University professor throws fit over ordering coffee at Starbucks

A “victim” in search of a victimizer. What is wrong with people?

Just use a name that clearly can't be mistaken for anything else, like 'Jason'.

When I first moved to DC and hadn't yet gotten used to AAVE I didn't understand the question and answered "no thanks".

My coffee came with "Man" as the name. I thought it was hilarious.

I don't know if my name has ever been spelled right when ordering, so I'm used to it and understand that people just can't get it right.

That said, Greg, Steve the Addict, and some of the other regulars here are message board parasites and continue to reaffirm that opinion with each post.

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""""""--^' wrote:

A micro aggression would be purposely spelling it wrong. Accidental incorrect spelling is not a micro aggression. A micro aggression is a calculated slight and is typically a cowardly move because if called out, they will lie and say it's being misinterpreted --which is the lie used to cover by the aggressor if called out by the victim of the micro aggression. It is the figurative cheap shot of this generation, a sucker punch.

Given the level of education in this country, there's going to be a lot of this going on.

And hey, its hard to write someone's name on a cup when Starbucks is the best you can do.

Methinks this guy is a tool.

He can certainly go elsewhere, I don't think highly of Starbucks, but the women in the household have a daily habit.

Best case scenario, they write it phonetically. Ew-Baa-Kaa. (Best guess) hmm that would also suck...

Mobile order.. drive thru.. elsewhere..

Although.. i complained about a pizza and it took two months to receive a gift card and and it was 6

$6 less than what the pizza cost.

So i could see him being upset if he was a regular and they regularly butchered the name. But i really want to hear what they said instead.. guessing U-Faka

The real headline: Unemployed Canadian throws a fit about something on Twitter

hamsters wrote:

Just use a name that clearly can't be mistaken for anything else, like 'Jason'.

"JSON? Oh, you must work in IT. Last week we had another IT guy who called himself HTML. I didn't know how to spell that, and it made him very angry."

Greg wrote:

Apparently he has a shirt that reads

'decolonize the English language'

https://twitter.com/UbakaOgbogu/status/1392266186230886402?s=20

How about a shirt that reads

'My name is Ubaka'

simple solution wrote:

Simple solution to this "problem": just say a number when they ask your name.

Employee: "Name for your order, please?"

Entitled fragile D-bag: "57"

There you go. Now you personally have a number instead of your name associated with your drink, just like you wanted.

...and then you get the coffee, and you see that they wrote "Feeftiseven" on it.

Greg wrote:

Seems to have very high level of self importance.

A bit like you, Mr. Millionaire Mayor 3:07 Marathoner Screenwriter Zawaski?

dlk wrote:

Greg wrote:

Seems to have very high level of self importance.

A bit like you, Mr. Millionaire Mayor 3:07 Marathoner Screenwriter Zawaski?

I'm a very humble person.

I don't know why this thread was bumped.. I think someone just wanted to bump a thread I'd started for no reason.

Greg wrote:

dlk wrote:

A bit like you, Mr. Millionaire Mayor 3:07 Marathoner Screenwriter Zawaski?

I'm a very humble person.

I don't know why this thread was bumped.. I think someone just wanted to bump a thread I'd started for no reason.

You don't come across as humble.

dlk wrote:

Greg wrote:

I'm a very humble person.

I don't know why this thread was bumped.. I think someone just wanted to bump a thread I'd started for no reason.

You don't come across as humble.

I don't think I'm any better than you.

Using the app would solve the problem.

I'm a guy whose name has a typical boy's spelling and a typical girl's spelling (like Tony/Toni Jerry/Jeri, etc.). People at places like Starbucks are always misspelling it in the girl's way or just misspelling it in a bizarre way, because most people can't spell even common names or common English words. It's not a "microagression" and no one is "misgendering" me, just ignorance.

As the expression goes, never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by ignorance.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Using the app would solve the problem.

The voice of White Supremacy: If I'm doing something that harms you, YOU should change what YOU are doing to accommodate MY aggression.

simple solution wrote:

Simple solution to this "problem": just say a number when they ask your name.

Employee: "Name for your order, please?"

Entitled fragile D-bag: "57"

There you go. Now you personally have a number instead of your name associated with your drink, just like you wanted.

Any reason you picked 57? Is that a Heinz 57 slam because you are racist?

Doesn’t take much for people to find a way to feel victimized? Guess they have nothing better to do.