Two peeves and a pleasure.

[rivka]

I came into work this morning to find a "Congratulations, Doctor!" sign on my door and a "Ph.D." appended to the nameplate beside the door. Also, the "while you were gone" note from our research assistant managed to work in the phrase "Dr. Wald" three different times. Yay, Lydia and Javi.

Now for the peeves:

(1) You should not ask someone with a new Ph.D. whether they're going to do a postdoc or take a "real job." As people working 60+ hours per week at their postdocs can surely attest, a postdoc is a "real job" in every sense of the word.

(2) It is unlikely that someone who has just spent eight years of her life earning a Ph.D. will be amused by the idea that Ph.D. stands for "[shit] Piled Higher & Deeper." Which part did you mean, the congratulations or the insult?

Okay, maybe I'm oversensitive, but sheesh.

Comments

[eeyorerin]

Sometimes I will make the Piled joke about myself, but that's usually when I'm referring to the stacks of books and papers in my office. :) But when other people make it to or about me or other people, I don't find it funny.

I had to tell one of my partners to stop making "do you want fries with that?"-related comments about my being on the academic job market for positions in liberal arts this fall. He thought those jokes were hilarious. I thought it was pretty darn rude to imply that I've spent six years of my life at a "play job" training to work at minimum wage.

So. Um. Not just you.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I had to tell one of my partners to stop making "do you want fries with that?"-related comments about my being on the academic job market for positions in liberal arts this fall. He thought those jokes were hilarious.

Oh, for crying out loud.

In your case, I think I'd find myself in the position of having to postpone going on the job market until after my indictment for partner murder. I'm glad he's stopped.

[eeyorerin]

Me too. Finding the time to murder someone in between job searching and banging out dissertation chapters, plus the actual job I do would have been tricky to schedule.