yesterday I worked a 7.5 hour shift and spent the first half on bar without an opportunity to get off of it (fine by me, I like bar), but it was buuuuusy so ofc after several peaks in a row I was beat but still, in a good mood. I had a napkin to throw away but noticed all the trash bins had been emptied on the espresso and cold bars, and had to walk all the way over to brewing to throw it away, and wanted to ask whoever was taking out trashes to do it one by one next time (empty, bag, repeat) so that whoever is on bar doesn't have to walk to a completely different station, especially when it gets busy, because it eats away time. But because I was tired and not sure who was doing what, and also have autism (yay missed social cues and being read completely wrong!), I phrased it as and said flatly, while confused, "who did this?" over the headset, and my ssv took offense to it because "I didn't need the attitude" (there was no attitude). when I tried to explain my reasoning to her, she kept interrupting me with things like "just use a different bin" and "I know what I'm doing". then she said "don't tell me how to do my job", and I was baffled because 1. that's not my intent at all, I'm trying to help you help me do my job, and 2. this is about!!!! garbage bins!!!!!!! it is not a personal attack on you!!!!! I stopped what I was doing, went straight back to the backroom, and told my SM what was going on, and she started an investigation.

before I left (sm was long gone at that point) I sat in the back for a bit to paint some rocks for kindness week and I overheard my ssv talking about me to our coworkers on the headset (I put mine away), so I stayed quiet and texted the sm to let them know what my ssv was doing. I normally wouldn't care what was being said about me, or that people are talking about me in the first place, but I don't deserve to have my supervisor trash talk me and attempt to smear my personal integrity when I didn't do anything wrong beyond simply phrasing something poorly because I was not "masking" (autism word, look it up) well enough. it'd be one thing if I fucked up, which I have in the past so yeah, sometimes it's warranted and I can take the L, but I genuinely don't think I was in the wrong here. so ofc today we were pulled aside individually as part of the "investigation" and people are mad that I brought the sm into it even though that is exactly what I'm supposed to do and I genuinely, again, felt like I was being disrespected and did not like how my ssv went from 0 to 100 in assuming my "attitude" or intent. I have a feeling my sm is going to use this as a reason to write me up or fire me, since I'm already not palatable enough to her liking or for the starbucks brand (i.e. i look angry/have RBF when on bar because I'm focused and thinking and she'll tell me to smile), but I'm also disappointed in my coworkers for thinking I'd purposely start shit with my ssv when I'm not only fighting my own insurance to cover top surgery (where are my trans baristas at!!!), but need this job in order to care for my boyfriend who has cancer and is starting chemo/radiation in two weeks. again, not sure what to do and stressed that everything I'm working towards could be stripped because my ssv decided to pick a fight with me. any help would be great