The morning Starbucks is an indispensable ritual for many urbanites (and a fair few Ology editors), but ordering a coffee from the java giant can be a bit of a hazy affair. In particular, a handful of Starbucks' loyal baristas are apparently incapable of processing human names. Whether this means they're robots built solely to distribute caffeinated joy or New York City just needs to speak up (not bloody likely), we can't be sure. All we know is that the combination of given name and creative Starbucks barista can lead to some pretty hilarious name mix-ups appearing on the sides of coffee cups.
We've all seen your basic misspellings before, especially with tougher, less common names, but the folks over at Starbucks Spelling, a brave new Tumblr, have resolved to catalogue the very finest in hilariously off-the-mark Starbucks creations. We've snipped a few classics from their growing collection, but we encourage you to go over to Tumblr for the best of the rest.
This one was for a gent named Ben:
This is for a guy named Joe:
For Lacey:
And my personal fave, for Jackie:
Some of these are honestly improvements; I hope Jackie now goes by Shaggy in all aspects of his/her life. Even if they're a bit on the goofy side, we have to imagine that they don't sting too badly. After all, the initial "aww, man" of somebody messing up your name can be soothed nigh-instantly by the fact that hey, your coffee is ready.
You know whose name is always right at Starbucks?
THESE GUYS.
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