finals . . .

[wolf]

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Besides to me, and I'll bet I'm not alone, you ARE Dr Wolf.

thank you.

Originally posted by sycamore
Nah...those psychology/psychiatry folk are quacks.

Couldn't agree more. I think that there is a higher proportion of idiots and charlatans in psychiatry/psychology than any other field. It's sometimes (mistakenly) believed to be an "easy" major, and while the classes themselves may be, the actual work can be extremely difficult and requires a lot of thinking on your feet to deal with folks who don't fit into nice, easy categorizations.

Originally posted by sycamore
Someday, I'll get my Ph.D...and will be one of those assholes that insists on being called "Dr."

One of the aforementioned charlatans and I had an exchange one day ... there had been a presentation by some drug reps (free lunch!! and free pens and post-its!!) and I was doing some cleaning up afterwards, putting away the video equipment, etc. which was part of my job responsibilities at that time. I needed something from the psychologist who had overseen the presentation and I had the temerity to address him by his first name ... he pulled me aside later and explained exactly HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS that I call him "Doctor". He compounded his asshole-ness by adding that "one day, when you finish your degrees you will understand how important this is."

Well, I still don't understand it ...

BUT, some other staff member overhead this exchange. For the next two days I had people coming into my office congratulating me on my membership in the "Call me Doctor" club. It was a running joke at the hospital.

He got more upset when patients didn't address him as doctor. One of our nuts had rushed up to him in the hallway shouting "Dude, Dude!! You gotta get me outta here!!!"

He responded, "My name is Doctor [name deleted]."

The patient thought about this carefully, and rephrased his request.

"Doctor Dude, you gotta get me outta here!!"

The look on his face was described as priceless.