Adding qualifications to screen-name

Copper23

Right,
This one is just lame and I'm noticing people doing it more for some reason.

Especially if it's facebook or some sort of online profile or something where someone puts letters before or after their name. I don't really care about

Like if it was
John Murphy MBE, or
Jane Doe BSc, or
Mary Lemon HDip

How presumptuous can you possibly be? Do you sign it on your Christmas cards too?

KeithM89_old

Yes i do it everywhere


Sir Dr KeithM89 MBE, CEO, PIMP

AlmightyCushion

Dr.Bollocko Ph.D needed in After Hours stat.

fabbydabby

I only do it when people do it to me because I usually have better qualifications than them.

Echospace

*Waits for string of replies with people signing their post off with qualification letters after their username, thinking they are hilarious and original*

KeithM89_old

Echospace wrote: »

*Waits for string of replies with people signing their post off with qualification letters after their username, thinking they are hilarious and original*

Too late - i got there already

Ostrom

I'll only be using them for loan applications. Cant stand that ****e, although a few friends graduated this year and they haven't bothered with the title (dr).

Links234

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

liah

Never seen it before tbh. Two reasons I can think of for it, though.

1) They're applying for jobs and are well aware employers search social networks such as Facebook and figure they might as well have it there so they look better to the employer, or

2) They're pretentious twats who think a bunch of letters beside their name give them any superiority in life.

Smart for actual business and social networking, bit retarded for the majority of FB users though..

Kimono-Girl

my OH has them, i fraped him! he hates bragging but i love it! especially now i have so much to brag about!

sincerely,
Mrs. j2d2 bsc

ballsymchugh

liah wrote: »

Never seen it before tbh. Two reasons I can think of for it, though.

1) They're applying for jobs and are well aware employers search social networks such as Facebook and figure they might as well have it there so they look better to the employer, or

2) They're pretentious twats who think a bunch of letters beside their name give them any superiority in life.

Smart for actual business and social networking, bit retarded for the majority of FB users though..

i hate people who insist on being called doctor, that aren't medical doctors. like michael woods, the former junior minister. horticulture was his forté. in fact, i hate medical doctors that introduce themselves as doctors in social settings too. keep it to work hours.

godtabh

fabbydabby wrote: »

I only do it when people do it to me because I usually have better qualifications than them.

Working in McDonalds is not a qualification

My name is URL

I haven't noticed people using it on social networking sites unless they're representing their employer.. I was at a GAA match not so long ago however and on match program where it lists the players, it had some guys name with Ph.D after it.. cringe-worthy stuff, presuming he asked that it be included

ballsymchugh

godtabh wrote: »

Working in McDonalds is not a qualification

johnny no-stars.

galwayrush

Galwayrush. N.F.D.A.A.(hons);)

JohnathanM

candlelover wrote: »

he hates bragging but i love it! especially now i have so much to brag about!

You sound like my mum.

Kimono-Girl

JohnathanM wrote: »

You sound like my mum.

i sound like his mum too

pow wow

candlelover wrote: »

i sound like his mum too

I can see where this is going...

Regards, pow wow BA(Hons), MA, DDS.

J2D2

Copper23 wrote: »

How presumptuous can you possibly be? Do you sign it on your Christmas cards too?

It's only presumptuous if they haven't achieved the qualification. I don't think anyone is that stupid.

"pre·sump·tu·ous


–adjective
1. full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought.

2. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward."

I always get a laugh when I see a letter from the institute of actuaries addressed to me with qualification letters after my name.
Would never use it anywhere though.

CrazyRabbit

I add my job titles to the bottom of my emails? Does that count?

(The reason is so people know what I don't do...as they always ask me to do crap I'm not responsible for)

dr gonzo

Copper23 wrote: »

Right,
Like if it was
John Murphy MBE, or

Do you know many people on facebook that were awarded a postnominal title by the queen of England? :pac:

Copper23

J2D2 wrote: »

"pre·sump·tu·ous
2. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward."

Eh, how does this definition disprove what I said? Unwarrantedly bold and forward as to use such a title in their name for no other reason but to sooth their superiority complex. Or were you actually agreeing with me?

Also, quoting dictionary.com and PROVING you are not a presumptuous twat doesn't go hand in hand.
Not even getting into the fact that quoting a dictionary while using a non-existent word doesn't help to prove your point or superiority.

God in this day and age we are lucky that enough of us can afford to go to college to get these letters but it's not exactly like you're the only one in the village who has a BA or something.

If you are a practicing Doctor then the title Dr. is fairly acceptable.
If you are senior staff at a university it may be acceptable to use higher ranks such as PhD in a professional or formal setting.

Beyond that, adding it to anything other than the education section of your CV you'd have to be some twat.

I presume those disagreeing are the presumptuous, self absorbed people who do it in some sort of effort of displaying of their superiority complex.

parker kent

pow wow wrote: »

I can see where this is going...

Regards, pow wow BA(Hons), MA, DDS.

Wow you have double-Ds, impressive

For pedants, yes I know this is for dentistry

J2D2

I think its fair to use those letters once you've earned them. It's not about being self absorbed, it's about being proud of what you've done. If other people are somehow offended by this, then either they're jealous or they themselves believe they are above such qualifications.

Terry

It's a pre-emptive strike.
Vote for me. I'm not Bertie Ahern.

Copper23

Entitled to your opinion...
Most would think it's cringeworthy.

Also, was it your wife or who's posted earlier that they somehow inherited the Bachelors Degree of their husband once they got married?

e.g.
Mr. X BSc married Ms. Y who is unqualified
She becomes Mrs. Y BSc????

Eh, I don't think it works that way...

JohnathanM

J2D2 wrote: »

I think its fair to use those letters once you've earned them. It's not about being self absorbed, it's about being proud of what you've done. If other people are somehow offended by this, then either they're jealous or they themselves believe they are above such qualifications.

I dunno. I have a a fair few letters to post after my name, so it's not jealousy for me and I'm by definition then not above gaining an education. Perhaps some people are jealous, but when I see a pile of letters outside of professional use I tend to feel like I'm being jabbed by some sort of pre-emptive attack. "Meet Bob, the master of thingie", rather than just "meet Bob".

Gingervitis

I would prefer it if narcissistic Boardies* changed their registered user status to something quallification-y: i.e. "Most likely to die in a gutter"; "Qualified sh1te merchant/Presidential hopeful" Certified-guy-in-background" - if only for the 10 seconds of meta-humour I could smirk to...I'm bored...


*only applies to hardcore members. The best kind.

orourkeda

If it happens on boards why dont we just punch them in the face.

orourkeda

JohnathanM wrote: »

You sound like my mum.

No he sounds like your oul one