Here's a couple articles about baristas in the same position. It's ridiculous.

https://www.mashed.com/981579/the-viral-tiktok-that-allegedly-got-a-barista-fired/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/starbucks-fired-college-student-viral-tiktok-customers

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So how is it justifiable to fire a long term, exceptional employee over one tiktok video when you never address the seriousness, or the fact it's actually in the handbook? Is it in the handbook? You don't address it in meetings, alllll the many meetings? You don't emphasize it in the handbook? You don't acknowledge your serious take on social media posts, yet fire with investigation instead of providing a warning? Even if you never said anything in actual words, in your social media video/post? Is this really starbucks approach? It's unsettling and unfounded and I'm sure it's happening everywhere without really addressing the issue in the first place, an obvious SERIOUS issue in their eyes? I'll never buy another Starbucks drink as long as this continues. Not that it matters. It's ok for dudes to sit in their Prescott Valley Arizona lobby watching porn, they refuse to do anything about it, but you'll fire a long term employee over a tiktok video expressing angst towards the customers who are enabled DAILY to treat their local coffee shop employees like garbage/servants/women&kids doing what they're "supposed to"/you are below me so I can treat you how I want #ustoo....maybe that should be a closely related me too movement for all those in the service industry forced to take the abuse and never speak out. Good job #Starbucks you are not the outstanding company you try to portray yourselves to be