National Gregg Wallace Day

There's a difference between getting angry when someone gets your name wrong (which can happen for a multitude of reasons and is probably not worth getting worked up over) and being told that you're the prick when you correct them.

I'm pretty used to getting my name misspelled by people, Russell isn't exactly massively obscure but it's not the most common either and people often get confused over how many s's or l's to include.

Best one I've had so far was from someone in Starbucks:



'Rustel'? WTF?

Jenuall wrote:I'm pretty used to getting my name misspelled by people, Russell isn't exactly massively obscure but it's not the most common either and people often get confused over how many s's or l's to include.

Best one I've had so far was from someone in Starbucks:



'Rustel'? WTF?

Aaaaaaaaaaactshaaallllllyyyyyy

I'm sure you know that's deliberate

Victor Mildew wrote:

Jenuall wrote:I'm pretty used to getting my name misspelled by people, Russell isn't exactly massively obscure but it's not the most common either and people often get confused over how many s's or l's to include.

Best one I've had so far was from someone in Starbucks:



'Rustel'? WTF?

Aaaaaaaaaaactshaaallllllyyyyyy

I'm sure you know that's deliberate

If it was rustle I could get behind it being deliberate as of course I've been subjected to that hilarity many times over the years, but rustel? What the strawberry float would that be a reference to?

Jesus, Limmy's got one hell of a chip on his shoulder, hasn't he?

Jenuall wrote:If it was rustle I could get behind it being deliberate as of course I've been subjected to that hilarity many times over the years, but rustel? What the strawberry float would that be a reference to?

I'm convinced they just do it for a giggle.

Jenuall wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:

Jenuall wrote:I'm pretty used to getting my name misspelled by people, Russell isn't exactly massively obscure but it's not the most common either and people often get confused over how many s's or l's to include.

Best one I've had so far was from someone in Starbucks:



'Rustel'? WTF?

Aaaaaaaaaaactshaaallllllyyyyyy

I'm sure you know that's deliberate

If it was rustle I could get behind it being deliberate as of course I've been subjected to that hilarity many times over the years, but rustel? What the strawberry float would that be a reference to?

There's a theory Starbucks deliberately spell your name wrong so you take a photo and post it online granting them free advertising.

Which to be fair, you just did.

I don't know if this is confirmed or not though.

^ it's that. The name has been mentioned and a photo has been shared. It's genius really.

Skarjo wrote:There's a difference between getting angry when someone gets your name wrong (which can happen for a multitude of reasons and is probably not worth getting worked up over) and being told that you're the prick when you correct them.

strawberry floating hell Kilven, calm down.

Skarjo wrote:There's a difference between getting angry when someone gets your name wrong (which can happen for a multitude of reasons and is probably not worth getting worked up over) and being told that you're the prick when you correct them.

true

Not gonna lie, Kilven actually sounds pretty cool.

Victor Mildew wrote:^ it's that. The name has been mentioned and a photo has been shared. It's genius really.

Hey guys where shall we go for a drink?

How about that place that does gooseberry fool coffee and spells people's names wrong, I heard about it on Instagram!


There's definitely better ways to promote yourself!

Starbucks?

Never heard of it.

Albear wrote:Starbucks?

Never heard of it.

Was played by Faceman until a woman took over. #starbuckhasapenis

Jenuall wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:^ it's that. The name has been mentioned and a photo has been shared. It's genius really.

Hey guys where shall we go for a drink?

How about that place that does gooseberry fool coffee and spells people's names wrong, I heard about it on Instagram!


There's definitely better ways to promote yourself!

Most of advertising is simply trying to get noticed, which it does very well!

Rocsteady wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:^ it's that. The name has been mentioned and a photo has been shared. It's genius really.

Hey guys where shall we go for a drink?

How about that place that does gooseberry fool coffee and spells people's names wrong, I heard about it on Instagram!


There's definitely better ways to promote yourself!

Most of advertising is simply trying to get noticed, which it does very well!

'No such thing as bad publicity' is such as nonsense concept though. Not necessarily saying this particular example does more harm than good mind you.

Also I think there are far more innocent answers to the question of why they misspell names. Stupidity, mishearing, uncommon names, being tired or in a rush etc.

Jenuall wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:^ it's that. The name has been mentioned and a photo has been shared. It's genius really.

Hey guys where shall we go for a drink?

How about that place that does gooseberry fool coffee and spells people's names wrong, I heard about it on Instagram!


There's definitely better ways to promote yourself!

Most of advertising is simply trying to get noticed, which it does very well!

'No such thing as bad publicity' is such as nonsense concept though. Not necessarily saying this particular example does more harm than good mind you.

Also I think there are far more innocent answers to the question of why they misspell names. Stupidity, mishearing, uncommon names, being tired or in a rush etc.

Yeah, alright Rustel.

Jimmies: Rusteled

Has this been cancelled now, then?

KK wrote:Has this been cancelled now, then?

Too busy playing Total War mate.

Choclet-Santa wrote:Jimmies: Rusteled