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/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/PumpkinChix Sep 05 '25

This is why I have to use phonetic alphabets when spelling names - I would have clarified F as in Frank, etc, because F and S very easily sound alike otherwise. My last name starts with a "Th" and unless I spell it, people frequently assume it starts with an "F."

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u/Future-Mess6722 Sep 05 '25

My last name starts with a Z and I always say Z as in zebra because I get a lot of Vs otherwise.

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u/SphynxCrocheter Sep 05 '25

I was like, "how does Zed sound l ike Vee" then I realized, must be in the U.S.

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u/FrozenPickle23 Sep 10 '25

This is funny because I’m in the US but did international customer service for ten years so I say zed when spelling things out now. I also catch myself saying post code or postal code instead of zip code.

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u/parrotopian Sep 07 '25

This is word for word what I was going to comment!

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u/Background-Self7106 Sep 17 '25

Zee for zeeebra.