Dear Fellow Library Patron, The Seattle Public Library owns a single copy of the book I want to read, and I'm at the top of the holds list. You have it checked out. It was due on March 8th. I... Continue reading

"Are you on Facebook?" is the new "Let's do lunch!" You'll never hear from them again. Of course, now I've deleted my Facebook account, so I don't even exist. I should have written this peeve months ago. Continue reading

Dear Co-worker, As I sit here, working from home and trying to meet a deadline, I'd like to thank you for sharing your germs with me. Were I not mentally sluggish and unable to breathe, I'd probably already be done... Continue reading

I was mostly referring to the superbly successful business empire and the ridiculous international influence, not my yo-yoing weight. Seriously, fatty, pull it together. Continue reading

I work from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM, Sunday through Thursday. I get home around midnight, and am usually in bed shortly after. I wake up at 8:00 AM. I am single and childless. I bring my dog to work,... Continue reading

Every story about the high unemployment rate makes me a teensier bit more insane. I believe the number of open SDE positions with my employer numbers roughly 18 bajillion. I have eighteen projects on my wish list that desperately need... Continue reading

The art of conversation is dead. I'm socially adept, have done a fair bit of sales and networking types of job, and can pretty much talk with anybody about anything for at an hour. I thought I was normal. Clearly,... Continue reading

Dear Co-Worker #1, Please just shut up and work! How can you be the only member of our team who isn't swamped with work? How do you have time to stop by my desk multiple times EVERY DAY and tell... Continue reading

This has been a week full of things that haven't worked properly: A. The full-size monitor that I attach my laptop to at work is still functional but apparently it and my laptop are no longer on speaking terms. This... Continue reading

I have a great job, but I have to work a 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM shift. That's not the peeve. I go into the bathroom to start getting ready for work and this is what I see: greasy, disheveled... Continue reading

There's a lot of pretension around coffee here in Seattle. The cultural elite are the sausage-pants-wearing, crap-band-member, baristas that swarm every dirty nook and cranny looking for the cheapest price for PBR tallboys. But we're total crap when it comes... Continue reading

I'm so mad I could spit. I've spent the past four (or more?!) years away from The Peevery trying my best to be a dirty hippie. I've failed miserably. Instead of finding inner peace and enlightenment, I've only managed to... Continue reading