When I call for food delivery, I make it a point to not spell out my name even if they beg for it. Here’s why:
Aside from saving on mobile phone airtime, I’d LOL-and-behold when I read out how they managed to spell my name on the OR. Funny tiems! Believe me, for people over the other end of the phone, the name FRITZ turns out to be a chore to spell correctly.
I present to you below samples of the purported “LOL Receipts.” These are all from restaurants because I’m a food-delivery junkie like that, despite my being the self-proclaimed great chef. The first three are from the same restaurant whose name shall be withheld to protect the innocent culprit.
Fred Entativa. Yes, close enough.
Take away the last letter of the first name and the first letter of the last name.
Meet Frit, Fred Entativa’s twin brother (refer to Exhibit A for Fred’s instance)
Another Fred, different surname
Lastly, the best of the bunch IMHO, and winning best in penmanship (drum roll please!):
Dan-da-raraaaaaaaaan-dapita! DANDAPITA!
Source is Singapore. Told you this isn’t a nationality issue!
Just like that, I’m now officially married! Yay!
First name only. Freck. LOLid gLOLd!
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31 January 2008 at 3:48 pm
“Frit Entativa” gave me the LOLz. Dun worry, Frit, whenever I order pizza from Domino*s (I used an asterisk to hied their identity), my name always comes out as either “John” or “James” or “Jade”. Apparently, “Gino” is more difficult to spell than “Fritz”.
31 January 2008 at 3:54 pm
the Dandapita entry is a hands-down winner. ^_^ good luck on future transactions.
31 January 2008 at 5:07 pm
Now imagine them all trying to spell “Magnaye”.
31 January 2008 at 5:23 pm
What? No instance of Jean-O, like ya noes, Jell-O? Beat this: during my first day at work, my boss emailed department heads to free up an hour of their scheds to give me the customary “New Employee Orientation.” I went to one and the Manager was all smiles and greeted: “Ohai! You must be Neo, welcome to teh company!” And I went all 0_o To save him face, I told him, “Sir, they usually call me Fritz, thank you.”
31 January 2008 at 5:29 pm
More take-outs then! And hopefully more boo boos XD
31 January 2008 at 5:29 pm
Then imagine them all trying to spell “Carteciano”.
31 January 2008 at 5:30 pm
Share the errors, we all need the LULZ
31 January 2008 at 5:31 pm
hahaha!!! i love the last one :D siguro magalit ka na lalo if they got your first name wrong then correct ang surname. may diperensya na talaga mga tenga ng tao dun!
try ordering in the same resto and see what will be your new name ;)
31 January 2008 at 5:42 pm
Di pa kasi gumawa ng shared database katulad ng sa McDo, di ba? Or sa yellow cab where they even tell you what you last ordered and when. Surprisingly, di ako nagagalit. I make it a point to look at the receipts first before I enjoy the food. Saya!
31 January 2008 at 7:10 pm
O hai thar Frit Dandapita sup.
31 January 2008 at 11:07 pm
Dandapita’s cool! LOL.
My gad, ba’t naman ba kasi yan ang pangalan mo. T_T
31 January 2008 at 11:32 pm
how funny naman. THe person messed up the T’s with Ds.
Nothing beats the trainee secretary who spelled out the name of my brother (David)- Secretary said “Delta, Alpha, Victory, India, Delta called up”.
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1 February 2008 at 12:25 am
What’s a “PORKO” and why does it cost 560 bucks, Fritz? If that is your real name. Dun dun dunnnn.
1 February 2008 at 9:26 am
Porko, a pizza variant, can only be bought from… NUH-UH! NO YOU DI-INT!
1 February 2008 at 9:29 am
LOL. Last time I spelled my name using that I went,
“Foxtrot, Rom…”
“can you spell the fox…”
“…”
“…”
“that’s F-R-E-D”
I always go back to being Fred :(
1 February 2008 at 9:29 am
Best. Surname. Ever! XD
1 February 2008 at 9:32 am
Take that back! My name means “heat from a thousand brimstones and fiery furnaces in winter” so it’s beautiful no matter what the spelling 0_o
1 February 2008 at 10:02 am
Haha. Fun times. Let’s have the receipts laminated and mounted on the wall. Ito ba ang latest na pinagpuyatan mo? :P
1 February 2008 at 10:10 am
Yus! Photos taken by my phone cam. Yon!
1 February 2008 at 11:00 am
ZOMG IM LOLING SO HARD IN CLASS. I thought nothing could surpass Intaviba until Dandapita. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
1 February 2008 at 11:14 am
Posts like this should also have a NSFW or NSFS (school) warning. Dandapita sounds very exotic, not? Like some royal family in a South African tribe. I love it! XD
1 February 2008 at 10:24 pm
haha! the last one is hilarious!
4 February 2008 at 9:49 am
Ganns Deen has been translated into Gangly, Guns Dy, and my personal favorite, Gandhi.
4 February 2008 at 9:57 am
That Gandhi one is GOLD! XD
4 February 2008 at 10:01 am
Sing with me: “Dandapita….donde esta santa clauuuuuuus….donde esta” Ok, now, carry on.
5 February 2008 at 8:44 pm
mr. dandapita, mahilig din ako sa porko! :)
6 February 2008 at 1:33 pm
Not as expensive as Yellow Cab but just as gratifying. Rapsa!
26 March 2008 at 1:42 am
Dandapita is winnur!
26 March 2008 at 1:47 am
My name always gets spelled as BENCH. It may seem smug of me, but I’ve developed the habit of spelling my name out whenever service people ask for it – and half of the time, they still get it wrong.
My name has been spelled as Bench, Benz (by my host in Sagada, lol), Bhenj (at starbucks) and worst of all Bhench (also at starbucks, wtf).
26 March 2008 at 2:15 am
Bestest LOLerfest ever! LOL
26 March 2008 at 2:17 am
Mayaman sila sa “H” ah. Suklian mo sa susunod. Heh!
26 March 2008 at 7:01 am
hi fritz. first time here. lol.
anyway, as for me, i see to it i always know the military alphabet or whatever substitute that can come in handy before talking to people asking my name especailly over the phone. believe me. my three-letter nickname JON is ALWAYS misspelled as JUN. or worse, it will be spelled with an “H” – JHUN, JHON, JOHN, i so hate my name being spelled with an “H”. buset.
PS. as for Starbucks ordering, i use the name FREE or LIFE when asked. then everyone in Starbucks comes into the counter when the barista shouts “one tall iced white mocha for FREE!” LOL.
26 March 2008 at 7:50 am
Cannot wait to meet Mrs. Fritz Tentatica!!
26 March 2008 at 12:14 pm
Here’s more “All Mankind,” “-tress,” “-mation,” “-ever,” and “World Peace.” I wouldn’t dare though. Thanks for droppin by!
26 March 2008 at 12:14 pm
Same here! LOLOLOLOLOL
27 March 2008 at 4:03 pm
para lang yang “konya” eh hahaha.
27 March 2008 at 6:21 pm
Konyang konya nga to men LOL
16 April 2010 at 7:40 am
i cried reading this. its nice to know i’m not the only one having problems with names… apparently valine or Ine/Aine is a chore to explain over the phone……:(