Apparently I’ve misspelled Alicia too... because this girl spelled her’s Aleesha. Of course she got all indignant and shit especially when I didn’t care. I do work at Starbucks and I butcher everyone’s name. I try, but there’s no one way to spell anything anymore so I’ve given up.

That didn't work in Superman 3 either.

That’s why I usually keep the customer copy.
(Actually, it’s because I’m a packrat and habitually shove everything in my purse, but that’s a GOOD REASON to keep the customer copy.)

Doesn’t the restaurant have someone double checking this stuff? When I was waiting tables all of your tips and things were re-entered at the end of the your shift into the main POS to prevent this. One time I gave myself a $800 tip instead of an $8 but this was remedied at the end of the night.

I would love a post on jezebel or gawker of “the best ‘bridge burning flip outs at work’ stories”. The first job I ever had, at the ripe old age of 15, was at a children’s clothing boutique in Rochester, NY. They were the place to go for all the parochial school uniforms and fancy dresses and coats and everything.…

Yep, I’m often Alan or Andrew, I guess I should be happy they get the first letter right.

I’m just gonna leave this here...

Dude - you’re really misunderstanding me here. The only sympathy I have for her is that I have had fantasies of doing that exact thing, back when I worked that kind of job.

My husband’s name is Ben and for some reason places that call out your name never seem to be able to get it right. He gets receipts and orders with stuff like Ban, Bonn, Baen, Bean...

Best one I’ve heard of is Primrose Everdeen. Followed by a “I VOLUNTEER”

When I was a bank teller many years ago, my super sweet and affable co-worker (let’s call him John) had an absolute meltdown at one of our regular business customers - screaming, cursing, the works. The week prior, John’s brother had been killed by a drunk driver. I think John felt he was okay to work and just snapped…

MTE, you’re more likely to NOT have your tip added. If we’re dealing with a POS that involves management having to enter in the tips (because when management has never been a server, they give zero fucks about this), I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to be like BOSS YOU MISSED THAT 30 DOLLAR TIP.

I’ve actually had it happen where my credit card company emailed me an alert saying ‘ we’ve noticed your tip was over 20% please check and verify this is accurate ...’ when it was just because I tipped like $5 on a really cheap lunch

because.. THEY NEED OUR NAMES

It’s true. I am both an oxygen junkie and a water junkie.

Just tell them you are Spider-man. I have been using this for years. It works everywhere. No one can misspell ‘Spider-man’ into anything else than Spiderman which is also fine. The barista get a chuckles, others costumers get a chuckles and your drink often come with it’s own jingle... You can’t go wrong.

I used to just walk in the back area, like, stomp my feet for 5 seconds, and go back out there with a grin on my face.

It sounds to me like the other folks are on Chen’s side. I hear a few saying “You should be fired.” Totally unacceptable behavior on the manager’s part, no matter what. Not only did she alienate this one customer, but she made it an extremely uncomfortable experience for everyone else in the store. I know,…

Then do it like my friends do. Use famous name, they won’t miss pronounced it and you’ll get few laugh (for yourself or at you).

Worked at Starbucks under a manager named Melissa who had a lightening quick temper. I am extremely disappointed this was not my former manager.