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What name can Starbucks definitely not get wrong?

109 replies

Knitjob · 22/08/2018 15:35

I'm sick of being asked to spell my name in Starbucks. It's a normal name, probably not chosen very often nowadays but still common enough.

Today I decided to be Jo. 2 letters, no explanation required.

But no, they asked me if it was Joe with an E or Jo without an E. Does it even matter if they put an E on it or not?

I realise I could solve this problem by just not going to Starbucks but I like Starbucks. Help me find a name they can't possibly get wrong or have to ask me to spell. Any suggestions?

OP posts:
Justmuddlingalong · 22/08/2018 17:03

Snap! Jo's my takeaway coffee ordering name too.

Purplehammer · 22/08/2018 17:05

Best to just say “twat”.
See if they ask you to repeat .

bengalcat · 22/08/2018 17:05

I still chuckle at Regina - cup was labelled vagina

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TacoFriday · 22/08/2018 17:10

Elsa and Tom work well too

CatkinToadflax · 22/08/2018 17:10

My friend's Starbucks name is Frank. He's been going in there every morning for years so now they always greet him with a cheery "morning, Frank!". Obviously Frank isn't remotely his real name. Grin

tectonicplates · 22/08/2018 17:10

m.youtube.com/watch?v=5_pKKO35Kh4

DGRossetti · 22/08/2018 17:12

vaguely reminds me of a gag Alexei Sayle used to do ...

Teacher: "What's your name ?"
Alexei: "Pupil X, sir !"
Teacher: "I can't say that. What's your real name"
Alexei: "Alexie Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Red October Trotsky Moscow Dynamos Stalin Bolshoi Sayle sir."
Teacher: "I'll just call you 'pupil X'"

Trinpy · 22/08/2018 17:16

I call myself Katie in Starbucks, that’s not my name

I told my local Starbucks that my name was Katie and they spelt it 'Catty' Hmm. I just don't go into Starbucks anymore.

GoneWishing · 22/08/2018 17:17

I use Anna. It occasionally comes back as Hannah, but close enough.

CeeCeeAndAida · 22/08/2018 17:17

A few years ago, when this trend had first started at Starbucks, a MNer posted that she was in the middle of a longish queue when the person at the front had been asked his name. Apparently some joker at the back of the queue shouted "DON'T TELL 'EM, PIKE".

So ... go for Pike Grin

posieperkinandpootle · 22/08/2018 17:19

I saw a comedy song about having an Irish name in Starbucks, bear with, I'll see if I can find it

Pinkstars2501 · 22/08/2018 17:22

My name actually is Jo, they write Joe a LOT. I’m not a boy, Joe is a boys name. Or they write Joan because that’s what they hear.
My husbands name is a unisex type name, normally spelt differently than the female version. It’s normally every third-ish time we go in that he gets it spelt the female way.

I did think about changing it to something amusing for them, but then imagined I’d have to spell whatever I chose.

DGRossetti · 22/08/2018 17:22

Whilst amusing, that "Spartacus" video just serves to underscore the homogenisation of the world. It could as easily have been shot in a Starbucks in Birmingham (Alabama and UK), Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Harrow, Oxford ...

fruitshot · 22/08/2018 17:23

I read an article about it being a thing for them to spell names wrong, apparently they do it on purpose.

My name has been mentioned a few times and they've never gotten it right.

So far, Max seems to work.

campion · 22/08/2018 17:23

It's on the first page posieperkinandpootle

cortex10 · 22/08/2018 18:07

My coffee name is 'Smith' - will never give them my real name.

DeathyMcDeathStarFace · 22/08/2018 19:45

A few years ago, during the Christmas season, I went into Starbucks with my dh and 4 boys. Conversation went roughly as follows:

Starbucks employee (SE): So, what's your name?

dh: Joseph. (It isn't)

SE: Oh, that's appropriate for this time of year. I don't suppose your wi...

dh: (interrupting) And you'll never guess what my dw is called!

SE: (Looking slightly suspicious) erm...

dh and me together: Mary.

dh: and one of our boys is named the anglicised version of Jesus - Joshua (true)

To which said child confirmed this to SE.

SE did look like he believed us, especially as ds1 had cottoned on to what we were doing and played along! (That boy is great. He has (mild) autism and doesn't pick up on a lot of things that are not 'obvious', different tones of voice, we've had to explain how jokes work etc. but that day he came up trumps and cemented the joke.)

Why don't you try a different name each time you go to Starbucks and see which one works best.

AJPTaylor · 22/08/2018 19:50

Ann

Soubriquet · 22/08/2018 19:53

Grin always makes me giggle

What name can Starbucks definitely not get wrong?
KateMcD451 · 22/08/2018 19:54

@PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks nope, I got Cat on mine.

The funniest was my friend Claire had Clive on hers, they couldn't even get the right gender Grin

Crunchymum · 22/08/2018 19:58

I went into a Starbucks recently (near a big London hospital, at 9am) and they weren't doing the name bollocks.

Was lovely!!

When asked though, I usually give my name as Princess Consuela Banana Hammock Grin

Crunchymum · 22/08/2018 20:00

People should just give their name as what they've ordered

"I'm tall, skinny latte" Grin

ChanklyBore · 22/08/2018 20:04

Dave

GreenandBlueButterfly · 22/08/2018 20:04

For them I'm either Helen or Mrs Rothschild (pronounced the German way). Needless to say I'm neither in real life