The PhD Ego
I work with a lot of PhDs. They’re mostly fine people, but every now and again one of them insists on being called Dr. by me, one of their non-PhD colleagues.
I was assigned to help out on reports for them so I emailed one something like “hi John, happy to help you on your report, I just need X” and he responded only “it’s doctor whomever”
I emailed back, “Dr. whomever since you’re obviously well educated, I’m sure you can handle the report on your own.”
No response.