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I was born in the era of the Nancys, Dianes, Kathys and Julies. I use my real name and if I have any other peers in the room with my name then I'll know it. Often it leads to a brief conversation.
I do use somewhat of an alias when making reservations in my last name, however. When asked to spell it I either give the phonetic spelling or tell them to spell it the way it sounds. Otherwise when we are called to the table inevitably our name will be mispronounced and we may miss the call.
My husband uses Max, although he has a perfectly normal name.
Mine is common, but spelled about 37 different ways in the US, so I just say it and let the poor person taking my order get creative with it. I like to look at my cup and see what they wrote afterward.
I didn't know about this, but it's a great idea. I have a shorter, but seemingly unpronounceable, foreign name. If asked, I spell it, rather than pronounce it, to prevent the poor cashier from giving me that look of utter fear as they don't know how to begin to spell it. However, even though it's spelled on the cup, the barista will look at it rather confused for a few seconds, then just announce my drink... haha. Everytime.
From now on, I'm gonna be Vixen... because I see that Buck Naked has been already taken & I wish to avoid embarrassing mix ups!
I say my name and let the cashier spell it however they like. So when the barista goes to call out my order, I usually get the drink order and not the name, too.
I have a perfectly normal, easy-to-spell name. Unfortunately, it sounds like every other 4-letter J name to people on the other side of the counter. So half the time when they call my name, they are calling out another common name, not mine, that I of course assume is someone else's.
"Jill"? I mention this because I've a friend Jill, have never heard her pronounce her name in any unusual manner, but she swears even if and when she repeats it, vast rafts of people say "Joel?" Her voice is also not particularly masculine-timbred, so this takes some doing on their parts.
I had a good friend who, when asked to give a last name to wait for a table at restaurants, gave the name "Wild." Inevitably, they'd call out for "Wild party of four," and he and his friends would start whoopin' and hollerin' (only way I can really describe it) as they made their way to the table.
In case you don't know, this may be more common than you think
Given how many people fail to understand the concept of a 'Starbucks name', a lack of imagination may be more common than we both thought.
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