Flat white lie: why people use an alias to order coffee

reporter.anu.edu.au

To be honest, I just do it for the fun of it.

Nothing better than the confused kid shouting "O'Daddy" across the room. Closely followed up by "Ileak" in 2nd place.

I don't know of any other coffee shop besides Starbucks that uses your name as part of the order.

Lots of cafes in San Francisco do that. I use my middle name bc my first name is too common.

Also when I was in college we used to use a friend's last name on restaurant waitlists. Her name was very unusual and it was funny amongst those of us who knew her.

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