Do you have a Starbucks alter-ego? Chances are you do, and there's an easy way to find out who he or she is. All you have to do is check your name scribbled ion the side of the cup and see how the barista has managed to to bungle it. Voila! This misspelled atrocity is the name of your Starbucks alter-ego, as people like Icess Fernandez Rojas have found out the hard way.
We're asking you to send us pictures of how Starbucks or other establishments have mangled your name. You can submit your photos and stories through GuardianWitness until Thursday. We'll continue to update this article as readers send us their pictures.
Below are some examples that people sent us via Twitter. Can't get enough of these? Browse the #Starbucksfail tags on Instagram and Tumblr, or check out Starbucks Spelling (h/t @amyvernon) for hours and hours of entertainment.
RT @UK_TX: @byHeatherLong @GuardianUS Starbucks provided my fav variation of my name, Tamara: pic.twitter.com/HcZ1fRZO8q
— GuardianUS (@GuardianUS) August 5, 2013
@damomac @Icess Fintan: Vintan, Vinny, Finbarr, Vincent, Fergal, Fergus, Fabian...
— Fintan O'Mahony (@levdavidovic) August 5, 2013
@GuardianUS @jamesrbuk @Icess ha agreed, makes a nice change from 'Charolétta'/'Shaupet' pic.twitter.com/FMYDGMGZap
— Charlotte Lytton (@charlottelytton) August 5, 2013
@damomac @Icess love from cáit/kawtch/cotch/coach/coytsssh/quatch.
— Cáit (@raptureponies) August 5, 2013
@jamesrbuk @GuardianUS @Icess I got 'Smarlo' instead of Charlotte last week, and that's not even the worst one! pic.twitter.com/TVNtzQ2z9q
— Charlotte Lytton (@charlottelytton) August 5, 2013
@mandyresh @Icess so right. You wouldn't think Courtney's a hard name, but apparently the Starbucks staff prefer me as 'Cunty' or 'Rome'
— Courtney Goes (@courtgoes) August 5, 2013
How badly has Starbucks mangled your name? I once got "Scillig." Submit your pic: https://t.co/1LYVhgHC6w via @GuardianUS
— cecilia marie dobbs (@ceciliamarie) August 7, 2013
@ceciliamarie @GuardianUS got this once when I told them Will. Not sure how Will and Byook sound similar pic.twitter.com/blmFvScuem
— Trewhitt (@TrewhittTweets) August 7, 2013
Here are some submissions from GuardianWitness:
The quest for "Heema"
My name is Ibraheem Youssef, in Arabic my nickname is Heema. A name which I decided to use at Starbucks when ordering drinks, thinking it would be easier on the baristas writing it. Boy was I wrong. This what Baristas mainly in Boston and also across the world wrote when I said "Heema".
Georgie = Morgel?
Morgel has genuinely become my evil alter-ego. My friends joke that Morgel shall be unleashed when I'm angry (like the Hulk, but less green). To Morgel is also now a verb.
Alex = Allen? Oh, and I'm a woman.
My name is Alex. And I'm female. The barista was looking at me when writing my name on the cup, yet took me as an "Allen."
Dalek? Darek? Perhaps they know I watch Doctor Who.
Hot chocolate bought from a branch in Dublin. I'm not sure how an 'n' became a 'k'.
