Is it bad to let my bike sit outside all shift at work?

Your bike will be fine parked outside for one shift at a time. A 2022 Street Triple has modern clearcoat over the plastics and frame bits, so UV fading is a years-long process, not something that happens over a summer. The sprinkler thing sounds worse than it is too. Rain hits these bikes all the time, they're built for it. Water sitting in crevices overnight can leave spots and eventually gets into connectors if it's constant, but a nightly misting plus riding home (which dries everything off with airflow) is not a recipe for problems. If you're worried, a shot of water dispersant on the connectors and switchgear once a month covers you.

On the cover question, the mixed advice is real. A cover on a warm engine traps heat and moisture and can leave marks on the fairings or tank where it sits wet. A cover on a cold bike in an open lot also flaps around in wind and rubs the paint, and on gravel it picks up dust that acts like sandpaper. My honest take: skip the daily cover. Bare in sun and light water for 9 hours, five days a week, is fine. Give it a proper wash every couple weeks so nothing bakes on, keep the chain lubed, and check that the sprinklers aren't hitting it hard enough to force water past the ignition or exhaust tip. If they are, just angle the bike differently when you park. Free fix. The one thing I'd actually care about in an open gravel lot is people. Chain link fence or not, a Striple RS is a target for hands and occasionally worse. A cheap disc lock in the front rotor, parked in whatever corner has the most foot traffic or camera coverage, that's the real protection here.

And no, the therapy commute thing isn't just you. I've taken jobs partly because the ride there was good. Twenty minutes each way is exactly long enough to clear your head and short enough that the gear hassle never gets old.

Can't speak to the parking side much but the therapy commute thing is dead on for me. I had a gig a few years back I hated and the ride home was literally the line where the work day ended. By the time I rolled into the driveway the job was out of my head. Sitting in the car same route? Still stewing about it at dinner.

One small thing since you're on gravel, that dust gets everywhere. Keep an eye on your chain, gritty dust plus lube makes a paste that eats o-rings faster than you'd think. Quick brush midweek won't hurt.

One thing on the gravel that I haven't seen raised yet is the sidestand. Mine slowly sinks into loose gravel over a full shift, and by quitting time the bike is leaning at an angle that makes me wince. A little flat plate or even a flattened drinks can under the stand foot keeps the bike upright and takes the load off the stand tip. Also, direct sun on a dark seat all day means sitting on a hot plate at 5pm, which is a quality of life issue nobody warns you about until it happens.