this arrived in an attachment accompanying the e-mail my previous supervisor-cum-collaborator in Tuebingen forwarded to me yesterday... it was addressed to someone in the list of authors... guess who?!
"Dear Dr. T__
Thank you for submitting your manuscript #___ [....] for ______. Your manuscript has been evaluated by peer review and found suitable [...], pending minor changes as detailed in the evaluation [...]."
this is the 2nd time someone has so kindly put "the non-existent addressee" on the pedestal with the Dr.s even when the person in reference can't ever see herself gaining that title... particularly at this rather pathetic stage of her current research... when the supposed *light* beyond the neverending tunnel seems like it will never reveal itself...
the first time was even more embarrassing... which led to the referred "non-existent addressee" to resort to sticking a sticker to cover up the etched "Dr." on the given name-tag which had to be used within the hospital...
seems like the following rule applies: if in doubt, everyone is assumed to hold a "Dr." title
posted by ~overacuppa~ on Tuesday, 11 January, 2005 at 02:40 hrswell, you'll earn that title soon. =)
Posted by: monoceros on Thursday, 13 January, 2005 at 04:14 hrshmm... it seems so impossible at the moment... sigh.
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