Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Why Starbucks Spells Your Name Wrong

29 comments:

ladybaus said...

I hate when strangers yell my name out in public so when they ask I tell them Jane!

Lady Heisenberg said...

They spell your name wrong because you touch yourself at night, Enty!!!!

sandybrook said...

Tl:dw also dont waste time or money with Starbucks

Unknown said...

im black and the spelling of my name usually befuddles non-blacks. tehehehehe

its hard to spell. everytime I order something instead of spelling it for them (I always need to spell it) I just say mary.

Uhhhh... said...

Yes Enty, I too have access to a website called Buzzfeed. And Yahoo...

Unknown said...

Agreed that guy is super irritating

I have a fairly unusual name and they always get it wrong

All Lace no Leather said...

I have a very common name, spelled in an unusual way, so I'm used to this.

Karen said...

Can anyone give a synopsis?

Seven of Eleven said...

@Lace, I have common name with an unusual spelling, too. I've taken to giving them celeb names. Helena, Janiston, Miley, Carrie Underwood, etc. The only one they've mispronounced so far is Cersei. {pout}

Sincerely,Your Friend said...

I thought Teresa was a well known name.
:-)

Lady Heisenberg said...

@Karen: Your typical Starbucks baristO basically summarizes that the best part of his day is misspelling the 500+ names that come in. Just to infuriate you for his amusement. Overpriced coffee shop trolling in it's poorest form. The End.

Juniper Girl said...

I have a Spanish last name. It starts and begins with an "a" with a couple of "l"s thrown in there. If I had a dollar for every time I've been at a Dr's/dentist's office and my last name has been mispronounced as "Al-Qaeda". You haven't lived until you've heard yourself referred to as: "Miss Al-Qaeda please come to the front desk please. Miss Al-Qaeda to the front desk please.". Having to deal with all the stares that follow that mispronunciation make it 100X worse.

Anonymous said...

This guy is irritating as hell. If he really works at Starbucks, they should fire him. Super dick head.

Yoj said...

My name is Joy. Easy to spell, easy to remember, not trendy or unusual, but you wouldn't know it from the reactions it gets. I always want to add a disclaimer, "Hi, my name is Joy, but I didn't pick it".

missbunny said...

I just wish they could read it off the little gold card they give you. If you hand someone something with your name like a debit card, why are you asking my name? It's on the thing I handed you, spelled correctly. There are 2 Ns in bunny not 1!

SugarTitz said...

One should Always know Cersei dammit. .
This is why I tell them my name is Joe.

audrey said...

@missbunny--agreed. My name is on the card, yet they ask every time. On the plus side, they never spell it wrong, or mess up my order.

normadesmond said...

i've been doing this to starfucks forever. i'm just a very middle-aged man, but always give a name like, "Lois" or "Blanche." there's a little old lady worker who i freak out every time...and it pleases me.

skippy said...

^^ I think my Starbucks name will one be Blanche. Thanks :)

Lady Heisenberg said...

^^^^I call dibs on Gertrude!!!

Kat has left the building said...

I say Dunkin Donuts

Miami Minx said...
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Unknown said...

@SYF : I think I am going to start using my CDAN name at Starbucks! It is so much easier than my real name

Plus it comes from the daytime soap opera Passions so it's pretty amazing ;)

MissInfo said...

I think Joy is a beautiful name and those others are idiots!

SingBlue said...

I know a girl called Euphoria.

She doesn't drink in Starbucks.

WUWT? said...

Yoj, (never once did I see that that was Joy spelled backwards), I like the disclaimer, "My parents hadn't met me yet [when they picked that name]."

Yoj said...

@MissInfo
Thank you, you're very kind.

@WUWT?
"...and now they're thinking of changing it to long-suffering."
Yoj was a childhood nickname. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

caydian said...

I tell them my name is 'Huh,' then they repeat their question again. So I say, "No, my name is Huh. Then, I get THE LOOK! When my order is ready, they yell out "HUH!" How many ways can you misspell it?

RowdyRodimus said...

The weirdest part was the first name he spelled after explaining stuff and showing "Gessica" was Chris, my name and I was thinking "how could they misspell my name other than KRIS?" If someone put Khris, I would know they were fucking with me since there is literally no one I have ever seen spell the name like that.

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