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I agree on the "death by thousand cuts that people with foreign names experience in the US" It reminds me of the meme that reads:

"You speak English because is the only language you know. I speak English because is the only language you know. We are not the same".

Why Starubucks insist on asking for my name just to mangle it in the cup for posterity?

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My name is a totally bog standard American name and Starbucks or whoever cannot get it right if I just say it. I have internalized this now so I always say my name followed by spelling it (fortunately, it's very short). I think it's an important bit of context that even if your name is something like "Karen" or whatever, they will mishear it and misspell it as "Cathrine". It's not a unique microaggression imposed on people with names that are uncommon in the US.

Seconding this experience.

My first name is "Ricky" and I very frequently have to correct people (mainly in drive throughs and over the phone) who repeat back to me "Britney" or "Nicky".

Very possible I just suck at enunciating my name and no one has had the heart to tell me all these years.

> Why Starubucks insist on asking for my name just to mangle it in the cup for posterity?

I have an English nickname just for when I go to Starbucks abroad. It's much easier that way.

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