Pretension and titles Options

[Mata]

A producer at work, in an email that was cc'd to several other very important people, was passing some work on to me. In the email he referred to me as 'Mr. Haggis'. I didn't say anything, but I felt very tempted to correct him to point out that it's 'Dr. Haggis'.

I couldn't decide how to say this without sounding like a really arrogant pillock, which is mostly why I didn't say anything, but it does bug me when people don't use my correct title. I worked damn hard to get that and I'd prefer that people use it. He didn't mean any harm by what he typed, so am I wrong to get a little miffed about this or should I have said something? If so, how are should I have said 'Oi! It's 'doctor'!' without making myself look bad? I realise it would have to be done with humour, but I couldn't think of a way in which the humour wouldn't come across as thinly veiled prentension.

[elphaba2]

If you have an official email sig (eg, Mata Haggis, such-and-such an address, such-and-such phone number) maybe add on a PhD. That's where I used to check if I wasn't sure if the scientists I worked with were doctors or just very smart gentlemen. Unfortunately I think most people don't look for doctors where they don't expect them, so that likely won't solve the problem with people you aren't emailing...

There's nothing painfully pretentious about a verbal correction either, mind. All it takes is a light tone and friendly eyes; the other person might be a little embarrassed but nothing worse--you *did* work long and hard for that title and deserve it. Go you!