I don't know what it is, but an unusually large percentage of people, mostly women, call me Mr. Zak. I hate it. It's mostly at work, either from patients or co-workers. I don't know if it's a desire to lengthen a mono-syllabic name, to condescendingly validate my professional status while still being young or what. I
do know that I don't want people always calling me Zakary, and I don't need the "respect" of the "Mister" preceding my name. The whole Title-First name thing bothers me. From Dr. Phil, to the Dr. First Name in tangents of my social circles, it rubs me the wrong way. Artificially being raised up by a title, but then made accessible by your name seems transparently insecure. Thus, I refuse to validate peoples neurosis and refer to them as such. Call me old school, but I'll stick last names with titles, and first names shall stand alone.
2 comments:
Would you prefer being called Senor Zak or maybe even Don Zak?;)
Mr. Benson is always way to start a sentence! It generally shows a sign of strength and "Awesomeness!"
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