To not want my name advertised on my coffee cup?

[Zebedee74]

I get that Starbucks thinks it's a nice friendly thing to do, but surely you should be able to opt out if you're a grumpy old woman like me ?

Yesterday when the cashier said 'can I have your name for the cup please?' I said 'I'd rather not'. She was fine with this, took my money and passed the cup on to the barista. I was the only person waiting, but the barista asked my name 'for the cup' again. He insisted that he needed a name 'to avoid confusion', and went on to say 'it's company policy, dear'.

He decided to call me 'A' on my cup, made my coffee and then handed it to me.

AIBU to not want my (generally mis-spelled, even though it's only 3 letters and I always spell it out) name advertised on my cup? Or should I just amuse myself with made up comedy names?

Yes, I know I can choose to go elsewhere, and often do. I just think it's odd to force someone into a 'customer service experience' that they're not comfortable with.

Must tell DH those ones SteamTrains! So far he's been Gandalf, Father Ted, Cornelius (we'd watch Planet of the Apes just before he went off for his flight), Frodo (see a pattern here), and Martha (he did get a few looks on that one...)

I feel sorry for Starbucks Baristas - the sh*t they endure from the general public.
People misspell my name too and I don't get worked up about it. OP, just chill, that's what you go to coffee shops for!

No Starbucks here, but I'd be tempted by princess consuela banana-hammock or possibly crap bag

This thread just have me idea, I will never give my real name again. I will be making up names as I go- Muda Tot, Bernanta, Todorododoroma ...

I feel sorry for Starbucks baristas too. The reason why they introduced it was because in busy periods when you might have 3-4 people waiting for a medium latte, people were walking off with other people's drinks and the baristas took a load of shit over that. They've introduced something to avoid that and now they're taking shit over that instead.

Adolf

say you are Spartacus

you might get a bunch of people standing up one after another, claiming "I am Spartacus"

Yes, happy - third world problems are things like starvation and malaria. Are you always so rude?

Anyway, my name is long and tricky, so I give a false one. Then completely ignore them when they call it, as I've totally forgotten!

I like it in a juice bar over here (oz) called Boost, where you can have a loyalty card that they swipe which immediately gives them the correct spelling and I don't need to say or spell it!