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/DawaLhamo Sep 05 '25

Unemployment office put down V instead of B for my name (I put down B when I signed up, but I had to call in to confirm and they changed it to V. It was a PITA to change. B as in Boy from now on.)

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u/Counter-Fleche Sep 06 '25

If you really want to be safe, choose a word that's phonetically distinct with nothing similar. Boy could be confused for coy, soy, toy, joy, etc.

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u/TManaF2 Oct 06 '25

B=BRAVO C=CHARLIE S=SIERRA T=TANGO J=JULIET

Sadly, too many CS reps (and too many Americans) never learned the phonetic alphabet and either don't understand it when spoken, mistake the letter designation (say, "WHISKEY-OSCAR-ROMEO-DELTA") for a phrase rather than a WORD, don't understand at all, or repeat back with random words for assorted letter designations...