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my name is pooja. i get the usual “puja” quite often, it’s not even really a misspelling. but i spelled out my name and everything to the lady once, and what do i get? “muja” 

I have a simple name but I have seen it spelled so many ways.  Ironically, I spell it the most common way and all I get are: Conni, Coni, Conie, Cony, Conny, Kony, Koni, Konny.  I think I must have seen them all!  But, I don’t get mad, as long as they don’t call out, “Bit¢h, come get your coffee!”  This does remind me of 2 stories: 1. My (former) friend Jamie always got so mad whenever they spell her name incorrectly.  I hated going with her to Starbucks because it is always an ordeal.  They never spell her name right, and she always felt compelled to correct them in a dramatic manner.  2. My husband tells the barista his name is Stallion (his name is Matthew–oh so common and you wouldn’t believe how many people spell it with one “t”) so they would bring it to the table instead of calling it out for him to pick up because they would be too embarrassed.

This is too funny! I don’t have a story like this but people sometimes spell my name wrong, haha.

@babybug329@xanga - I would laugh so hard if I got “Kony” on my cup.

 My friend Rebecca has the worst luck at the Starbucks on our campus. The most recent mistake was someone writing “Brenda.” How does that even happen? They don’t even sound remotely similar.

Last time I went to Starbucks, I got Fiofina on my cup. My name’s Fionna. And I even spelled it out for them! -_-

Story of my life. My name is pronounced “Chelsea” but spelled “Chelesa.” Most people don’t realize it and just spell it wrong, but when people actually try to spell it they mess it up SO BAD. 

LMAO MAGIN AND DUCK. so good.
don’t really care, but they usually spell my name with 1 n instead of 2. no biggie

@delication@xanga - DYING

Nobody in America can spell my name correctly, ever. Actually, nobody can even pronounce it so I can’t say I’m shocked. We don’t have Starbucks here though and where I lived before they always just called the order when it was ready.

Being named Dakota, usually the wrong spelling is simply Dakotah. However, I have seen Dacoda, Dacada, and Decoda. And so on. I also once got a certificate from my sailing class as a kid where my last name was my cousin’s last name. Whoops!

My best friend is named Chantel so she has seen a lot of variations. However, Jimmy Johns tends to come up with creative versions of it. Her receipt once read “Sean Paul.” Clearly she sounds like the rapper over the phone. So the next time she ordered Jimmy Johns she spelled her name for them. She then received Spandel. They’ve been getting better though. Last time she got Shawntell, so at least that is a variation of her actual name!

My name is Laci.    Lacy or Lacey is the normal spellings. I just spell it for them — because, yes, it bugs me. Don’t even get me started on my first name -_-

Someone once spelled my name as Aglaena.

… My name is Helena.

I don’t give them my actual name because ethnic names can be very confusing for  most Americans. I just tell them that my name is “Cat/ Kat” just because it’s short and easy. I don’t even care how they spell it as long as I get my drink. 

One totally guessed at my name, spelling it “Car-lee”–it’s spelled Kar-Leigh.  We had a laugh about it.

Uh. My name is Firda. You won’t believe how many alterations/different versions of my name I’ve gotten. And no, my name isn’t nor is it spelled ‘Frida”.

My husband’s name is Sean, and NO ONE spells it that way when we have to give a name for something. It’s always Shawn or Shaun. I guess Shawn just looks more phonetic-ly correct. Most people just don’t know what I’m saying when I say my name (Alyssa). They usually think I said Melissa cause I slur ‘I’m Alyssa’ together, lol.

I’ve definitely misspelled names in my time as a barista. But why didn’t these people just check the credit card receipt?? Seems like an easy fix to me.

i don’t go to starbucks often because i don’t like coffee, but my name is constantly misspelled and mispronounced.

people even have trouble with my last name sometimes and it’s not difficult. i spelled it for a guy the other day and he typed “w” as “uu”. i’m hoping that was just a major brain fart. >.<

my best friend’s mom’s name is freda [pronounced like "freida"] and, at times, she and her husband are addressed as david and fred. 

At least it’s people who don’t know them… I’ve been working the same place for a year and I get every fucking thing BUT Kylie. Part of me has gotten used to it and just shrugs it off, but part of me just wants to deck them. They’ll look at the schedule to see when my break is then say, “Kaylee take your break right now.” HOW DO YOU GET KAY-LEE OUT OF KY-LEE? And I get Kayla and Kyla and everything. I used to get upset when people read off Kyle, but at least it makes sense!
One girl at work calls me Ashley… can’t figure that one out.

My name is fairly common but there’s a lot of spellings. It’s Kari, like Sarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw. There’s a lot of different kind of spellings. So, I don’t give my spelling. Out of all of the times I’ve been to Starbucks, no one has taken my name. Ever. They’ve only gone off of my drink.

I’ve always wanted to say that my name is Lord Voldemort, just to see how people would react to it, if they say “Who Shall Not Be Named” or “Lord Voldemort.” But I’m a geek for Harry Potter.

They always misspell my boyfriend’s name.  His name is Jared and the misspellings are craaaaaazy.

My name is Meghan and I’ve totally had someone spell it Megin or Magin lol

People spell my boyfriends name Jamie all the time, but it’s Jaime, and they often think that it’s me so they will had the check with his debt card back to me thinking it’s a girls name lol.

@zZmomentiZz@xanga - I had a friend back in middle school named “Pooja” so I will always remember how to spell it. I love your name!

I really can’t blame the staff for misspelling names.. I mean… They have a lot of other things to worry about (I would know, I occasionally barista Starbucks). Besides, it’s not like there AREN’T people with common-sounding names that are spelled incredibly weird. Like Danelle instead of Danielle, Erica with a “k” or “ck” or “y” or “a” or “ae.” I help my people out, though, because I understand that my name isn’t all that common (my name is Tu). When they ask me, I say it and I put up two fingers. Sometimes, they write the number two or sometimes they write out Two. It’s close enough for me.

Nobody ever spells my name right, Starbucks or not. My name is Brittney, and everyone always spells it Brittany or Britney. I always hated it as a kid but now I’m really glad for it, because there are like a million Brittany’s out there but there are fewer Brittney’s. =] I’ve only met one person who spells it the same way as me. However, I’ve never been at school without there being at least 3 or 4 other Brittany’s. =/

xX Ame ~*~ Hana Xx

My nickname is Izzy. I gave my name as such. I got back my tall HOT white chocolate mocha with my new name, “ICE.”

One of the teachers at my school called me ‘Ivan’ for days after I told him my name was Ava..  IKR.

I’m Eliza

They spell it Aylza (more than once at different locations)

my name is ally so naturally i get alli, ali, alie, allie, alley, allee, alexis (???)
never once with a “y”