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As an aside do you Drs out there find that if people find out you are a "Dr" the prices quoted to you get jacked up?
As an aside do you Drs out there find that if people find out you are a "Dr" the prices quoted to you get jacked up?
Booked a flight on the snazzy new BA app this morning. Staggering array of titles to choose from
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Can be a necessary evil.When flying I always go with drron.If there is a medical emergency it is easier if the crew know there is a medical dr on board.I would also not refuse to help.Though if it were a mid air child birth I would ask the crew to find out if a nurse was available-they would do a better job than I.
Friends and social occasions I am just plain Ron though I was christened Ronald.
At work I do appreciate those that do pay respect even though I don't require it.I really have a soft spot for those 80+ year old women who dress up in their sunday best complete with lipstick often not confined to the lips.I admit I do go the extra yards for them.
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I'm not a fan of my first christian name either, but have my parents to thank (names me after my initial godfather, who died before I was 2). I never thought of going my my second christian nameOnly in a formal setting, or boarding a plane for example. At work, first names are used. Once I've met my FA, I tell them to call me by my name too. Once I called QF and they asked if they should refer to me as Dr blackcat. I always tell them to use my preferred first name (I hate my actual first name).
The things I didn't know about you PrincessSame, all my emails from QF are using my preferred name but I always have to tell the staff to call me it as they will use my first given name.
My routine exactly - as I generally only know the FA's christian name (usually the only name on their onboard name tags), it seems fair to level the field.I definitely expect to be called 'Mr [surname]' when its a first time service type encounter and they know my name (eg: Telco/hotel/airline service on phone, across the counter at shop/service desk once IDed, CSM greeting on plane, etc). Thereafter I usually say "Please call me [first name]"
If some youngster presumes to call me [first name] straight off, they get short shrift and little custom from me; on the other hand, any youngster who shows courtesy and respect gets repeat business from me, if practicable.
I get called "{my daughters/sons name} dad" by their school and kindy mates, so I am cool about that or the time being. In time that might change to "Mr" when they are teenagers, I'll take it in my stride.
I feel sorry for customer service people with the Miss/Mrs thing. I don't know these people, they don't know me so if they get it "wrong" it just doesn't bother me in the least. As long as they are polite then it's all good.
Not sure what you mean by the "rude service" bit...
IIRC -sama is reserved for those deserving greater respect, much more than -san (which is more or less common, but expected honorific).
-san essentially replaces the salutation but also is an honoring acknowledgement from the speaker. There are other endings which are used in casual or condescending speech (e.g. when someone of higher social rank is talking about or at someone of lower social rank). In some cases, -san is not used in favour of a person's position (most commonly teachers, e.g. "Tanaka-sensei" = (Mr/Ms) Tanaka, the teacher).
You would never use -san to refer to yourself.
If I was welcomed as a customer on a flight or other service interaction as Wingspan-san I'd think they assumed my Japanese wasn't proficient enough to understand. Wingspan-sama is the appropriate way to refer to me in a service context.
I thought that is what "Ms" (pronounced like "Miss" except with a final 'zzzzz' sound rather than hissing sound, rhymes with "fizz") was designated for.
I can understand that females may still be offended to be referred to by "Ms", but I thought it would be better (at least as a male) to make that mistake than to make the mistake of getting a female's marital status incorrect.
It drives me up the wall to be called Miss. I'm MRS FIFOsuit. I waited 10 years to use my husbands name, and now they call me Miss as though he doesn't exist. I don't know where it comes from - maybe they're trying to be polite (as I am and look younger). I don't mind how I'm addressed (first name, first and last, nickname, OI YOU (used by SYD intl security once) etc) but just don't get the Miss/MRS part wrong, especially not when it's clear on every booking and boarding pass I have.
I thought that is what "Ms" (pronounced like "Miss" except with a final 'zzzzz' sound rather than hissing sound, rhymes with "fizz") was designated for.
I can understand that females may still be offended to be referred to by "Ms", but I thought it would be better (at least as a male) to make that mistake than to make the mistake of getting a female's marital status incorrect.
Mrs Harvyk was the same, she couldn't wait to change it to Mrs harvyk, and I don't think she'd be too impressed to be called Miss or Ms....
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My Dad bought it for me on my 21st birthday so I am, in fact, Lord Bismarck. Hmm.....maybe I should tell QF?
Having gone through an education where I needed to wear a boater to school, surname only is all that is needed.(I note this option is not available on the poll)
Booked a flight on the snazzy new BA app this morning. Staggering array of titles to choose from
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Having gone to a similar establishment, no boater but hat - surname only is reserved for very close friends - of all genders.
I once booked a BA flight for my SO as "Deaconess". Not impressed was an understatement!
I seem to note that most of my friends who went to all-boys schools were addressed at school (and addressed each other) by surname only. Roll calls were in surname only. Not sure how the female teachers at all-boys schools handle this - maybe they just go along with it.
I remember playing in a chess match against an all-boys school. I was trying to address another player from the opposing team and used his first name. Another player then achieved the same thing much more efficiently by calling out his surname. Even though I was advised, "He prefers it if you call him <surname>," I couldn't get used to it and still called him, "Mr <surname>".
...I always prefer to be addressed as "Dr Lee" or "Mr Lee"...