My "Coffee Name" is Gunther

You're there, at the head of the line, ordering your coffee drink from some cashier more hip than you. Said cashier asks for your name, what should you do?

Introducing the "Coffee Name"

Your Coffee Name is the name you give to people that ask your name for the purpose of writing it on some cup, to be forgotten the moment the pen gets the cap put back on. Your Coffee Name could be your real name, but where is the fun in that? I'm starting a movement that says that your Coffee Name should be different from your real name. My current Coffee Name is Gunther. I like the way it sounds. I can't imagine a Gunther ordering a half calf skinny latte with two Sweet-N-Lows™, and so Gunther won't order that. 

Practical reasons for a Coffee Name

I work with a person who's name is very difficult. He's Finnish, so don't feel sorry for him. I noticed when we went out for coffee that he gave his name as Justin, not very far from his real name, but then, not exactly his real name. He explained that he got tired of trying to explain both how to spell and then how to pronounce his name.

Another co-worker has an exceedingly common name, every time they announce his name, he has to look around to see if someone else with his name is coming forward. He then asks the barista whether it is, in fact, his drink. That man needs a coffee name, and something really exotic. Or, he could mess me up by choosing Doug as his coffee name... damned Chai drinking hippy that he is, I can see him doing that.

Your turn!

Choose your own Coffee Name, try it out for a while, like trying on sunglasses at the store. When you tire of that name, choose a new one. You could even use different ones at different coffee houses. Heck, I think it would be fun to choose a real Poindexter name at one spot and a cool name (like Gunther) for another. Just choose something and add a little surreality to everyone's life.