Overheard at Starbucks This Morning

7 April 2008 at 10:17 am 7 comments

| Peter Klein |

“She always referred to herself as ‘Dr. S____,’ so I assumed she was a medical doctor. Then I found out she was a former School Superintendent, with a Doctorate in Education.”

“Yeah, the only people who call themselves ‘Dr.’ are medical doctors and people with Doctorates in Education.”

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  • 1. Joe Mahoney's avatar Joe Mahoney  |  7 April 2008 at 5:58 pm

    I believe the person is misinformed. Do you concur, Dr. Klein?

  • 2. Peter G. Klein's avatar Peter Klein  |  7 April 2008 at 6:16 pm

    Personally I prefer the appelation “Herr Doktor Professor.” I also like students to bow when I enter the room. But sometimes all I get is “Dude.”

  • 3. Joe Mahoney's avatar Joe Mahoney  |  8 April 2008 at 8:31 am

    Yes, but that is just students’ abbreviation that you are one bad as* dude!

  • 4. Gary Peters's avatar Gary Peters  |  8 April 2008 at 8:57 am

    I am not really big on titles or bowing. However, I do wear a cape to class. I also have someone follow me with a fog machine, so that the fog billows into the door as I enter.

  • 5. Dick Langlois's avatar Dick Langlois  |  9 April 2008 at 10:51 am

    Peter, I hope you know that you can’t actually call yourself Herr Doktor Professor when you’re in Germany. Though perhaps they would make an exception for someone called Klein.

  • 6. Dick Langlois's avatar Dick Langlois  |  9 April 2008 at 11:34 am

    P. S. By the way, I understand it’s actually Herr Professor Doktor, since Professor is more important than Doktor.

  • 7. David Hoopes's avatar David Hoopes  |  12 April 2008 at 10:19 am

    Chiropractors are religious about calling themselves doctor.

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