Where Everyone Knows Your Name
Okay.
I wonder how people have been ordering their coffees in the UK.
After all, we have all that name-calling (based on what they can scribble or spell on your plastic cup/mug) in Singapore for ages.
Starbucks UK seems to have caught up with the practice but are we making a mistake of substituting am erican ‘faux’ culture for friendliness?
You don’t get summoned to the serving counter by your name in a restaurant and you certainly don’t get ordered to appear by name at McDonald’s. So what makes it any more friendly in Starbucks if they shout out your name on a beverage?
Isn’t all that name calling so that they don’t make a mess of your order and to re-confirm that they had made the right beverage for you?
Are we deceiving ourselves that it’s rea lly american if everyone knows your name?
I'll think of something to say here when I know what I am doing here.
