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Things Yuki Hates #977: Lawyers who insist on using their "Esquire" title
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Yukishiro1
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Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Things Yuki Hates #977: Lawyers who insist on using their "Esquire" title
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
If you introduce yourself as "Hi, I'm Mr. MBA" then that's a good clue you're a douche too.
Honorifics are fine but you don't use them for yourself. Your own stationary should not say "Big Douche, Esq."
Hmmm. So your STATIONERY that markets your position and credentials shouldn't mention your earned titles? And you should never ever introduce yourself with them to others? How the hell will anyone know you have them, then? Telepathy?
It's usually something along the lines of: "what do you do?" "I'm a lawyer." or "Hi, I'm X, I'm a lawyer here at the Y." I can't imaigne what sort of pretentious twat you'd have to be to introduce yourself as "Big Douche, Esquire."
If you're a doctor in a hospital you can say "Hi, I'm Spit Boi, a doctor here." Although in that context "Hi, I'm Doctor Spitboi" doesn't really offend me either because it's your actual job title.
Professors can easily say "Hi, I'm Fat Douche, a professor of X here at the college."
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Modeeb
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Registered: 2002-4-19 10:48:36
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I represented an attorney in an IRS audit and the client made a check out to me with the esq. after my name. Like an enlisted man talking to an officer I told him, the esq. (sir in military-talk) wasn't necessary, I work for a living.
I think the Dr title would be cool for about 6 months.
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AzureTyger
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Registered: 2002-4-1 15:49:04
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This thread cracked me up. My wife has a friend with a PhD in English who also has a hyphenated last name and insists that people refer to her as "Dr. FirstName Extremelylong-hyphenated last name". She also gets pissed if you don't say THE Ohio State University.
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I think some of it is about the context. I want the person I'm seeing at the hospital to tell me they are Dr. so and so. But if I meet them at a party and they introduce themselves as Dr. so and so, I'm thinking "douchecanoe" immediately and looking for an exit strategy. If I'm corresponding with an attorney on business and their stationary has whatever form of honorific on it (e.g. esq.), I don't care or notice really. But, same thing, if I meet them socially they'd better just say hi I'm JoeBob osemthin.
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dae_trist
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Thugoneous
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Registered: 2002-11-2 18:00:54
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You would love the military.
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NuEM
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We're suckers for titles over here. It's quite stupid. They even get it added to their ID and Passport afaik.
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GrilledCheez
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You can tell who has , MBA on all their signature lines/stationary.
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Yukishiro1
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GrilledCheez posted:
You can tell who has , MBA on all their signature lines/stationary.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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I guess I should put those plans to buy a British peerage on hold, then?
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