#6: The Doctor Is In
Usually, people who don’t have an MD and treat people don’t refer to themselves as doctors and don’t ask to be called doctors. We thought that was just something Ross Geller in Friends did for comical effect! Apparently, some people in real life do the same things. They have a doctorate that they worked hard for, and they won’t shut up about it.
…”Whelp, the neurosurgeon, the anesthesiologist, the radiologist (chief of radiology at the biggest regional hospital!), the 3 dentists, the 2 orthodontists, and a handful of other people that I have no idea what they did all started calling each other “Doctor” as well. Weirdly, Mr. communications stopped insisting everyone call him doctor.”