Silly thread: Additional perks of going into medicine...

[rhesuspieces]

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This is why saying Dr. blah blah for a wedding invition or any other situation where you say/list Dr. when it isn't needed makes you look selfish or stupid.

Marriage: Blah blah is marrying blah blah. Dr. is not marrying Dr. Dr. is not marrying janitor. Get the difference? If not, you need some growing up to do.

Checking: Some people do this, but when you are writing out a check (I know, a rare occurrence in today's world), and a person sees Dr. blah blah written as the name on the check, the person seeing it will think, "I don't give a **** you are a doctor. Give me the money and get lost."

Airport and the like: That is fine because they will know a doctor is on the plane for emergency situations.

Restaurants: Dr. blah blah has registrations for blah time. Douchy thing to do. Just wait until you get the looks. Or some person standing behind you that is richer than you will mock the hell out of you.

Using the Dr. line in the bar doesn't work if you don't have the social skills, a bulge in your pants, and/or are ugly.

You really have no sense of humor, do you? 🙄

Who invited this guy?

+1

 

[Musclemass]

haahah this is pretty embarrassing. i wish i can change my name naw...

But you can, you could be SmaartiePaants or MeeatTheFuture. Everyone will know it's you.

 

[Astarael]

My desirability in the event of a zombie apocalypse will increase exponentially. 👍


Feel free to add your own!

I was always worried about the do-no-harm thing in a zombie apocalypse. What if you weren't supposed to hurt the zombies? You definitely couldn't help them, since the cure for H1Z1 is clearly months, if not years down the road.

On the other hand, if that doesn't count since they are now zombies, I can only imagine that you'd be much more effective at figuring out their weak spots. Personally, as a chemistry kind of guy, I'd be using a lot of acid and incendiary type stuff. Just my opinion though, I know a lot of people like to stick with the traditional guns and sharp objects approach.

being able to say "trust me, i'm a doctor" after pretty much every statement.

I hope you mean statements that have nothing to do with being a doctor! That's the best.

"Uh, sir, I don't think that you should be handling that radioactive material."

"Don't worry. I have steady hands. I'm a doctor."

Typical pre-med not getting it. People don't care if you are a doctor. If you use the Dr. play when it isn't needed, people don't like that. Saying you are Dr. blah blah on anything unrelated to your job is not proper social etiquette.

When you get married go and have them announce you as Dr. blah blah and blah blah are now husband and wife. Maybe then you will see how stupid that sounds and how selfish it makes you look.

Some friendly advice for you. When sending out a wedding invitation, just use your normal names. I once got a wedding invite from a person using the Dr. line and it was the most pathetic wedding invite I ever got. I have been to two weddings where doctors got married (besides the stupid invite I got above that I never went to) and neither talked about being a doctor for a split second the whole day.

You are getting married to another human. There is no need to broadcast to everyone that you are a doctor.

Just to beat the subject of this post to death, what is rude or improper is to refer to a person with a doctorate as Mr. or Mrs. If a person with a doctorate uses their title, it really just keeps other people from accidentally addressing them improperly. This kind of dependence upon etiquette has largely gone by the wayside in the last several decades, but that still doesn't make it any less improper to address someone improperly in a formal setting. And if a doctor requests that people refer to them as such in other settings, that is their right as a recipient of that degree.

 

[orthomyxo]

I'm imagining a Lloyd Christmas situation where you go tearing down an airport jetway and when the gate agent tries to stop you, you flash your badge and say, "It's ok! I'm a doctor!"

....Only to spill out of the open end from whence the airplane has just taxied out of.

YESS!!!!

I was gonna say this in my post but I didn't think anyone would know what I was talking about. Dumb and Dumber = classic!!

 

[VikingLegacy]

baleeted

 

[Cleavername]

But you can, you could be SmaartiePaants or MeeatTheFuture. Everyone will know it's you.

oh sweet, how do i do that? how do i change mah name?

 

[orthomyxo]

The best doctor I ever shadowed just had everyone call him by his first name. That's the kind of guy I want to be.

Dr. David P. Dingleberry III M.D., Ph.D., D.D.s., J.D. was once just "Dave."

...Just saying.

This is how professionals who aren't douches act. Sure it's cool for patients to call you doctor, personally I don't give a crap, but when talking to collegues it's kind of dumb to insist on your title.

 

[VikingLegacy]

baleeted

 

[deleted307836]

First post reminds me of this vid... 😛

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTbYUd1jUc4[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Geekchick921]

First post reminds me of this vid... 😛

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTbYUd1jUc4[/YOUTUBE]

OMG! I LOVE the Onion! 👍 👍

 

[rafflecopter]

Additional perk: The ability to make anyone not a doctor fear for their life with just a few words if they ask you for medical advice.

Some random nonpatient of yours: "Will you look at my rash?"

You: "Oh my. Looks like end stage urticaria to me."

Random nonpatient: "Oh god. End stage? That sounds terrible."

You: "It's definitely the worst stage."

 

[gasbait]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZd2Dpaqwv4&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]

 

[eablackwell]

My husband is actually just as excited as I am that I'll have the Dr title. He likes to brag. I'm glad I don't have one of those "I must make more money and look outwardly more important than you" husbands.

Also, I think the "important beeper call" is the best thing ever. 👍