From experience, I'd just do what you are comfortable with and if going by the standard makes you comfortable then I'd do that ! Do be afraid to stand up to that SSV that you're comfortable with the standard and you don't want to cut corners.

Literal mood, you literally can't win with these people.

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That's what Starbucks is like. I've been told contradictory instructions countless times. You learn the preferences of your different shift supervisors, and you learn to use your best judgment.

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This whole company is getting upsetti spaghetti it feels like 🤡

I quit over this i am not ruining my body for that shit.

Just as expected from a company of inconsistencies.
Figure out your shit and stick to it, Starbucks.

So the way I've seen it done is druing peak hours and when we have extra people things are usually to standard but as a closer I don't mind when things get shortened a bit.

Unfortunately there are, in effect, different types of rules, especially with a company like Starbucks.

Following standard is a rule for example but so are time constraints, whether those constraints be window times or getting these tasks done by a certain time etc. Different stores and different supervisors will have different focuses, because some of these rules like drink quality and window times are explicitly contradictory, but that can be really difficult for baristas. I usually try to let people do their own thing as much as possible because having to follow different sets of rules when different people are there is hard but that’s just me.