im always just like how does this person know my name 😦 before i remember im wearing a name tag

definitely not! it always off-puts me a little bit, i don't really like that we have to wear name tags in general though, i do not need them knowing my name

Oh yeah it feels weird af like to me, it feels too personal for a random person to just come up and say my name

Yeah like bro just get your coffee and go. Don't mind me! Pay for your coffee and pumpkin loaf and go about your business!

Lol I never have my name on my name tag for that reason. Also, I don’t want the Karen’s of the world to have my name. I’m waiting for the day one calls to complain about someone who doesn’t work there 😂

It’s such an awful and weird power dynamic kind of thing. I know it probably varies from store to store but I’m lucky enough that my manager doesn’t mind if I put random nonsense on my name tag instead of my name. I’ve been Butter, Al Capone, rhode island, silly goose, and a variety of other “names”. Sometime you get the occasional grumpy middle old person but most of the time people think it’s funny. I’d say there’s no harm in testing the waters with this kind of thing. I’m at a tarbucks though so I don’t know how strict corporate stores are

You could use a known-by name or be someone else for the day. Our baristas switch name tags for fun often. And flip it back on the customer. I use IDs, credit cards and SBUX app scans to see customer names. I like using people’s names because it’s a more personal connection but I get how it can weird you out.

whaaat i like it. makes it seem more personal to me

yeah i just use a fake name and tell everyone else to use one to if they don’t feel comfortable with their own name out there. i’m at a store with a bunch of incidents and people disturbing the third place so i don’t need the crazies knowing my name

yep. imo names are intimate. only when I introduce myself to someone do I expect them to use my name, but even then not frequently. only people I consider close friends are those I feel comfortable with using my name frequently.

I worked for SB for 4 months and never once was even given a name tag lol and this was a corporate store. It was perfect.

I change my name to whatever the month is. Right now I’m May!

yes it feels borderline violating lol

It depends. If it's a regular customer obviously you've familiarised yourself with them and vice versa. I'm used to addressing regulars by name "Hello Steve" etc.

I am a bit caught off guard if it's a first time customer addressing me by name, though if it's on the badge I'm guessing that's just them being polite I guess.

I would sooner be addressed by name than have a complete stranger call me things like darling, sweetheart etc. That comes off as pervy and creepy.

If I have to call a stranger anything, it's Sir or Madam. That's polite and civil.

in my experience at sbux, it has often come with a lowkey threat/calling corporate to complain about you tone. like, they say your name to make you believe that they're going to remember it long enough to make that complaint specifically against you. rarely have i ever had them do it to be like, polite or friendly or some shit. it's ALWAYS been a backhanded/backdoor threat.

that said, at my OTHER job, customers use our names all the time and i have often been unsure if i had somehow offended the customer after what i thought was a great exchange (as a result of working at sbux) because they ended the conversation by using my name.

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I only hate it when they're being rude. Other than that, I call them by their names, so it's not weird to hear mine back👌

I straight up never wear my name tag. Fuck That.

I genuinely never understood why any company would make someone wear a name tag. I’ve worked at a few places where it’s dress code and I just don’t understand it.

Definitely for me because I almost invariably get the question"is that really your name?". When I answer yes I occasionally get someone who goes "you know thats a bird right" and in one case kept pestering me about it after getting their drinks.

Edit: for those trying to guess, its in the corvid family of birds