I like the idea of mentioning your preference to the person who called
you by your first name, and perhaps to the front desk as well. Let them
know that when they call you in you will not respond to anything other
than *Mrs. Ester*. I dont think its a question of being rude, it seems
more a matter of the once clear ettiquette rules being changed and there
are no clear guidelines anymore.
I personally want to be called by my first name. Being called Mrs
Curtis is bound to make me think of DH's mother. Thats the price I pay
for having had 4 last names!
Diana

Polly Esther wrote:
I am about to show you my worst side. Maybe not. Please just let me ask for
your feelings on a situation. You are in a doctor's office. You wait two
hours. You fill out a mountain of papers for information that could easily
have been obtained from the documents already on file. You are not feeling
very well.
Then this cutsey-poo person pops her head from the doorway where
patients who haven't managed to die of old age or aggravation in the waiting
room finally get to go sit in yet another room for an hour. The ultimate
insult: She yells, " Polly!"
If it's not a terrible burden, I like to be called Mrs. Esther by total
strangers. I am also okay with being addressed as Her Highness, Miss
America, 1917 and "Honey, where did you put the . . . ?"
Does this lazy familiarity gall anyone else with its rudeness? just
wondering. Polly