It really could depend on store/district. Yes, one occurrence doesn’t really work to fire someone, but if you go after someone with a write up on every single little non-standard thing they do wrong, I’m sure building a paper trail isn’t hard. I’ve heard some people say Partner Resources sometimes does nothing in these situations and they’re just a pretend HR, so who honestly knows if the “It’s hard to get fired from Starbucks” is only applicable to stores/districts where management isn’t a bunch of assholes.

nothing is black and white, it’s extremely possible and has happened a ton. once you understand that life gets easier i promise

This person might be from my old store. We had unionized earlier this year and since then management changed, and fired everyone on the union committee illegally, myself included. Everyone got write-ups for one or two occasions of showing up late (all less that 5-15 min) or used union related activities as "disruptions" to the store. They fired our previous SM for coaching they did for him over 5 years ago and only acted on it when we announced unionizing