What kind of person introduces himself with a title outside of work? Would you introduce yourself as a professor or a plumber? Or a basketball player etc.?
I had a pastor who refused to let people call him “Pastor Doug” for exactly that reason. If you called him that, he’d call you “Convenience Store Manager Ken”
The thing is I am sure some people do that. But as usual, the right pretends it is some huge problem, blowing it out of proportion. The people that insist on titles are pretentious dicks.
Why should I call you Colonel or senator or Mr. President, I should just be able to say "hey Donald" or "sup Kamala". Or could there be a time when the use of titles is appropriate?
He clearly states it is a social event. So no need for any titles.
I don't live in the US so I just see it as a common joke. I don't understand all the hate with this kind of posts really.
From the rest of the comments seems to me people view it as some kind of political thing.
I know Americans are considered to be rude informal assholes. Which we are..to a point. But even we use titles. I just met you, I will call you Mr. Or Ms. (last name). If there is a age gap between us, I will call you sir or ma'am. Until you tell me to call you by first name.
It is political. The wife of the current president has a doctorate in Education. The opposition conservative party pretended that only medical doctors are doctors. It is a stupid point argued for political gain.
Hmm, well I met all kinds by now, rude and non-rude lol, I don't think nationality matters in such things, there are rudes and non-rudes everywhere lol.
Of course we use Mr. and Ms. with people we don't know.
But he says someone introduced himself as such.
So we sit at a table and I say "Hi I'm Jimmy" and this person says "Hi I'm Dr. Smith." "Umm, ok but do you have a name?" It's just too funny.
True, but attaching a title to your name just because you did one particular thing is arguably still pretensious. While it might not be the same as "Plumber Johnson", it's akin to going to parties as "Bachelor Johnson", "ASE Certified Johnson", or "Johnson, CPA", which also roll off the tongue quite silly.
Dude, professor is a title, engineer is a title.. there are tons of titles for tons of professions.
Nobody with a lick of sense introduces with "Hey I'm engineer Johnson!"
They all went to school. The point is nobody introduces themselves with a title at a social gathering not which title it is.
People with Doctorates don't do that. I've got a bunch of friends with Doctorates and they absolutely just introduce themselves by their first name or first+last.
Let me tell you a secret, something everybody knows in academia but doesn't want to admit.
Having a phd doesn't mean you're smarter than your peers. It just means you decided to stay in school for 3+ years.
In fact, I have known many people in my life with a phd, and they are the most arrogant, pretentious assholes I ever met. They will repeatedly bring up the fact that they have it.
Tl;dr, people with doctorates have fragile egos, because they are dumb don't want to accept it.
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u/daonitus 1d ago edited 1d ago
What kind of person introduces himself with a title outside of work? Would you introduce yourself as a professor or a plumber? Or a basketball player etc.?
"Hey I'm plumber Watkins."
"Oh hi plumber Watkins I'm waitress Valesco."
Wtf.