on getting a phd

does everyone remember that mcdonald's ad that ran many many years ago, the one with the little boy who is sent up to the counter by his parents to make an order, and the waitress is all smiley and bimbotic and 'would you like fries with that, sir?', and the little boy goes back to his parents all doe-eyed and carrying his burger and says 'she called me sir' in a tone of reverential awe as if he's whispering paternosters in a basilica? that's half the reason why i want to get a phd -- so that people can call me doctor and cause me to go into quiet delighted giggles as soon as they've left the room. i'm so pathetic it's not even funny.