He’s not lying. Someone has to transfer. Same question came up at my store.

My SM even explained that the one time he let it slide it almost immediately became a problem.

Actually, during the time of COVID, people living together have to work at the same starbucks (so they don't knock out two Starbucks with one diagnosis), so we have shifts engaged to baristas and so forth. Maybe the protocol has changed due to covid.

I literally just got promoted to shift too, congrats! Funny I’m seeing your post as I was just talking to my manger during my shift interview about favoritism that could happen in any romantic relationship at work. Her way of looking at it was if you’re baristas that’s one thing and she wouldn’t care. At differing levels that could complicate things and she said she would have to transfer one of the employees.