit of a tool when she insists you address her as "Doctor".

 

[Tristan23]

You know your lecturer's a bit of a tool when she insists you address her as "Doctor".

Although I agree that 'insisting' is lame, i'm sure if you'd spent however much time and money doing your PhD you wouldn't want to be called Mister or Miss either...

 

[Elbo]

Although I agree that 'insisting' is lame, i'm sure if you'd spent however much time and money doing your PhD you wouldn't want to be called Mister or Miss either...

Yeah, I'm all for recognising someone's achievement, but using your title in a patronising way doesn't really help build rapport with the class, or for that matter, some form of mutual respect.

 

[Norco Maniac]

Building up new frame (hellooooooooooo united voyager, finally broke that colony i grew to despise), and BAMN! Crack next to weld on right dropout..................

you broke it *before* you rode it? that takes talent....

You know your lecturer's a bit of a tool when she insists you address her as "Doctor".

Yeah, I'm all for recognising someone's achievement, but using your title in a patronising way doesn't really help build rapport with the class, or for that matter, some form of mutual respect.

so....you're taking that class with it's associated costs, monetary, time management and personal, so you can continue to be addressed as "Mr" ?

 

[Matt H]

The majority of my lecturers have always insisted that we address them on a first name basis...

 

[NCR600]

so....you're taking that class with it's associated costs, monetary, time management and personal, so you can continue to be addressed as "Mr" ?

The Orthopedic Surgeon who I had to get a referral from my "Doctor" before I could get an appointment with was a "Mister", and my "Doctor" referred to him as "Mister" as though he (the Ortho) out ranked him, or whatever they call it under the hippocratic oath.

I call my doctor "Richard" or "mate" but never "Doctor" (which he is according to the bit of paper on the wall, but then again, so was the ortho) so I'm confused.

You're a Mister with no qualifications, then you go to med school to become a doctor so you can be adressed as "Doctor", and then you go to school again to get some more letters after your name (MD, FRACS) and you become a Mister again?

What happens next, do you get an extra letter in front of the rest Fred Smith. Y MD FRACS, to be adressed formally as "Smithy" without the "Doctor" or "Mister"?

 

[wombat]

The Orthopedic Surgeon who I had to get a referral from my "Doctor" before I could get an appointment with was a "Mister", and my "Doctor" referred to him as "Mister" as though he (the Ortho) out ranked him, or whatever they call it under the hippocratic oath.

I call my doctor "Richard" or "mate" but never "Doctor" (which he is according to the bit of paper on the wall, but then again, so was the ortho) so I'm confused.

You're a Mister with no qualifications, then you go to med school to become a doctor so you can be adressed as "Doctor", and then you go to school again to get some more letters after your name (MD, FRACS) and you become a Mister again?

What happens next, do you get an extra letter in front of the rest Fred Smith. Y MD FRACS, to be adressed formally as "Smithy" without the "Doctor" or "Mister"?

I thought the thing with surgeons had something to do with them wanting to differentiate themselves from 'normal' doctors, so they dropped the title?

Regardless, MDs aren't necessarily real doctors anyway /canofworms.

 

[Elbo]

so....you're taking that class with it's associated costs, monetary, time management and personal, so you can continue to be addressed as "Mr" ?

Titles are irrelevant to me and, more importantly, irrelevant to the majority of the rest of the world.

 

[Mattydv]

I thought the thing with surgeons had something to do with them wanting to differentiate themselves from 'normal' doctors, so they dropped the title?

I believe the title actually lies in history, in that surgeons from the middle ages (even up to the 1700-1800's?) did not go to university, but instead learnt as an apprentice for a period of time under a 'qualified' surgeon. These days, the option of the title 'Mr' is voluntary, and only applies to some countries.

Regardless, MDs aren't necessarily real doctors anyway /canofworms.

Meh, depends how much of history/tradition you want to ignore. Not implying you're ignorant, merely trying to comment on the relevance of historical practice.

 

[MasterOfReality]

You know your lecturer's a bit of a tool when she insists you address her as "Doctor".

We had a lecturer like that once at uni. He started the first lecture by introducing himself with "I am Dr blah blah, also known as The Asshole". When someone called him Mr he corrected them.

The Orthopedic Surgeon who I had to get a referral from my "Doctor" before I could get an appointment with was a "Mister", and my "Doctor" referred to him as "Mister" as though he (the Ortho) out ranked him, or whatever they call it under the hippocratic oath.

I call my doctor "Richard" or "mate" but never "Doctor" (which he is according to the bit of paper on the wall, but then again, so was the ortho) so I'm confused.

You're a Mister with no qualifications, then you go to med school to become a doctor so you can be adressed as "Doctor", and then you go to school again to get some more letters after your name (MD, FRACS) and you become a Mister again?

What happens next, do you get an extra letter in front of the rest Fred Smith. Y MD FRACS, to be adressed formally as "Smithy" without the "Doctor" or "Mister"?

The use of the Dr title isn't really regulated in Aust. A MBBS is two bachelors, not a doctorate in the strict scheme of things, but tradition dictates that the Dr title be used. A specialist I once saw also had Mr on his cards and it got me wondering too.

 

[Binaural]

The use of the Dr title isn't really regulated in Aust. A MBBS is two bachelors, not a doctorate in the strict scheme of things, but tradition dictates that the Dr title be used. A specialist I once saw also had Mr on his cards and it got me wondering too.

It's long-standing medical tradition in the UK to use Mr. for surgeons.

 

[Ultra Lord]

you broke it *before* you rode it? that takes talent....

Iv been runningg the forks for two years. The part that hurt the most though was me defending my forks (colony = uncoolio dudes), sayin they've lasted 2 years, five minutes later and BAM!

cracked.

 

[brisneyland]

It's long-standing medical tradition in the UK to use Mr. for surgeons.

^ this (and what a few other people said).

Clearly the Poms never reckoned on having female surgeons.

Meh, depends how much of history/tradition you want to ignore. Not implying you're ignorant, merely trying to comment on the relevance of historical practice.

Guy collapses holding chest...
"Is there a doctor in the house?!"
"Yes!"
"Help this guy, quick"
"My doctorate is in glaciology."
"Fuck off, arsehole!"

The term 'Doctor' comes from the latin word docere, meaning to teach. Medics have always been 'Doctors' and to insist that they're not is silly.

 

[Spike-X]

We had a lecturer like that once at uni. He started the first lecture by introducing himself with "I am Dr blah blah, also known as The Asshole". When someone called him Mr he corrected them.

"That's Doctor Arsehole to you!"

 

[geoff_tewierik]

20% off a specific brand of bikes at my LBS and no cash in the kitty to get the one I want.

Sad panda.

 

[dcrofty]

The shire. I won't be auditioning.

 

[Hew]

The shire. I won't be auditioning.

I wonder where it's based...

 

[Spike-X]

‘The Shire’, set to shoot in the coming weeks, will be the televisual equivalent of a particularly spectacular bowel movement – grunting, sweating, a bit of noise and movement and a lingering stench.

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Samsung.

The Galaxy S phone I had, had issues from day one regarding the battery and the microphone. It's been sent in for repair however the service centre claim it's water-damaged despite it never having been immersed in water at all. They claim that it can be caused by humidity but I'm refusing to stand for that as humidity or sweat should be accepted as part of it's natural operating environment and as such it should be designed to be a lot more water resistant.

Now the Galaxy Tab I foolishly bought has turned out to be an overpriced piece of shit too. The battery life is pretty short, it won't speak to Macs at all - You've got to download 3rd party software to transfer files!- and now it won't connect to my home wi-fi because it doesn't like the IP address.

F***ing pack of wankers. The sooner Kim Jong Un invades South Korea and teaches them all a lesson, the better!

 

[dcrofty]

the service centre claim it's water-damaged despite it never having been immersed in water at all. They claim that it can be caused by humidity but I'm refusing to stand for that as humidity or sweat should be accepted as part of it's natural operating environment and as such it should be designed to be a lot more water resistant.

Nokia pulled this same crap with me with a phone that had been in my pocket for 1 week. fkn annoying