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Finally, BBQ Pitmasters Gets It Right
I have always wondered why people have problems saying the drink names at Starbucks. I'm not just speaking
about the sizes, Tall, Grande and Venti, either. I'm talking about words like "latte." I notice men actually
mispronounce the words on purpose. They will plaster a big grin on their face and, sarcastically, say something like
"I'll have a 'grand kap-po-see-no.'" I kid you not - and when you come into a Starbucks every single
morning, you will learn, at some point, the proper pronunciation of the names. How hard is it to
say 'grahn-day,' really.
I generally chalked it up to some sort of testosterone-based insecurity because women almost never do this; the fear of saying a word incorrectly by chance was so great that these men preferred to grossly mispronounce the words on purpose. The question is: why be insecure?
For years, companies like Starbucks have been asking customers for their name.
Using a name - as opposed to a generic “sir”, “ma’am” or “miss” - gives the
cafe a sense of familiarity, as well as providing a convenient way to match customers with their orders. I find this to
be a good system and would rather have my name called out by a barista than have to match a number on a receipt to my
order or try to explain to an angry looking octogenarian that my caramel macchiato is not the same as her black coffee.
Incidentally, the latter happens quite a lot, since the people who want to fight over drinks are the same people who
hate to give their names to the baristas. Needless paranoia, since your first name is not generally considered to be
classified information. 
