Fuddland

My debit card expired quite a while back but I didn’t fancy the new one being mailed all the way to China, and since I don’t really need to withdraw money from the associated account [the primary reason being there’s bugger-all in it], I asked my bank to put a hold on sending me a replacement until I’m back in the country.

As this terribly exciting event is fast approaching, I contacted them and asked for the new card to be issued. While I was at it, I enquired about the possibility of changing the title on the card from Mr to Dr, being prepared to send them a copy of my PhD certificate as proof.

But apparently these things are just taken on faith! Their reply simply said they’ve changed the title and issued the card as requested. Why doesn’t everyone do it? And why stop at being a lowly doctor? Next time a new card is due, I might mention that I’ve since been elevated to a professorship, received a knighthood and married into a royal family in a little-known Eastern European nation—His Royal Highness Professor Sir David has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?

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Ade | 2007 / 07 / 13 – 17:15

That doesn’t surprise me; I didn’t even ask them to change mine. Shortly after my PhD end date I was notified my student account would be changed to a graduate one. Sure enough, the next time my card was renewed the new one had “Dr” on it. Do you think I should tell them I failed….? ;)

#2

David | 2007 / 07 / 14 – 03:28

Re #1: Naw, don’t bother. I mean, you didn’t tell your Post Doc employers either, did you? ;)

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