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Starbucks Names

Starbuck’s Alter Ego: Awn

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 17 June 2013 6:37 AM

We haven’t had a good Starbucks Alter Ego for awhile, but then a woman named (not-my-wife) Dawn dropped us a line.

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Starbucks Alter Ego: “Yogom”

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 11 March 2013 6:03 AM

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from a man named Johan. He writes: “Whenever I think there couldn’t possibly be any more variations of ‘Johan’ out there, the baristas prove me wrong!” Here’s his moniker from this morning.

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Starbucks Alter Ego: “Auntie Goney”

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 25 February 2013 9:13 AM

After a bit of a dry spell, we received this gem from a reader named Antigoni. Amazing.

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VIDEO: Starbucks Alter Egos at Home

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 1 February 2013 7:43 AM

SNL took our Starbucks Alter Egos to a new level in a very funny skit last weekend. Check out the Verismo, an at-home coffee machine that replicates, down to the customer service, a trip to Starbucks.

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Starbucks Alter Ego: “Aria?”

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 19 November 2012 9:23 AM

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from Iris, who gives her barista “points for trying.”

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Starbucks Alter Ego: J&AM

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 1 November 2012 9:11 AM

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from Johanna. She writes that usually her name gets butchered, “but one Starbucks near my office gets it right every time. Today stopped at a different one and got a very unique new moniker… so far my friends have thought the second ‘letter’ is either a Mercedes logo, an ampersand or a crude, kind of obscene drawing.”

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Starbucks Alter Ego: “Animal”

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 12 October 2012 7:26 AM

Today’s Starbcks Alter Ego comes from a man named Anibal. He writes on Twitter: Actually, I’m surprised it has taken this long. Maybe they just saw my inner muppet.

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Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego: Pat’s Wife, “John”

Written by Pat's Papers | Wednesday, 19 September 2012 8:50 AM

I met the woman I married in college. And until yesterday, I always thought her name was Dawn. Until she dropped into Starbucks yesterday.

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Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego: “Elizabeth’s Friend”

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 6 September 2012 8:25 AM

Today’s Alter Ego comes from Samantha. She writes: “At the Starbucks downstairs from my office, they seem to remember all of the regulars’ names except mine. That was made clear to me yesterday when my co-worker Elizabeth and I went down for an afternoon coffee break.”

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Starbucks Alter Ego: “Jennirob”

Written by Pat's Papers | Wednesday, 8 August 2012 8:35 AM

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from Jen. She writes: “Just went to get my tall skinny soy caramel frap ...the barrista didn’t even know what it said. Luckily she believed it was close enough to Jennifer (my name, that was clearly given at time of order) that I was able to collect my afternoon caffeine fix.” Whew.

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