Starbucks’ Bad Spelling Moves Beyond Coffee Cups

Posted on September 3, 2018 | 30 Comments

These 3 misspellings in 8 words at the Post Road location could be a world record.

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30 responses to “Starbucks’ Bad Spelling Moves Beyond Coffee Cups”

  1. Adrian Little | September 3, 2018 at 10:08 am |

    My, is that an analogue chalk board??
    No spell check app installed, thus the problems!

  2. Rich Stein | September 3, 2018 at 10:10 am |

    The apocalypse is definitely upon us… the people at the gym are running a close second to this

  3. Gil Ghitelman | September 3, 2018 at 10:22 am |

    The times they are a changin.. You no longer have to be a Ph.d candidate or a failed Jeopardy! contestant to work there. I bet Trump might even qualify.

    • Ken Runkel | September 3, 2018 at 12:15 pm |

      No. Trump doesn’t qualify for anything — at least that we can post here!

    • Bob Stalling | September 3, 2018 at 5:53 pm |

      Perhaps English is not their first language…and the people joking about this can now assign labels to themselves….you know, anti immigrant, xenophobe and so forth….and then they can bring up Trump’s name to mask their guilt while exposing their own hypocrisy.
      Perhaps.

  4. Claudia P Shaum | September 3, 2018 at 10:28 am |

    Wow. On the positive side, at least the handwriting is neat! 🙂

  5. Richard Marcus | September 3, 2018 at 10:53 am |

    They should have bought the more expensive chalk with the built-in spell checker!

  6. Bonnie Scott Connolly | September 3, 2018 at 10:55 am |

    But they got the free advertising they may have been seeking.

  7. Jessica Bram | September 3, 2018 at 10:57 am |

    And at least they didn’t spell it incontinence. You know how important those Starbucks restrooms are.

  8. Mary Maynard | September 3, 2018 at 11:31 am |

    I hope this is a result of being a new-comer. Keep on trying! And welcome. to our shores. mmm

  9. Jill Turner Odice | September 3, 2018 at 11:56 am |

    I agree with Bonnie. Look at the attention it is getting 🙂

  10. Peter Hirst | September 3, 2018 at 12:39 pm |

    Four misspellings if you include the headline of the story.

    • Pat Porio | September 4, 2018 at 4:53 pm |

      ??

      • Peter Hirst | September 5, 2018 at 10:15 pm |

        “Starbucks” can be read either as a singular possessive with a missing apostrophe, or as a simple singular noun that happens to end in “s”. In either case “Starbucks’ “, in this context a possessive , is incorrect.

  11. Jalna Jaeger | September 3, 2018 at 1:45 pm |

    I am terrible at spelling, and use a dictionary!

  12. Michelle Benner | September 3, 2018 at 1:45 pm |

    Woah. ESL?

  13. John F. Suggs | September 3, 2018 at 2:43 pm |

    Whenever I come across a poor speller like this person my first instinct, rather then assume they are ignorant and target their mistake for ridicule and laughter (which, unfortunately, appears to be the underlying point behind this specific blog Dan) is to give them the benefit of the doubt and politely (and privately) suggest that perhaps they might consider getting tested for the possibility of a learning disorder like dyslexia. It never ceases to amaze me the number of times I have encountered adults in our society who suffer from undiagnosed learning disabilities.

    Consider also that functional illiteracy impacts a sizable number of people in our society. (That is actually the reason why Fast Food restaurants like McDonalds prominently use pictures of the food on their menus. Customers can simply point to the pictures when they order.).

    Not to be a wet blanket but perhaps, Dan, you might consider in the future skipping joke posts like this one since we really have no idea if it was an honest mistake (ha ha) or an indicator of something more serious like a learning disability.

    • Dan Woog | September 3, 2018 at 6:12 pm |

      I get it, John. But this is a business. If the manager is on the ball, he or she would 1) not assign someone with a learning disability to this task, and/or 2) look at the sign before it was posted publicly. This is not brain surgery — it’s corporate messaging and branding.

      • Pat Porio | September 4, 2018 at 4:51 pm |

        I agree with you, Dan. This is a business. Supervision is necessary.

      • Eric William Buchroeder SHS '70 | September 5, 2018 at 8:55 am |

        As much as I typically agree with you Dan, I think this is nitpicking. IMO it adds a human touch to a company that thinks it can do no wrong. I tell you what – let’s call out every spelling error we see in Wspt over the next 90 days. I remember Marue English’s class at SHS ’69 listening to her opine that correctness in spelling was a restraint on student creativity. I wonder if there have ever been a spelling error on a parking ticket written by WPD. Now that would be appropriate for Colin Kaepernick’s involvement. But he’d have to join the police force 1st. Party on Garth!!

  14. Jack Krayson | September 3, 2018 at 3:42 pm |

    Drive Thru closed Thursday

  15. A. Pava | September 3, 2018 at 5:09 pm |

    Well said John F. Suggs, I can only imagine how this individual would feel if they knew they were being ridiculed after trying their best.

    • Kate Frascella | September 3, 2018 at 5:27 pm |

      I couldn’t agree more. As a mom of a special needs child with dyslexia, this is an insensitive jab. This post will remind me to reinforce an important lesson to my kids as they become more exposed to social media and the responsibilities and consequences that come along with it- think before you post.

  16. Eric William Buchroeder SHS '70 | September 3, 2018 at 5:21 pm |

    Time to shut down all locations for a 1/2 day of spelling sensitivity training.

  17. Audrey Doniger | September 3, 2018 at 5:44 pm |

    Just a tad dyslexic…many a great person had this condition and actually I find it quite charming….

  18. Bonnie Scott Connolly | September 3, 2018 at 7:19 pm |

    I think it is a joke. My niece in California (Phoebe) says when she orders her coffee the employees at Starbucks have a competition to spell people’s name on their cup as wrong as they can (Feebee). Maybe the sign is the same thing, just a joke.

  19. Seth Goltzer | September 3, 2018 at 9:48 pm |

    Must be a Yale English Major!

  20. Cathy Vogel | September 4, 2018 at 9:47 am |

    I was appalled and deeply saddened at the posting of this sign. I sincerely hope nobody brought it to his or her attention.

    • Elaine Marino | September 4, 2018 at 7:43 pm |

      Are you saying that the manager of Starbucks should not discuss the mistakes displayed on a sign that was intended to be viewed by the public?

      If this were your business, wouldn’t you want to point out the employee’s mistakes, and provide solutions to ensure that the mistakes are not repeated? It would be in the company’s best interest and the employee’s best interest to do so, in my view.
      .

  21. Eric William Buchroeder SHS '70 | September 5, 2018 at 9:04 am |

    I love Westport’s bipolarity. Better to be spelling correct than politically correct. Evidently that’s the new cause celebre.