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Full History - 2022 - 12 - 15 - ID#zn4zah
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what are some memorable mispronunciations you’ve gotten from customers (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by chainsofgold
someone said meganfruit dragonfruit the other day and i was fighting for my life to keep a straight face
Okdevcon 127 points 6m ago
“Oatmeal” shaken espressos happen a lot
Midieval 20 points 6m ago
A lady literally asked us for brown sugar oatmeal last week and we had to explain we don’t have that. She claimed her daughter gets it every day. After three minutes at the speaker she finally says “I’m talking about a drink”
jamieisntgay 5 points 6m ago
Ok but putting brown sugar syrup in the oatmeal doesn't sound too bad thinking about it
Patient-Reach2261 3 points 6m ago
I usually put a couple pumps of brown sugar in my oatmeal it’s pretty good
chansrightnipple 2 points 6m ago
Y’all don’t have brown sugar topping?
jamieisntgay 2 points 6m ago
We do but the syrup's different, worth a try at least
Ceramicusedbook 2 points 6m ago
The US doesn't have brown sugar topping for oatmeal? ☹️ Canada does.
aeb01 1 points 6m ago
we do!
Midieval 1 points 6m ago
I’m in Canada, we do not carry it at my store
Ceramicusedbook 1 points 6m ago
Oh. We carry it at mine.
Ristrettooo 87 points 6m ago
“bacon gwada sandwich”

“bacon goo-ray egg bites”

“tomato mozzarella on fo- on foshay- on focay- . . . on the bread”
StarLight617 17 points 6m ago
Didn't happen at work, but reminded me of my favorite mispronunciation of focaccia I've ever heard. "Fo-crotch-a-ria". Lady said it with a straight face like that's exactly what she meant to say.
heyoliviasmith 13 points 6m ago
The attempt to correctly pronounce tomato mozzarella is really important to customers. 😂
elinor435 2 points 6m ago
try bacon Gweeda✨
Ordinary-Theory-8289 -5 points 6m ago
Actually gwada is closer to the correct pronunciation than “gooda”
finbob5 5 points 6m ago
no
Coffee-Bae 2 points 6m ago
Gouda (as Gow-dah) is the British pronunciation
Gouda (as Goo-da) is the American pronunciation

Gwada however I have no idea.

If you want to get nitpicky the true Dutch pronunciation of Gouda is Howda, the G sounds like a back-of-the-throat, almost phlemy H.

But again, that's just if you want to be nitpicky.
R1P2MYOUTH 77 points 6m ago
someone called a honey citrus mint a "fireball" 😭
maddawgg710 16 points 6m ago
“Cold buster” is what I got the other day
nastygorl98 9 points 6m ago
i have had that order called a “Throat Coat”
darkwolf523 5 points 6m ago
That liquor is good.
Formal-Ad2863 4 points 6m ago
i got “a sick tea” and i said swear on my life “all of our teas are pretty sick- we have:” and listed them off.
cookiekylie 2 points 6m ago
I had someone call it a hot toddy
AdeptnessTop6951 74 points 6m ago
Strawberry Asiago refresher 💀
spookyboi13 8 points 6m ago
we had a guy say this too omg
brisweets18 3 points 6m ago
stop literally same
Ann-Drogyny 65 points 6m ago
Caramel muchacho, and caramel mariachi take the cake for me.
KimboRimboRoo 14 points 6m ago
I got caramel machete once and it’s legacy lives in my brain tent free
trmbnplyr1993 15 points 6m ago
Well get it a tent, the mind is a dangerous place and it needs protection.
KimboRimboRoo 2 points 6m ago
So true, gotta keep it safe from the elements of my brain-environment
Pumpkinsaurus42 1 points 6m ago
I have a regular who says “caramel maccalatto,” and the other day someone tried to order a “spinach fajita”
skylikeslemonade 34 points 6m ago
“chicken caprees”

“caramel macheeto”
bevoftw 31 points 6m ago
“tomato mozzarella on fajita”
coffee-and-chillll 29 points 6m ago
“batman bagels” instead of “bantam bagels”…that made my morning and gave me a genuine, much needed laugh lol
Blarghith 4 points 6m ago
Maaaan I miss the bantam bites 😭
coffee-and-chillll 2 points 6m ago
Such a throwback! I miss them but I don’t miss how easily they slid around in the oven when I’d try to grab them out with tongs or how irritating the packaging was to open when rushing on warming

That moment of panic when my clumsy self dropped one on the floor while trying to get them out of the package or out of the oven during peak…I’m stressed just thinking about it lol
Blarghith 2 points 6m ago
Lmao yeah the packaging was a bit stupid, plus if you were feeling frazzled on warming and squeezed them a bit too hard, they’d pop oof
coffee-and-chillll 2 points 6m ago
Frazzled perfectly describes me during peak lol, so I was constantly losing one :/
kohiyoko 28 points 6m ago
"Could I get uhhh a caramel makalatalatta"
celloqueer 24 points 6m ago
tai chi latte
Training_Yellow_8962 6 points 6m ago
no because same it's that or thai tea at least once a week
livingtrying 1 points 6m ago
My favorite was chia. My coworkers and I could not stop thinking about it the rest of the day
cvpocoffee 24 points 6m ago
expresso just grate differently to me
Shellbean00 20 points 6m ago
“Caramel machete” is my all time favorite
BabyH1ppo 1 points 6m ago
No waaaayy 💀
ironic_nic 19 points 6m ago
“maggot dragon fruit.”
Training_Yellow_8962 4 points 6m ago
NO I hate it
darkwolf523 2 points 6m ago
r/tihi
-Ana-- 16 points 6m ago
My all time favorites:
-the strawberry ass
-spinach feet
-bacon rawr egg bites
snottea 14 points 6m ago
caramel match-ee-auto
poopman16 13 points 6m ago
strawberry AK refresher (shes a regular and i love her)
the time i spent 10 minutes explaining i cannot take the mocha out of the white mocha thats just what the sauce is called
lady wanting a 12 pump toasted white mocha capp wet and screaming at me wondering why its heavy
Jolly-Sir-910 11 points 6m ago
Strawberry Achoo
Caramel Matcha Toe
Bacon Grower Bites
Cinnamon Dulch Late ( like rhymes with mate)
ashaustad 9 points 6m ago
“ Let me get a Cheese Brullé Latte please ! “

shit had me laughing 😂
geekgurl81 8 points 6m ago
Just the other day someone ordered a strawberry acne.
Vegetable-Rain7652 8 points 6m ago
I will never forget the time somebody asked me for a Mango Drango Fruit. 😂
Kitabparast 1 points 6m ago
How about a strawberry “mango dragonfruit pineapple refresher”. We were very confused. So was he.
WorstNarcissist 8 points 6m ago
Caramel mojito
Acrobatic-Sale-8717 7 points 6m ago
Strawberry ikea 🥰
trousersquid 7 points 6m ago
Tronta pank drank
Mengen Dragonfruit
Risotto shots (my wife did this one 🤣)
Carmuhl Machi-oughta
existingasgubba 7 points 6m ago
chinchilla chicken
will always get me
-cloudys 6 points 6m ago
i wasnt there but someone mistakenly used tarantula instead of trenta
i_jlp_you 5 points 6m ago
Semi-related to the prompt, but it was a slow day, so my coworkers were passionately debating about Star Wars vs Star Trek. All of a sudden, a customer pulls into drive and my coworker on DTO goes “hi, welcome to Star Wars”. There was a long pause, then “I am so sorry, what can I get for you?”
on_coffee 5 points 6m ago
strawberry acici and strawberry acacia 🤭
Tdawwg78 5 points 6m ago
Buckin gruber egg bites

Moogly dragonfruit
sapphicshortcake 5 points 6m ago
"Caramel makikiki"
sweetmiilkk 4 points 6m ago
spinach fetty wap 👍
Cheedanish 2 points 6m ago
Even better if the total comes to $17.38
legallysamantha 1 points 6m ago
My store always went over the headsets and would announce "WE NEED A SPINNY FETTY WAP UP IN HERE" when oreded. Some baristas would also spontaneously start singing lol.
rudebii 4 points 6m ago
“Black Guy” for a “Black Eye,” which is two shots of espresso in a black coffee.
jillybrews226 4 points 6m ago
Partner accidentally said dragon milk instead of dragon drink or mango dragon fruit with milk lol. We had fun with that for a while
caspi3 3 points 6m ago
Tomato mozzarella on fettuccini. Close second, the invincible sandwich.
dibidill 3 points 6m ago
Strawberry Ikea
dibidill 1 points 6m ago
Also strawberry ocky
darkwolf523 3 points 6m ago
Oatmeal+ oatmilk
Kitabparast 2 points 6m ago
Whenever someone does this, I hand the barista a packet of oatmeal.
darkwolf523 2 points 6m ago
😂 😂 bruh
TinyBeanBabey 3 points 6m ago
caramel muchacha, bacon gr... gryar.. bacon cheese egg bites, caramel mariachi, carble ribbon, carbon ribbon, oatmeal instead of oatmilk

and my all time favorites:

bacon goober egg bites and bacon garage egg bites
stunky420 3 points 6m ago
Strawberry acacia refresher is one I got recently
mossygreentree13 3 points 6m ago
iced chicken espresso
starbrsts 3 points 6m ago
“shuggy cookie cold foam”
MarieCrepes 3 points 6m ago
My recent favorite is "Chestnut Prasil" and I think about it literally every time I make one now
KobraKiddisalive 3 points 6m ago
Minty mage for a mint majesty once. That one had me giggling. I think my all time favorite had to be from one of my regulars who came in to get coffee for his wife and himself though. His wife always switched her drinks out and he could never remember the names of them, usually just one or two major ingredients. He came in and asked for a “Bent Carmel Crap with the cream.” Took me a major minute to realize he wanted a venti caramel frap with extra whip 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Chhhloem4 3 points 6m ago
My two favorites to date are “caramel machete” and “strawberry messiah” I still chuckle thinking about that one.
StellarOdyssey96 3 points 6m ago
“Strawberry acacia”
stupidzacko 3 points 6m ago
tomato and mozzarella on fuchsia was a good one, also strawberry asia
Firm_Friendship_9148 3 points 6m ago
Bacon gru egg bites …
Bacon gi der egg bites …
Bacon gruder egg bites …
Bacon Gouda egg bites…
legallysamantha 2 points 6m ago
Caramel Venetian.. caramel machete..... aka a Caramel Macchiato.


Also, many people come in asking for Iced Caps (Tim Hortons drink) and try to tell us we are wrong when we say we don't carry those lol.
crystyleea 2 points 6m ago
a guy once asked for a chia tia frappuccino... another guy asked for a thai chi latte...
evenlyroasted 2 points 6m ago
medical ball has become an inside joke at our store
candidinsanity 2 points 6m ago
strawberry fajita for a strawberry açai haha
legallysamantha 2 points 6m ago
I've had strawberry burrito! Hahaha
Blacksmith_Kitchen 2 points 6m ago
Akaki instead of açai
PracticalTea1430 2 points 6m ago
“Dolce and Gabbana” for Cinnamon Dolce syrup…
Kitabparast 2 points 6m ago
I love this!
jesijinx 2 points 6m ago
Treeantri.. Trenta… they meant trenta. That was on Monday.
ThatOtherGuyTPM 2 points 6m ago
Megan Drangofruit and her best friend, Carmen Ruffle Crunch.
Alefur 2 points 6m ago
Every time a "Manly Man™" comes in ordering a "Pinkity Drinkity" at the request of their S/O or Child who's with them I always have the mild pleasure of saying "One (size) Pink Drink, gotcha" and hearing them grumble about it to their S/O or Child right after :)

I know it's not technically them mispronouncing it, but these moments give me serotonin.
scrumptiouscara 2 points 6m ago
i still say strawberry ass refresher to this day
Snoo-18156 2 points 6m ago
I had someone ask for a confetti cookie as the confederate cookie, all of us were in shock 😲
mushmushmushmus 2 points 6m ago
“can i have an “a-chai”
“a chai or strawberrry acai?”
“a-chai”
…. they wanted a strawberry acai with lemonade…
juju483 2 points 6m ago
I had a regular who would order a caramel miyagi 😂 no one ever corrected him either. It was just too funny.
Past_Capital2051 2 points 6m ago
pinkity drinkity from a grown man … funniest thing ever
Professional-Cat393 2 points 6m ago
Sausage cheddar edder
RoccoSteal 2 points 6m ago
Strawberry Isiah.
cultsona 2 points 6m ago
"Strawberry A caca refresher"
Separate_Canary8902 2 points 6m ago
Many ball tea.
Poptart0911 2 points 6m ago
Medicine bottle tea
neighborhoodswamphag 2 points 6m ago
(Back when we called all lunch sammies paninis)

tomato mozzarella punani
jacksstyles 2 points 6m ago
just when people say croissant in a french accent when they’re otherwise american kills me
Kitabparast 2 points 6m ago
Sometimes it’s so Frenchy it’s difficult to make out what they’re saying. I kinda want to say, “We’re in America, speak American!”

And I say this as someone that switches to Spanish as soon as I can make out a customer is struggling because of the language issue. Because I’m South Asian brown, it catches people by surprise.
Sparkflyr 2 points 6m ago
"Could I please have a caramel fettuccini?"
Keyndoriel 2 points 6m ago
Maggot fruit
Sadd-boys-club 1 points 6m ago
“Pink sauce drink”
Bacon Gordita
Ventay caramel machiatti
Mango drango
Psychorat0419 1 points 6m ago
I genuinely got someone saying black guy instead of black eye
ibeckus 1 points 6m ago
a regular who comes in every day and hears us say it correctly everyday still says "caramel machiatti"
maddyc13 1 points 6m ago
“Strawberry acia or whatever it’s called. In a TRENTI size.”
Always makes me giggle a bit.
liveinashoeb0x 1 points 6m ago
Spinach fetus wrap
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NightAngel1121 1 points 6m ago
Caramel Mochiatta
Foreign_Service3102 1 points 6m ago
Acacia instead of acai, mawch-a-toe instead of macchiato
Dependent-Scar93 1 points 6m ago
Bacon guriel egg bites. Strawberry ahki. Strawberry asawee. Caramel blue ribbon frap. I could go on
bluefashionbird 1 points 6m ago
A MACHATA LATTE
Evening-Lion6932 1 points 6m ago
megan thee dragonfruit
AllyC19402 1 points 6m ago
Pikes peak always gets me
ttangents 1 points 6m ago
Machachacha latte
Ok_Lemon_7159 1 points 6m ago
A chocolate crouton and a strawberry acid
CRSN-Atomic 1 points 6m ago
Strawberry açaí is the goat for fucked up pronunciations.

Ack-eye
Ass-eye
Aws-eye
A-key
crypticerbread 1 points 6m ago
caramel ma-cheeto!
mamazoej 1 points 6m ago
White “Choke Me” Mocha
izzybeee__ 1 points 6m ago
“caramel mach-in-otto” she’s a regular, and every single day-
littlebraids 1 points 6m ago
Caramel BRULLLLLLL latte
Professional_Bus_585 1 points 6m ago
Carmen ribble crunch
jffkrll 1 points 6m ago
Carmen Macharado

Drangomagonfruit - probably more of a “switched letter” situation, but still funny as hell!
snailsdotcom 1 points 6m ago
the mango dragonfly 🙃🙃
or the famous “tai chi latte”
_w00sh 1 points 6m ago
A GRAND strawberry "meagan dragon" refresher. ALL With a straight face. I was fighting for my life especially since her voice cracked in the middle of saying grand instead of grande ☠️
fuknhot 1 points 6m ago
The chicken seebacha sandwich 😔
Suspicious-Fuel8813 1 points 6m ago
Any variation of caramel macchiato gets me 🤣
clitandmorty 1 points 6m ago
Caramel machete 😌
infinitybutterfly 1 points 6m ago
fettuccine wrap ...
cornraro 1 points 6m ago
Banana warnut and
Daddy chai
Throwaway_tee_hee69 2 points 6m ago
Strom berry
Asian_Emily 1 points 6m ago
I had an older guy who pronounced grande latte as grand lat.
hi_person_im_steff 1 points 6m ago
matcha latta! i’ve actually called it that by accident plenty of times and my coworker started using it as a nickname for me 😭
legallysamantha 1 points 6m ago
"Can I get a strawberry ah-choo?"
"Bless you"
Kitabparast 1 points 6m ago
Tai chi latte
trouble-in-space 1 points 6m ago
We have this lady who always asks for a Pike with cream and "two splenders (Splenda) on the side." Also can't forget strawberry "uh-say"/"ah-kai" (but tbh I'm not 100% sure if I pronounce it correctly either)
Kitabparast 1 points 6m ago
Ah-sah-ee, if one wants to be pedantic. I think the English pronunciation is more akin to “uh-sai”.
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RoccoSteal 1 points 6m ago
Crème Brûlée or Caramel Ma-cheeto.
Thatza_Latza_Matza 1 points 6m ago
always a fan of a tai chi latte
strauberrymilkk 1 points 6m ago
"bacon howda sandwitch" it took us forever to figure out what they were trying to order
em_laurenn 1 points 6m ago
Tai chi latte, she was adorable lol
Training_Yellow_8962 1 points 6m ago
I personally love strawberry akiki
BabyH1ppo 1 points 6m ago
Ventin Carmen mochiata is someone's order everyday at my store. Despite being correct almost daily
Reneecarti 1 points 6m ago
Ice spice- iced pumpkin spice latte
tanadee 1 points 6m ago
any pronunciation on the sandwiches lmao. “chewbata” “focacheia” they make me laugh so hard
legallysamantha 1 points 6m ago
My favorite was "Chewbacca"...
huntstuff 1 points 6m ago
I think my favorite one is Caramel Ribbon Cunch...we both paused then she started laughing and then I burst out into laughter and everyone on the floor was so confused
brisweets18 1 points 6m ago
Strawberry Asiago refresher with lemonade
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bloop230 1 points 6m ago
carmen ripple crunch
oftbkk 1 points 6m ago
strawberry ikea
nicKC6135 1 points 6m ago
a turkey pesto poonani will never be topped
SqzHerLimes 1 points 6m ago
guy actually said "pinkity drinkity"
Kitabparast 1 points 6m ago
That’s cute!
michal_angelo 1 points 6m ago
“Spanish feta” or alternatively “Spinach feeta”
Adventurethief 1 points 6m ago
Trend-setta for trenta
Kitabparast 2 points 6m ago
Somehow reminds me of this convo:
Customer: I want a small —
Me: So a tall —
Customer: No, I said a small.
Me: Yes. That’s a tall.
Customer: You’re not listening to me. I don’t want a tall, I want a small.
Me: Yes, ma’am. Over here a “small” is a “tall”.
Customer: Whatever.
rainydase 1 points 6m ago
“Caramel macka-Cheeto”

“Trenita cold brew”

“Very berry Hibachi”

“Caramel frappiolo”

“Bacon gwada”

“Bacon Gary egg bites”
LaSTauros 1 points 6m ago
i get asked for all of these a couple times a week:

-Caramel Mocha-atto (caramel macchiato)
-strawberry AKA, strawberry High-C, strawberry akai (strawberry acai)
-strawberry creamy frap (strawberry crème frap)
-Danished Cheese (cheese danish, but i think this lady just likes to fuck with us)


and a few older women keep asking for extra “squirts” of syrup & we keep they’re called “pumps”
stinky_cat505 1 points 6m ago
strawberry a-key-key refresher
nonogender 1 points 6m ago
strawberry acacia (like the tree)
West_Ad8523 1 points 6m ago
We had a woman order a Strawberry Akah with the utmost confidence. I died.
whatcakepopsdouhave 1 points 6m ago
Caramel Matcha-la-to :)
abigailH_ 1 points 6m ago
Maggot dragonfly refresher with lemonade
Mr_SCPF 1 points 6m ago
Bacon gooey egg bites

Spinach fajita wrap

Caramel robin crunch
Ok-Mycologist9011 1 points 6m ago
a caramel mariachi
pinpeach 1 points 6m ago
caramel matcha cheeto
DungeonDucky 1 points 6m ago
“strawberry ackasian” and “caramel machete”
siouxxsiee 1 points 6m ago
a tai chi latte
geekgurl81 1 points 6m ago
I had someone order that too💀
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