So I’ve been a barista since October of 2020, starting out working at a kiosk inside of a Ralph’s. I learned how to make all the drinks at that kiosk. So when I transferred to a Starbucks store, the whole part of learning drinks was skipped over, as I already knew them all. My sequencing sucked, but I knew how to make them. I was trained in a cafe and then sent to work at a drive-thru. I never hated window, I just got burnt out working it after doing nothing but window for my entire shift five days in a row. As someone with ADHD and a back problem exacerbated by hours of standing in one spot, I told the SSV that if I was put in window again, I would jump through it. I wanted to learn how to work other positions so I could be that strong warmer or fast bar person or quick CS. When I would ask, I would be denounced as too slow, and be placed on window again. Being sent to window became an insult. The sentence “can you go to window” got turned into “you’re too stupid and slow to do anything else” in my anxiety riddled brain, and I would struggle to hold back tears as I forced myself to sound happy for customers waiting for their orders. I understand that sh*t roles downhill and SSVs are being chewed out about window times and customer connections, but how else are new people supposed to grow and learn and expand their capabilities if you never let them work different positions? Sorry about my mini rant.