It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
#1It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 11:18am
If you haven't already figured it out, my name is Topher (short for Christopher). I've been using it since High School and I'm used to people thinking it's a peculiar name despite its not so peculiar origin. I'm also used to it being misspelled as "Tofer" "Toffer" and once, to my amusement, it was written out as "Toe fur." But this is a new one on me:
#2It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:08pm
You know the Starbucks employee told all their friends about the guy named Sofa. 
A friend has an uncommon name, so she has a Starbucks name she uses to avoid confusion.
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StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#2It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:35pmOK, that made me LOL!
#3It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 2:10pm
I laughed for about ten minutes at toe fur.
On another note, I enjoy giving a different name each time I visit Starbucks.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 2:33pmI have an Asian friend who gives his name as Du Mi. When the barrista calls it out he smiles and says "Don't mind if I do...."
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 2:44pm
This was funny! Thanks for sharing Topher.
My 6 year old granddaughter loves visit Starbucks. She always orders "a hot chocolate with lots and lots of whipped cream on it. Write my name, Elizabeth, on the cup and draw me some nice smiley faces". Once when the chocolate came back missing the first "E",
Elizabeth marched back to the counter and demanded that it be corrected. The barista complied. I'd hate to be around if they'd forgotten to draw the smiley faces, though!
(Her Easter basket will include a few Starbucks gift cards. She values them more than anything else!)
#6It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 2:50pmShe sounds...precious.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#7It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 2:57pm
Do you have a twin Brother with the name of Mattress?
lol
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#8It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 3:56pmAt least she's learning young to pester working people with pointless, asinine requests.
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#9It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 3:58pmAnd probably being told how adorable she is for doing so.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#10It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 4:01pmIf she'd marched up and "demanded" her cup be "corrected" I'd have a hard time making E the letter I wrote on there.
#11It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 4:01pmNot only would I draw a smiley face on her cup, I'd draw a picture of Santa being raped by the Easter Bunny.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#12It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 4:02pmTell her to get used to be being called Elizabitch!
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#13It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 4:10pmExtra gift cards if the barista's name ends in an "eesha?"
#14It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 4:56pm
I do sometimes just say "Chris" but then the staff starts calling me Chris and that just pisses me off.
Another personal favorite (not Starbucks)
Employee: Can I get a name for your order?
Me: Topher.
Employee: Oh, a first name is fine.
Me: That is my first name.
Employee: Oh.
#15It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 6:42pm
You could always resort to "Topher, like Topher Grace"
It's not that uncommon where I live. I know at least 2 people who go by Topher.
#16It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 7:34pmMy name is Brydie (short for Bridget). I usually have to say it two or three times for people to get it and when they finally do, they spell it very wrong. Most of the time people think it's Byrdie. Like everyone I meet thinks it's Byrdie which is weird because I have met 1 or two Brydies but I have never even heard of someone being named Byrdie.
#17It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 8:01pmLol, that was too funny. For some reason Starbucks baristas always switch the gender of my name, so when I used to tell them my full name "Gabriel" they'd call for "Gabrielle," and when I use "Gabe" they call out "Gaby" even though when I look at the cup they actually spelled it the right way! It's great to see the look of awkwardness when the baristas see me picking up the drink, look again at the cup and then say the name the right way as if it mattered by that point, but they get pretty embarrassed. Also, whenever I say "Gabe," a couple of them go "Gay?" and once again get all awkward when I correct them, not sure why I do, it's not like that wouldn't be fitting.
#18It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 8:30pm
People who regularly pay $5+ for a coffee are asking for abuse.
Oh, and if I waited on that horrible little girl I might accidentally scald her.
#19It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 8:33pmAnyone who thinks a child bossing around an adult in a service industry is "cute" should have that child taken away from them and put into a work house. Years ago when I worked customer service a child was with his mother and he told me one of the shelves was dusty and it needed to be cleaned. I reached under the counter, took out a rag and handed it to him and said, "Go for it".
#20It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 8:53pmWhen I was a kid I was lucky if I got a dusty packet of Swiss Miss with hard marshmallows. That little girl should be thankful her parents can buy her a Starbucks cocoa and shut the @#$* up.
#21It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 9:09pm
From now on I'm calling you Sofa.
That name is brillz. Have a good night, Sofa.
#22It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/4/11 at 10:50pmI think I'm going to use fake names at Starbucks and places like that, sounds like great fun to assume an alias. Also, I would cut that poor 6-year-old some slack...it's the adults I'd blame!
#23It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/5/11 at 12:53amThanks Dan.
#24It isn't the first time Starbucks has butchered my name
Posted: 4/5/11 at 11:35amIf they get confused, say its Topher, like Tofurkey without the key. :)
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