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
Okdevcon127 points6m ago
“Oatmeal” shaken espressos happen a lot
Midieval20 points6m 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”
jamieisntgay5 points6m ago
Ok but putting brown sugar syrup in the oatmeal doesn't sound too bad thinking about it
Patient-Reach22613 points6m ago
I usually put a couple pumps of brown sugar in my oatmeal it’s pretty good
chansrightnipple2 points6m ago
Y’all don’t have brown sugar topping?
jamieisntgay2 points6m ago
We do but the syrup's different, worth a try at least
Ceramicusedbook2 points6m ago
The US doesn't have brown sugar topping for oatmeal? ☹️ Canada does.
aeb011 points6m ago
we do!
Midieval1 points6m ago
I’m in Canada, we do not carry it at my store
Ceramicusedbook1 points6m ago
Oh. We carry it at mine.
Ristrettooo87 points6m ago
“bacon gwada sandwich”
“bacon goo-ray egg bites”
“tomato mozzarella on fo- on foshay- on focay- . . . on the bread”
StarLight61717 points6m 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.
heyoliviasmith13 points6m ago
The attempt to correctly pronounce tomato mozzarella is really important to customers. 😂
elinor4352 points6m ago
try bacon Gweeda✨
Ordinary-Theory-8289-5 points6m ago
Actually gwada is closer to the correct pronunciation than “gooda”
finbob55 points6m ago
no
Coffee-Bae2 points6m 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.
R1P2MYOUTH77 points6m ago
someone called a honey citrus mint a "fireball" 😭
maddawgg71016 points6m ago
“Cold buster” is what I got the other day
nastygorl989 points6m ago
i have had that order called a “Throat Coat”
darkwolf5235 points6m ago
That liquor is good.
Formal-Ad28634 points6m 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.
cookiekylie2 points6m ago
I had someone call it a hot toddy
AdeptnessTop695174 points6m ago
Strawberry Asiago refresher 💀
spookyboi138 points6m ago
we had a guy say this too omg
brisweets183 points6m ago
stop literally same
Ann-Drogyny65 points6m ago
Caramel muchacho, and caramel mariachi take the cake for me.
KimboRimboRoo14 points6m ago
I got caramel machete once and it’s legacy lives in my brain tent free
trmbnplyr199315 points6m ago
Well get it a tent, the mind is a dangerous place and it needs protection.
KimboRimboRoo2 points6m ago
So true, gotta keep it safe from the elements of my brain-environment
Pumpkinsaurus421 points6m ago
I have a regular who says “caramel maccalatto,” and the other day someone tried to order a “spinach fajita”
skylikeslemonade34 points6m ago
“chicken caprees”
“caramel macheeto”
bevoftw31 points6m ago
“tomato mozzarella on fajita”
coffee-and-chillll29 points6m ago
“batman bagels” instead of “bantam bagels”…that made my morning and gave me a genuine, much needed laugh lol
Blarghith4 points6m ago
Maaaan I miss the bantam bites 😭
coffee-and-chillll2 points6m 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
Blarghith2 points6m 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-chillll2 points6m ago
Frazzled perfectly describes me during peak lol, so I was constantly losing one :/
kohiyoko28 points6m ago
"Could I get uhhh a caramel makalatalatta"
celloqueer24 points6m ago
tai chi latte
Training_Yellow_89626 points6m ago
no because same it's that or thai tea at least once a week
livingtrying1 points6m ago
My favorite was chia. My coworkers and I could not stop thinking about it the rest of the day
cvpocoffee24 points6m ago
expresso just grate differently to me
Shellbean0020 points6m ago
“Caramel machete” is my all time favorite
BabyH1ppo1 points6m ago
No waaaayy 💀
ironic_nic19 points6m ago
“maggot dragon fruit.”
Training_Yellow_89624 points6m ago
NO I hate it
darkwolf5232 points6m ago
r/tihi
-Ana--16 points6m ago
My all time favorites: -the strawberry ass -spinach feet -bacon rawr egg bites
snottea14 points6m ago
caramel match-ee-auto
poopman1613 points6m 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-91011 points6m ago
Strawberry Achoo Caramel Matcha Toe Bacon Grower Bites Cinnamon Dulch Late ( like rhymes with mate)
ashaustad9 points6m ago
“ Let me get a Cheese Brullé Latte please ! “
shit had me laughing 😂
geekgurl818 points6m ago
Just the other day someone ordered a strawberry acne.
Vegetable-Rain76528 points6m ago
I will never forget the time somebody asked me for a Mango Drango Fruit. 😂
Kitabparast1 points6m ago
How about a strawberry “mango dragonfruit pineapple refresher”. We were very confused. So was he.
WorstNarcissist8 points6m ago
Caramel mojito
Acrobatic-Sale-87177 points6m ago
Strawberry ikea 🥰
trousersquid7 points6m ago
Tronta pank drank Mengen Dragonfruit Risotto shots (my wife did this one 🤣) Carmuhl Machi-oughta
existingasgubba7 points6m ago
chinchilla chicken will always get me
-cloudys6 points6m ago
i wasnt there but someone mistakenly used tarantula instead of trenta
i_jlp_you5 points6m 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_coffee5 points6m ago
strawberry acici and strawberry acacia 🤭
Tdawwg785 points6m ago
Buckin gruber egg bites
Moogly dragonfruit
sapphicshortcake5 points6m ago
"Caramel makikiki"
sweetmiilkk4 points6m ago
spinach fetty wap 👍
Cheedanish2 points6m ago
Even better if the total comes to $17.38
legallysamantha1 points6m 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.
rudebii4 points6m ago
“Black Guy” for a “Black Eye,” which is two shots of espresso in a black coffee.
jillybrews2264 points6m 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
caspi33 points6m ago
Tomato mozzarella on fettuccini. Close second, the invincible sandwich.
dibidill3 points6m ago
Strawberry Ikea
dibidill1 points6m ago
Also strawberry ocky
darkwolf5233 points6m ago
Oatmeal+ oatmilk
Kitabparast2 points6m ago
Whenever someone does this, I hand the barista a packet of oatmeal.
My recent favorite is "Chestnut Prasil" and I think about it literally every time I make one now
KobraKiddisalive3 points6m 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 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Chhhloem43 points6m ago
My two favorites to date are “caramel machete” and “strawberry messiah” I still chuckle thinking about that one.
StellarOdyssey963 points6m ago
“Strawberry acacia”
stupidzacko3 points6m ago
tomato and mozzarella on fuchsia was a good one, also strawberry asia
Firm_Friendship_91483 points6m ago
Bacon gru egg bites … Bacon gi der egg bites … Bacon gruder egg bites … Bacon Gouda egg bites…
legallysamantha2 points6m 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.
crystyleea2 points6m ago
a guy once asked for a chia tia frappuccino... another guy asked for a thai chi latte...
evenlyroasted2 points6m ago
medical ball has become an inside joke at our store
candidinsanity2 points6m ago
strawberry fajita for a strawberry açai haha
legallysamantha2 points6m ago
I've had strawberry burrito! Hahaha
Blacksmith_Kitchen2 points6m ago
Akaki instead of açai
PracticalTea14302 points6m ago
“Dolce and Gabbana” for Cinnamon Dolce syrup…
Kitabparast2 points6m ago
I love this!
jesijinx2 points6m ago
Treeantri.. Trenta… they meant trenta. That was on Monday.
ThatOtherGuyTPM2 points6m ago
Megan Drangofruit and her best friend, Carmen Ruffle Crunch.
Alefur2 points6m 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.
scrumptiouscara2 points6m ago
i still say strawberry ass refresher to this day
Snoo-181562 points6m ago
I had someone ask for a confetti cookie as the confederate cookie, all of us were in shock 😲
mushmushmushmus2 points6m ago
“can i have an “a-chai” “a chai or strawberrry acai?” “a-chai” …. they wanted a strawberry acai with lemonade…
juju4832 points6m ago
I had a regular who would order a caramel miyagi 😂 no one ever corrected him either. It was just too funny.
Past_Capital20512 points6m ago
pinkity drinkity from a grown man … funniest thing ever
Professional-Cat3932 points6m ago
Sausage cheddar edder
RoccoSteal2 points6m ago
Strawberry Isiah.
cultsona2 points6m ago
"Strawberry A caca refresher"
Separate_Canary89022 points6m ago
Many ball tea.
Poptart09112 points6m ago
Medicine bottle tea
neighborhoodswamphag2 points6m ago
(Back when we called all lunch sammies paninis)
tomato mozzarella punani
jacksstyles2 points6m ago
just when people say croissant in a french accent when they’re otherwise american kills me
Kitabparast2 points6m 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.
I genuinely got someone saying black guy instead of black eye
ibeckus1 points6m ago
a regular who comes in every day and hears us say it correctly everyday still says "caramel machiatti"
maddyc131 points6m ago
“Strawberry acia or whatever it’s called. In a TRENTI size.” Always makes me giggle a bit.
liveinashoeb0x1 points6m ago
Spinach fetus wrap
[deleted]1 points6m ago
[removed]
NightAngel11211 points6m ago
Caramel Mochiatta
Foreign_Service31021 points6m ago
Acacia instead of acai, mawch-a-toe instead of macchiato
Dependent-Scar931 points6m ago
Bacon guriel egg bites. Strawberry ahki. Strawberry asawee. Caramel blue ribbon frap. I could go on
bluefashionbird1 points6m ago
A MACHATA LATTE
Evening-Lion69321 points6m ago
megan thee dragonfruit
AllyC194021 points6m ago
Pikes peak always gets me
ttangents1 points6m ago
Machachacha latte
Ok_Lemon_71591 points6m ago
A chocolate crouton and a strawberry acid
CRSN-Atomic1 points6m ago
Strawberry açaí is the goat for fucked up pronunciations.
Ack-eye Ass-eye Aws-eye A-key
crypticerbread1 points6m ago
caramel ma-cheeto!
mamazoej1 points6m ago
White “Choke Me” Mocha
izzybeee__1 points6m ago
“caramel mach-in-otto” she’s a regular, and every single day-
littlebraids1 points6m ago
Caramel BRULLLLLLL latte
Professional_Bus_5851 points6m ago
Carmen ribble crunch
jffkrll1 points6m ago
Carmen Macharado
Drangomagonfruit - probably more of a “switched letter” situation, but still funny as hell!
snailsdotcom1 points6m ago
the mango dragonfly 🙃🙃 or the famous “tai chi latte”
_w00sh1 points6m 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 ☠️
fuknhot1 points6m ago
The chicken seebacha sandwich 😔
Suspicious-Fuel88131 points6m ago
Any variation of caramel macchiato gets me 🤣
clitandmorty1 points6m ago
Caramel machete 😌
infinitybutterfly1 points6m ago
fettuccine wrap ...
cornraro1 points6m ago
Banana warnut and Daddy chai
Throwaway_tee_hee692 points6m ago
Strom berry
Asian_Emily1 points6m ago
I had an older guy who pronounced grande latte as grand lat.
hi_person_im_steff1 points6m 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 😭
legallysamantha1 points6m ago
"Can I get a strawberry ah-choo?" "Bless you"
Kitabparast1 points6m ago
Tai chi latte
trouble-in-space1 points6m 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)
Kitabparast1 points6m ago
Ah-sah-ee, if one wants to be pedantic. I think the English pronunciation is more akin to “uh-sai”.
[deleted]1 points6m ago
[deleted]
RoccoSteal1 points6m ago
Crème Brûlée or Caramel Ma-cheeto.
Thatza_Latza_Matza1 points6m ago
always a fan of a tai chi latte
strauberrymilkk1 points6m ago
"bacon howda sandwitch" it took us forever to figure out what they were trying to order
em_laurenn1 points6m ago
Tai chi latte, she was adorable lol
Training_Yellow_89621 points6m ago
I personally love strawberry akiki
BabyH1ppo1 points6m ago
Ventin Carmen mochiata is someone's order everyday at my store. Despite being correct almost daily
Reneecarti1 points6m ago
Ice spice- iced pumpkin spice latte
tanadee1 points6m ago
any pronunciation on the sandwiches lmao. “chewbata” “focacheia” they make me laugh so hard
legallysamantha1 points6m ago
My favorite was "Chewbacca"...
huntstuff1 points6m 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
brisweets181 points6m ago
Strawberry Asiago refresher with lemonade
[deleted]1 points6m ago
[deleted]
bloop2301 points6m ago
carmen ripple crunch
oftbkk1 points6m ago
strawberry ikea
nicKC61351 points6m ago
a turkey pesto poonani will never be topped
SqzHerLimes1 points6m ago
guy actually said "pinkity drinkity"
Kitabparast1 points6m ago
That’s cute!
michal_angelo1 points6m ago
“Spanish feta” or alternatively “Spinach feeta”
Adventurethief1 points6m ago
Trend-setta for trenta
Kitabparast2 points6m 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.
rainydase1 points6m ago
“Caramel macka-Cheeto”
“Trenita cold brew”
“Very berry Hibachi”
“Caramel frappiolo”
“Bacon gwada”
“Bacon Gary egg bites”
LaSTauros1 points6m 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_cat5051 points6m ago
strawberry a-key-key refresher
nonogender1 points6m ago
strawberry acacia (like the tree)
West_Ad85231 points6m ago
We had a woman order a Strawberry Akah with the utmost confidence. I died.
Our mission is to provide everyone with access to large- scale community websites for the good of humanity. Without ads, without tracking, without greed.