Every so often I go to the coffee place for a Chai Tea Latte. If I'm early for work or if I just feel like treating myself I'll skip over to Tully's or Starbucks. When the barista asks for my name, I always spell it out, E-L-L-E-N. My cuppa invariably comes back to me with EILEEN, ELAINE OR HELEN written on it.
Being a language stickler, I was really getting tired of this. So the next time I went to the coffee place I said that my name was JOAN. How could they get a simple name like JOAN wrong? When my Chai came up I heard the guy yelling out, "JUAN, JUAN, your Chai is ready." Oy! This sounds like a Larry David bit from "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
From now on, just call me PAM when you see me at Starbucks!
Being a language stickler, I was really getting tired of this. So the next time I went to the coffee place I said that my name was JOAN. How could they get a simple name like JOAN wrong? When my Chai came up I heard the guy yelling out, "JUAN, JUAN, your Chai is ready." Oy! This sounds like a Larry David bit from "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
From now on, just call me PAM when you see me at Starbucks!
Ha Ha. I rarely go to Starbucks but when I do, I'm just Sue. Coincidentally, I've just started crocheting coasters.
ReplyDeletePam sounds like the perfect coffee alter ego.
ReplyDeleteOK, so I start reading this and one of my biggest pet peeves is being called Joan when my name is Jo Anne and then bam, what do you write but Joan!! I must say that I never get Juan.... How do they get Helen when you actually spell out E-L-L-E-N?? Not listening??
ReplyDeleteSorry for your frustration, but thanks for the laugh! I really needed it.
ReplyDeleteTotally understand, you'd think with a simple name like Jean - how wrong could they get, mostly I see
ReplyDeleteGene, Jan, John, or Gee - maybe all the coffee grinding has made their hearing fuzzy. Had to laugh
My last drink had "Happy" written on it. HAPPY????
ReplyDeleteI found out recently that folks are creating unique "coffee names". It never occurred to me that you don't have to use your real name. For a moment in time we can be anybody we have ever wanted to be. Some days I feel like being "Lolita". Today I might be simply "Beautiful".
ReplyDeleteHahahaha! Abby! The coffee people are describing your disposition! Happy is so sweet!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why the Starbucks in Seattle don't ask us for our names (at least not the ones I've been to.)
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Joan, my mother's name is JoAnn, and I answer to anything that starts with a J and has an N in it anywhere - Jean, Janine, Joanne, Jan, etc. I usually just spell it to them.
ReplyDeleteLovely to meet you, Pam!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Pam and my boyfriend's name is Ellen. Nice! :)
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