ScottFromUtah
Recycles dryer sheets
A few years back, I went to see a doctor. It was my first visit to him. After initial introductions, I called him Dr. Y and he called me Scott. But during our conversation, we came to realize that he was once a student of mine in a senior-level biochemistry class. Spontaneously, the titles switched; I started calling him John and he started calling me Dr. Z.
I asked him kindly to call me Scott--then and several times later--but he never did. It was always Dr. Z.
So, now I'm retired, I feel that life should be more casual. I don't want to call anyone by a formal title (except maybe Mr. President Barack Obama and others of that stature, if for some miracle I happen to meet them face to face) and I don't want to be called by a formal title.
Has retirement made you less formal? (Or less respectful?)
I asked him kindly to call me Scott--then and several times later--but he never did. It was always Dr. Z.
So, now I'm retired, I feel that life should be more casual. I don't want to call anyone by a formal title (except maybe Mr. President Barack Obama and others of that stature, if for some miracle I happen to meet them face to face) and I don't want to be called by a formal title.
Has retirement made you less formal? (Or less respectful?)