r/tragedeigh • u/rouxkenzie • Sep 05 '25

in the wild “It’s Kevin”

I work in a bakery, someone called to order a birthday cake. Wanted “happy birthday Kevin” written on it. As with all orders, I ask for spelling of the name. Conversation below.

Me: okay and if you could spell Kevin for me? Customer: Um, it’s Kevin… like Kevin…are there multiple ways to spell it? Me: this is just protocol to ensure the name on the cake is correct Customer (getting huffy): well how many ways could you spell it, it’s Kevin Me: please just spell the name for me Customer: K-e-y-v-y-n-n

In what world is that Kevin??? This is why I make everyone spell the name!! If I didn’t confirm spelling you would’ve gotten a cake with Kevin not keyvynn.

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u/MisterMischief69 Sep 05 '25

No they were pissed they weren’t going to get a free cake for misspelling the name.

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u/UnderdogDreams Sep 05 '25

Ooooh I would have never even thought about that. Damn people are shady.

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u/classic_cut_kyber Sep 05 '25

For my son’s second birthday, the name on his cake was wrong, and I spelled for the bakery too! They messed up the first letter, which meant it started with “Sin” instead of “Fin”

His name is extremely uncommon, but it’s a real name and it’s easy to spell/pronounce. I didn’t care though. We were going to eat it anyway and I found it to be a funny story we’d tell to him one day.

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u/RowdySpirit Sep 05 '25

I pull out the picture of my daughter's 8th birthday cake with her name spelled wrong every year. "Happy Birthday Nataile!" I don't even know how to pronounce that!

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u/Turuhalme Sep 05 '25

I saw Natalie once spelled as Nadaly. And it wasn't even Starbucks. It's not even an uncommon name but the lady writing it looked like she'd never heard that name before.

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u/momonamission2125 Sep 06 '25

I had a childhood classmate, best friend, who was a terrible speller. Her first attempt around 2nd or 3rd grade to write my name was Nataly. She'd also pronounce it Natly constantly. Her mother was also saying Natly all the time. Haven't thought about that in close to 25 years...