Call me Brad Pitt

Every time i'd like to have a cup of coffee, i always choose a rather small coffee shop. Not because of supporting a small business but usually they can make a good coffee and sometimes less queue.

Normally if you'd like a coffee in a take away cup, first you go to the counter, order a coffee then she or he will ask how many sugar in your coffee before writing down your name on the cup. Once they're ready a person whose job is pouring the milk will give the coffee by calling up (rather loudly) their names which are written on the cup. "JIM, COFFEE LATTE WITH SKIM MILK". Or JANE, SOY DECAF LATTE WEAK WITH SKIM MILK AND EXTRA FROTH ON THE SIDE".

The worse thing if the person does not have a common Anglo name such as Kate, James, Rob, Cathy, Fiona, Bill, Ben and so on. Say, he or she has a German or Albanian names. More likely the milk pourer will lower her/his voice and half-whisper: is it ujh4%Jh#@(*? My name is never called right even though i spell it out for them. A friend of mine who is German has experienced the same thing. Her name, Antje is always misspelled.

Now i always use an anglo saxon name and sometimes use celebs names as well.

The cafe person: "What would you like?"

Me: "Latte, regular and two sugar please"

The cafe person: "Your name?"

Me: "Brad Pitt. If i use my real name you would find it hard to pronounce it and it will be embarrassing, won't it"

The cafe person: "????"