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Full History - 2021 - 09 - 24 - ID#pujzer
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My favorite mispronunciation of acai yet (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by indiemads
Had a customer in the drive thru today asked for an “ackey” lemonade. I’ve heard acEYE, akeye, but never ackey. LOL.
i-amthebreadman 213 points 1y ago
one time i had someone call it Ikea
reclusivegiraffe 94 points 1y ago
hold my beer. we had a guy say something that was basically “al-qaeda”
National-Chance2406 8 points 1y ago
yooooo LOL
ObnoxiousR 4 points 1y ago
Shut up and take my free award. I straight up spit my coke when reading this.
reclusivegiraffe 3 points 1y ago
i’m glad lmao. well, i hope the coke was okay, but yk!
indiemads [OP] 49 points 1y ago
That’s incredible omg lmao. That’s even further than ackey
BenBishopsButt 35 points 1y ago
lol it’s like that commercial with the people trying to pronounce quinoa.
sailorgrumpycat 22 points 1y ago
Kinoa? Joaquin?
symebe 2 points 1y ago
😂😂😂
ShyCoconut0_0 98 points 1y ago
Once had a customer ask for a "kiwi starfish refresher" XD
reclusivegiraffe 43 points 1y ago
someone asked me for the dragonfly drink
pandiechu 22 points 1y ago
there's a woman who always comes through with her grandkids and calls it the "mango dragonfly" lmao I love to hear it.
PM_ME_GRAVES_R34 6 points 1y ago
i had one ask for a maggot dragonfruit and I was internally like... a what...
dogsofwintergaming 6 points 1y ago
🤣 eewwww
dogsofwintergaming 74 points 1y ago
My fave mispronounced word was when this 80 year old woman came through my FL Starbucks and every time she would say "I need me a tall caramel Man Dingo".

Omfg I bet you do you ma'am.
BaristaWoosa 5 points 1y ago
Right away MAAM! Lmaoooo
xparxx 41 points 1y ago
I get “strawberry ahkeekee” every day
Saradigm 9 points 1y ago
I am USING THIS LMAO
mstkdc 30 points 1y ago
We had a customer that said “assey” for the longest time 😂
YorkTownBratty 24 points 1y ago
Love when I get asked for a caramel maraschino latte🤦‍♀️
headsinavicee 6 points 1y ago
I was waiting in line at another store this morning and a customer was complaining that they didn't have enough points considering the amount of "cuppachinos" they order.
ObitoUchiha41 20 points 1y ago
I’ve heard a few ahSeeEyes, and I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten an Asia.
vegancreamcheese 19 points 1y ago
we had someone call it asiago and then another who called it aćlioni which i dont even know what that means.
pikachu_cookie 18 points 1y ago
I’ve never heard any acais that stood out to me but I had someone ask for a maTAcha latte lmao
olivinemultichrome 22 points 1y ago
I get tai chi lattes ordered fairly often
sammieduck69420 17 points 1y ago
can i get a strawberry assy I palease
Lunaryon 17 points 1y ago
Refreshner. For some reason people near my store add an N to refresher
scarlettmuffin7 7 points 1y ago
We have a man who gets a grande latte with 2 "splender" almost evrry day
olivinemultichrome 6 points 1y ago
Or when they call the refreshers “teas” because they only read the first half of the menu board heading.
noeyoureatowel 5 points 1y ago
We get refreshener a lot too. My personal favorite is the customer who ordered “your largest strawberry refreshment”
interyx 4 points 1y ago
I got a Quencher once.
Playful-Imagination2 3 points 1y ago
Ah yes the refreshner love those.
alteredrealityz 16 points 1y ago
totally unrelated but this morning someone asked for a ham and swiss poonani instead of panini LMAO
olivinemultichrome 13 points 1y ago
Spinach fetty wap!
cdilisio4415 3 points 1y ago
We can it’s spinach fetty wap at my store
frickin_goblin_ 12 points 1y ago
I've heard lots of these but none are as golden as "caramel makki-akki"
olivinemultichrome 9 points 1y ago
I’m a fan of the “ventay curmuhl murkyati”
hgfdv 12 points 1y ago
I heard 'acacia' one time.
BaristaWoosa 4 points 1y ago
I get this one allll the time lol
stillexisting 10 points 1y ago
Someone said “assey” once and I had to take a ten bc I was laughing so hard
NervosaNervous 10 points 1y ago
We had someone call it a strawberry akeesha before.
realnewtgeiszler 9 points 1y ago
Had someone ask for a Tarantula Strawburry Ackey and I had to pause, stare my coworkers down as they lost their composure, and held mine as I told them it would be five-ninety at the window
LegendOfJakelope 6 points 1y ago
I- how- where did the tarantula come from?!
gemlikbase 3 points 1y ago
I’m assuming they meant Trenta but what do I know 😂
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EvieNil223 8 points 1y ago
My favorite is "Ah- Caw"
-Zispy 7 points 1y ago
I love when people call them refresheners
missthemac 7 points 1y ago
I heard strawberry ah-cah and strawberry icky
clumsysilencee 7 points 1y ago
I got “Acacia” once and it was so hard not to burst out laughing
Saradigm 7 points 1y ago
I call it ikea on purpose to coworkers lol

It was a thing in my store when I was hired 3 years ago and I’m trying to bring it back. We already have mango drango!
olivinemultichrome 8 points 1y ago
Meagan dracofruit
LegendOfJakelope 6 points 1y ago
Mispronunciations are some of the only redeeming parts of drive thru

- Strawberry Asiago Refresher
- Shaken Oatmeal Espresso
- The chicken caprese piñata
- Strawberry Mango Ackai Refresher
- Passion Mango Tea
- Caramel Mango
- Caramel MaCHiato
- The ken-o-uh bowl (quinoa)
- Portable (protein) boxes

And on, and on... They really do be inventing new drinks out there, trying to order
sixsmallsheep 5 points 1y ago
I've heard Dragonfly, Pinky Drink (from an old man), Ackeye, Achsigh, and floaters (instead of INC)
olivinemultichrome 6 points 1y ago
Floaters 🤢
TJW351 5 points 1y ago
I’ve heard ah-see-ya, ah-kai, “strawberry and that word I can’t pronounce,” and my favorite one actually corrected me multiple times and said it’s pronounced like “aqua.”
PhenomenalPhoenix 2 points 1y ago
I thought it was “ah-kai” for the longest time. I still never say it right even after working at Starbucks for 8 months
Last_Employment_1730 4 points 1y ago
This reminds me of the time someone called a trenta size "magenta."
copicking 4 points 1y ago
"can I get a oatmeal shaken expresso"
superguitarded 4 points 1y ago
Akasaki
sailorgrumpycat 4 points 1y ago
I love when people do this because i fire back with strawberry Kakashi Hatake and it usually gets a laugh.
BaristaWoosa 1 points 1y ago
Oh I’m using this now xD I love this
TheFaithResurgent 3 points 1y ago
"hey can I get a caramel mattiago with blond risotto?"
National-Chance2406 3 points 1y ago
yo some ppl say trenti like dafuq lol it be the old women
juju483 3 points 1y ago
I've had a caramel miyagi 😂😂
Kamp1ing 3 points 1y ago
I've heard strawberry acocky before lmao
ItzBoogieMan 3 points 1y ago
A-C-I is another
jjaaccoobb16 3 points 1y ago
I heard “a-cah-she” once. Nearly lost it 😂
tenthousandrats 3 points 1y ago
I’ve had a customer in the drive thru call it “strawberry balenciaga” lmao
philosopher_cat_lady 3 points 1y ago
I have a customer who calls it "akee"
TSOHG-A-MA-I 2 points 1y ago
We get a lot of shaken “oatmeal” espressos. I mean, I suppose, technically we could make it with oatmeal? 🤔
hidethenight17 2 points 1y ago
Nothing beats a person asking for a Tai-chi latte
ilythiax 2 points 1y ago
I once ordered a medicine bomb. 💣

I heard the name once because at the time I had come down with a cold. Friend of mine told me to order it next time I was near a Starbucks. Lo and behold, walk up to the poor cashier, she asks me what I would like and...for the life of me I couldn't remember the name. I start saying medicine bomb and she looks at me like 😶.

I realize that I was probably not making sense and told her I had a cold and needed something soothing for my throat. Then she's like, "oh, you mean medicine ball." I'm like 😶.

I didn't argue any further and said yes. My brain somehow figured bomb made sense as opposed to ball. Of course when I got it, it had the huge name of Honey Citrus Mint with Lemondade but I didn't care at that point. The drink was absolutely heavenly. 😌
Abject_Membership_28 2 points 1y ago
Brown sugar oatMEAL shaken espresso…ma’am
arrablle 2 points 1y ago
my favorite so far that i’ve personally heard was an “asshole crisp macchiato” instead of apple crisp
dkr1829 2 points 1y ago
Lots of them call it a-cee 😂😂
holypolina 2 points 1y ago
I got a “starbucks.. strawberry akeesha” refresher last week 😭😭
OreoBaconFries 2 points 1y ago
this lady asked for a mocha (matcha) tea latte :) and got frustrated when we asked what color the drink they wanted was
ihateonions9 2 points 1y ago
this customer comes every morning and says “megan dragonfruit” LMFAO
SelocAvrap 2 points 1y ago
I had a co-worker who called it "ah-cocky"
whorethatsbored 2 points 1y ago
i once had someone refer to the spinach feta wrap as spinach fettuccine.
jervthegreat 2 points 1y ago
One of my all-time favorite mispronunciations is strawberry "acid" refresher. Either she couldn't read the sign or couldn't read at all.
star_pants 2 points 1y ago
Aw. $1
joecirne1 1 points 1y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQlOuwk2Q8g
bohemian_8 1 points 1y ago
The best one I had was “can I get a strawberry acid refresher?”😂 like sorry lady but this is Starbucks. We don’t sell acid here😂💀
FloofiAllie 1 points 1y ago
Someone asked me for a mango fruit dragon the other day!
minecrabt 1 points 1y ago
i’ve gotten “strawberry ASSy”
newspix100 1 points 1y ago
I have to ask………HOW DO YOU SAY IT? Seriously, I’ve never actually heard it, only read it. tyia
kookubo 1 points 1y ago
I have a coworker who calls it ah-sah-ee
samosa4sosa 1 points 1y ago
someone said “asiago” today like the cheese 😭
NontrivialZeros 1 points 1y ago
The best I’ve encountered is eye-EE-kah
susieee00 1 points 1y ago
Someone at my store called it the strawberry acacia😂
somebodytohug 1 points 1y ago
There’s a partner at my store who likes to pronounce it wrong on purpose and when we all are wanting to die, it’s pretty entertaining. But now, our regulars are starting to call it that, and I know they didn’t before. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry
6ngelface 1 points 1y ago
i work at a licensed store and one of the store
managers used to order a “strawberry acaesha” lol
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ShipOfGhouls 1 points 1y ago
You don’t have ackee and saltfish on the breakfast menu?
silentflower8 1 points 1y ago
i had someone in the drive-thru say acacia once… we live in the south
RoughEvidence 1 points 1y ago
I’m pretty sure I pronounce in wrong and I work here lol

Like I say aw-sigh-u
lilkiosk 1 points 1y ago
I’ve heard ackey, but my favorite was aqua!
a_rolley 1 points 1y ago
my personal fave I've heard is "assey" 😩
the_price_is_right96 1 points 1y ago
I've heard acacia. Like the plant.
lostpuppy1216 1 points 1y ago
ive had someone say a-kyle
A_Coffee_Witch 1 points 1y ago
Had a customer once call it a strawberry Aisha. And had an asm that called it strawberry awe-suh-bury and was dead set on that was the correct pronunciation of it.
TheRealShiber 1 points 1y ago
Literally a customer said strawberry ASIAGO
kurokurokii 1 points 1y ago
one time someone called it a strawberry alkaline refresher and i was cackling on bar because my coworker was trying not to laugh
cobanat 1 points 1y ago
I’ve gotten an Ashy once
LegLow5487 1 points 1y ago
ass-ey
iStealSharpies 1 points 1y ago
Strawberry kakie was the best one I’ve heard
t3llm3m0re 1 points 1y ago
My favorite it the “spinach fetty wap”
TheOnesLeftBehind 1 points 1y ago
I’ve gotten ass-y
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