OT warning, bee in my bonnet

I had a friend whose first name was Doc. He was a Jr and I believe there
are a third and fourth now. It all started when his father was delivered by
an old country doctor who saved both mother and child. The new father said
he would name his new son after the doctor and proceeded to name him Doc
Macdonald last name.
I met him in sixth grade - it was quite unusal to have a
Doc in my class in grade school ;-)


--
Bonnie
NJ
"Hanne Gottliebsen" wrote in message
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Here, my Doc (both at the GP and the local hospital) seem to use first
name last name when calling in patients.

What gets me (and then I get them) is when ordering something (or signing
up for something) on the phone, and they ask "Is that Miss or Mrs?" - Then
I always say "Actually, it is Dr". Anyways, that is what is on the credit
card I'm probably about to bill the something to, so why not? After that,
I hear this usually quite young person trying to get around dr, a funnily
spelt 1st name, and a surname that they seem to find just too long. I tend
to just look at it as entertaining.

Only at work am I _really_ picky with people about getting my surname
right. And yet, people spell it wrong all the time - grrrr!


Hanne in London

Polly Esther wrote:
Oh, please do it, at least one time. Think to yourself, "that one was
for Polly," and smile big for me.
"DrQuilter" wrote in message
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Yeah, I don't like it either. Like when the doctor tells me "Hi Marissa,
I am Dr. X" I feel like saying "To you, I am Dr. Vignali, OK?". Even if
they are 'using' their profession in those circumstances, I don't want to
be talked down to...

Julia in MN wrote:
The clinic here has signs by the check-in desks saying that if you
haven't been called within 30 minutes to check back in with the desk.
They are usually pretty good about letting you know if something comes
up and they are running behind. They also use both first and last names
when calling for patients, though once you are face-to-face, they
usually use first names. It generally doesn't bother me, especially when
it is a doctor or nurse that I see regularly, though I can understand
why it would bother some people. It seems to me that it would be
appropriate for them to use Mr/Mrs/Miss unless asked to do something
different.

Julia in MN
One issue here in the San Francisco/San Jose Bay Area (new unofficial
name since SJ is now bigger than SF) is Asian names where the family
name comes first, except that some families have gone to the westernized
style. Ping Lee -- Mr Lee? Miss Ping?? Safer to drop the title and just
call both names :-)

--
Anne in CA
"It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl
Crow
http://community.webshots.com/user/annerudolph3
http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm

I have a cousin named Johanna who pronounces it Yanna or Yonna. Like Yanni,
the musician, only with an A at the end. I always liked that name and hated
hearing it pronounced as Joann.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"Johanna Gibson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:36:01 -0400, Pat in Virginia
wrote:

Now that you've brought it up ... I don't know how to pronounce
your name! I knew a Johanna from Wales who said her name: Jo
Anna. I've known several from Germany who said: Yo Honna. Then,
the Americans I've known have said: Jo Hannah. What is your
choice, Jo in Scotland? (BTW: My 'phonic' spellings here are
approximate.)
PAT in VA/USA

I know it's a German name, and I don't mind when Germans say
"Yo-hanna". It did originate in the Germanic-speaking area after all.
I prefer to have it pronounced "Jo-honna" or "Jo-hanna". I detest
Joann. I will turn around for just about everything else. I've been
called John, Johan, Yohan (Sebastian Bach?) Johannes (This was in my
senior album in high school) and even Jeremy and Charlie. It's an
amusing life.



-- Jo in Scotland

and have refused to give address, phone number, and other info
when signing in at the dentist or temp. doctor offices.

Last year when I started going to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York
City to see a heart surgeon I had to go through the hospital admitting
office to do paper work. They asked me for my PARENTS names, address, etc. I
asked them why they needed that information. They said they needed to update
their records. I told them that they had never had that information to need
updating, that my parents don't even live in this state and therefore they
have no need for that information. The lady who was doing my admission forms
got real snippy with me and said they needed that information. I told her
that she did not and that I would not give it to her. So she said "Well,
I'll just have to note on here that you refused to give me that
information." I told her to go ahead and note it.

Why in tarnation would they need my PARENTS information. For crying out
loud, I have not needed my parents information for over two decades so why
now. Every time I have had to go through their admission office they ask me
for that and every time I refuse to give it. I can understand asking for
DH's name since our insurance is in his name and since he would be the next
of kin to notify if something were to happen to me, but not my parents.

Mika

"A&T" wrote in message
nk.net...


I try always to call people Mr. or Mrs. until given permission to do other
wise. I also listen carefully so I know if a person is a Diane or a
Diana.
Or Marie or Maria.


This reminds me of the first time I met my mother-in-law before DH and I got
married. DH and I were both in our mid 30's so it's not like we were young
ignorant punks who weren't taught to respect our elders. Anyway, she very
bruskly informed me that I could either call her Mom or Mrs. LASTNAME but
she had not given me permission to call her by her first name therefore she
expected me to NOT call her by her first name. That was almost 15 years ago
and to this day I have never called her by her first name. It has always
been Mom. If she is comfortable with me calling her Mom then I don't have a
problem with it.


Mika

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:11:06 -0400, "Mika"
wrote:

I have a cousin named Johanna who pronounces it Yanna or Yonna. Like Yanni,
the musician, only with an A at the end. I always liked that name and hated
hearing it pronounced as Joann.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

Yanna is very common in Poland, and Russians can say that name
easily - it is becoming more popular there. That is the name I go by
when I'm in Russia. I like it too. Maybe I should just ask
people to call me that here? They all call me Jo now....


-- Jo in Scotland

My primary care doc does all my thyroid blood work now too. After having
gone to an endocrinologist for over two years and not having a thyroid scan,
ultrasound or other test done to determine why my thyroid isn't functioning,
my primary care doc finally did. So I quit going to the endocrinologist. He
couldn't believe that no doctor had ever ordered those tests on me before.

As far as waiting, if it's my primary care doc, I usually don't mind the
wait. It all depends on what I'm seeing him for and how I'm feeling when I
go in. Being a nurse and having worked in a doctors office, I guess I try to
be understanding of their situation. It helps that my primary care doc and I
really like and respect each other. There have been times though that I have
gone to a doctor and ended up leaving because of the long wait time. It can
be irritating.

Mika
http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms

"Bonnie NJ" wrote in message
hlink.net...
My primary care doc does all the blood work for my thyroid - at least
yearly - and lately it's been every three
months. I guess we are blessed with an abundance of doc of all types here
in NJ. I rarely wait for more than 10 minutes, no matter what doc I'm
seeing (primary, hepa, or ortho).

--
Bonnie
NJ
"Debra" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:31:51 -0400, Roberta
wrote:

Unfortunatly it isn't always the office staff at fault. I worked for
a Doctor a few years ago (first as the receptionist and then in the
insurance) It was positivly the biggest nightmare ever. He made us
schedual appointments every 5 minutes, took anyone that walked in off
the street (emergnacy or not), if someone was late for their
appointment (no matter how late) Just add em right in to the list...I
don't think anyone ever got to see the doctor in less than an hour.
and he would stuff the rooms...6 of 'em. So you wait in the waiting
room forever and there could be 5 people ahead of you in the rooms
once you get there. It's just the tip of the iceberg as to what was
wrong with that place - but it was BAD.

Roberta (in VA)

I think 5 people in 5 minutes appointment scheduling is what happens
at DH's Endocrinologist's office. Worse, the doc doesn't even draw
blood to check thyroid harmone levels most of the time. He thinks a
few questions is enough to determine if you are taking the correct
dosage. So you wait four hours past your appointment time and only
get a few minutes with the doc. I really hate that DH won't go
elsewhere, but I kinda understand. Although this doc is 30 miles
away, the next closest Endo doc is more than 60 miles away and likely
runs his office the same way.
Debra in VA

Well, I got around the hoops..... My first name was hyphenated
(Larisa-Rose) when I got married. I didn't want to deal with it
anymore, so when I went to get my social security card changed, I filled
the paperwork out with Larisa as first name, Rose as middle name. Clerk
didn't have any problem with it. The harder thing was getting the state
to properly change my drivers license. Finally won them over by saying
that, Social Security is federal government, and therefore higher than
state government, so if SS would change it with no problem, then state
should have no problem....they did it. Was also armed with military ID...

Larisa, who totally ticked of her mother by taking DHs last name.

SNIGDIBBLY wrote:

I always thought it was just plain wrong that the woman has to jump thru
hoops to get a new social security card whenever they married - not to
mention a bijillion other things have to be changed due to name change. It
is not required by law for a woman to carry her husbands name - only custom.

LOL - I always felt uncomfortable calling DH's mum by her first or Mrs
Lastname. When we'd been together for awhile it seemed easier to call her
mum and her dh dad. One day it just slipped out and it's been like that
ever since. Except for when we call them nan and pops (which is what the
DDs call them).

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Mika" wrote in message
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"A&T" wrote in message
nk.net...


I try always to call people Mr. or Mrs. until given permission to do
other
wise. I also listen carefully so I know if a person is a Diane or a
Diana.
Or Marie or Maria.


This reminds me of the first time I met my mother-in-law before DH and I
got
married. DH and I were both in our mid 30's so it's not like we were young
ignorant punks who weren't taught to respect our elders. Anyway, she very
bruskly informed me that I could either call her Mom or Mrs. LASTNAME but
she had not given me permission to call her by her first name therefore
she
expected me to NOT call her by her first name. That was almost 15 years
ago
and to this day I have never called her by her first name. It has always
been Mom. If she is comfortable with me calling her Mom then I don't have
a
problem with it.


Mika

Lie, Mika. It will do no harm and will just give you such a sneaky, devious
"gotcha'" feeling inside. Some bean-counter somewhere will believe he has
won and you will know he has not. I lie all the time about my age and phone
number. When checking out at J C Penny's, they were going to die if I did
not give them a phone number. I did. My mother's. She died in '84 but I'm
sure it made her smile. If I buy beer (Just for our Frood, of course, not
for me), they just must have my birthdate. My favorite is 11/31/28. Think
about it. Polly

"Mika" wrote in message
...
and have refused to give address, phone number, and other info
when signing in at the dentist or temp. doctor offices.

Last year when I started going to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New
York City to see a heart surgeon I had to go through the hospital
admitting office to do paper work. They asked me for my PARENTS names,
address, etc. I asked them why they needed that information. They said
they needed to update their records. I told them that they had never had
that information to need updating, that my parents don't even live in this
state and therefore they have no need for that information. The lady who
was doing my admission forms got real snippy with me and said they needed
that information. I told her that she did not and that I would not give it
to her. So she said "Well, I'll just have to note on here that you refused
to give me that information." I told her to go ahead and note it.

Why in tarnation would they need my PARENTS information. For crying out
loud, I have not needed my parents information for over two decades so why
now. Every time I have had to go through their admission office they ask
me for that and every time I refuse to give it. I can understand asking
for DH's name since our insurance is in his name and since he would be the
next of kin to notify if something were to happen to me, but not my
parents.

Mika