PhD Doctor on the Plane

Flight attendant: Do we have a doctor on board Me: I have a PhD in mathematics Flight attendant: one passenger is having a heart attack and one passenger is having an asthma attack Me: *nodding* that makes two Flight attendant: the man has died Me: *counting on fingers* one

A Twitter screenshot shows a passenger proudly misunderstanding the request for a medical doctor, treating “doctor” as anyone with a PhD. He calculates that two passengers are in trouble, then cluelessly counts one after being told that one man has died. It is sent as a reaction to pedantic, socially oblivious, or dangerously literal reasoning. EN: A Twitter screenshot shows a passenger proudly misunderstanding the request for a medical doctor, treating “doctor” as anyone with a PhD. He calculates that two passengers are in trouble, then cluelessly counts one after being told that one man has died. It is sent as a reaction to pedantic, socially oblivious, or dangerously literal reasoning.

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