To be fair, #Factoria mall security rightly assessed that this was above their pay grade and escalated it to cops on sight, and the #Bellevue police are here dealing with it. Not a terrible response time, either, given that, though I’ve had my issues with the Bellevue cops 😑

Did fine here, it seems

Someone is having a worrisome throw-shit-everywhere-while-screaming freakout at an Eco SmarTiles store at #Factoria mall.

Security is taking FOREVER to respond, too. He’s been at it for minutes, and it’s worrisome enough that it’s cleared most of the lobby around it 😬

#Bellevue #PNW

Jim!

The #Panera manager who is a sweetheart, & 1 of the hardest-working & apparently highest-performing managers in this #PaneraBread corporate region is called Jim.

One of the other regulars just greeted him, and I finally heard it.

If you’re ever in #Factoria, Jim at Panera is good people 🤗

I mean, that logo is atrocious, and there are forums and message boards full of people who say so; it’s like locally infamous. The Marketplace at Factoria. If I’m not with my cats at home, I’m either at a library or here, and if I’m honest, way likelier here.

I do not get the sense that my mall I like to hang out in is doing very well 😬

#Factoria #PNW

I was just #eavesdropping, as I often am, & overheard 2 #Panera employees conversing:

"You know, I actually get along with everyone that works here."

"Me, too! Isn't that crazy?"

Now, idk *why* it's crazy (that's puzzling), but it was very sweet to hear.

#Factoria Panera = Good People 🥰

#PNW

I just heard the sweet, thoughtful (I thought) boss/GM of my local #Panera (who always asks after my #writing; we love him) say to a customer, "I #may be back when you're here. You never know when the boss will make me come in."

In this economy, everyone's got a (terrible) boss 😔

#PNW #Factoria

Here’s a slightly different angle, and, uh, I’m not sure what Middle Shark in the gray hoodie is up to with the waving, but also, not sure that’s even part of the show 🤔

#ChineseNewYear #Factoria #Bellevue
#PNW #lol

Ooh! There’s some fun #ChineseNewYear stuff happening right near me at the Marketplace at #Factoria 🤗

This drew a crowd, too! Sorry, I’m, like, backstage, essentially, shooting at the crowd, but you can still get an idea of what was going on.

Very cool energy 🤩

#PNW #Seattle #Bellevue

The GM at the #Factoria #PaneraBread is so sweet

He saw me watching #Hamnet, & was, like, "How's the movie reviewing going?"

And then, unlike literally anyone I'd call my friend, listened patiently & engagedly as I described some recent successes & milestones.

Cool guy. You should eat here!

#PNW

We all just got marshaled out of #Factoria Mall for a “Fire Emergency,” & my buddy Kai sincerely asked me whether I had set it off so that I could hit his #nicotine #vape quicker.

What must this guy think of me?!

It’s not like it hadn’t occurred to me, but, c’mon, that’s crazy 🤪

#PNW #Bellevue

Mhm, I bet I already know

Someone fucked around and found out at the #QFC in #Factoria 😆

Not playing, though… don’t FUCK with my #bathroom availability. That’s real 😤

I’m happy to report, as I get ready to head from #Factoria into #Seattle, that #Bellevue is turnt-out and turnt-up with the #Seahawks gear 🤩

It’s wall-to-wall. #BellevueWA very visibly hyped for the #SuperBowl.

I bet downtown is the same or better 😤

#PNW

Dunno if you believe in Signs & Portents (I officially don’t, but kinda secretly do), but the seabirds (most of these aren’t #Seahawks, but some are) are VERY active in #Factoria this AM.

I missed filming a FLURRY of CAWS immediately prior to hitting record, sadly. They’re noising! 🤩

#SuperBowl

I’ve railed for YEARS against putting these self-serve kiosks in #fastfood, & I’ll be GOD FUCKING DAMNED, but when I walk into #Factoria #McDonald’s for a quick breakfast, 3 OF THE 4 SELF-SERVE KIOSKS ARE DOWN 🤯

All the shareholders ❤️ it, too, right until we match them to the guillotines

#PNW #lol

I feel like a dumb prick bc I’ve forgotten this guy’s name, & he’s told me 2x, BUT…

The GM/head guy here at the #Bellevue #Panera in the Marketplace at #Factoria is a TOTAL sweetheart.

He lets me hang out; he’s super attentive, sweet & generous w/ paying customers... Good dude 👍

#PNW #PaneraBread

Right on! I hope they find that poor lost cat from the left over there 😭

Seen at the crosswalk at S.E. 38th and #Factoria Blvd in #Bellevue

#FUCKICE in the #icee font ✊

#PNW #ICE #wethepeople

I like the way it catches the light. That’s a terrible little $10 silicone pipe I do not recommend, but it’ll do.

I don’t always smoke flower, but when I do, I cough like a maniac. That helps 🤓💨

Enjoying some flower with my buddy Kai today, overlooking The Marketplace at #Factoria.

That’s a #sativa, Watermelon Meringue (from a company I think called #MiniBudz, & aptly named, bc the actual buds are bite-sized) that I bought at #HigherLeaf in #Bellevue.

Good vibes 💨

#PNW #weed #Seattle

Omg she’s so sweet and pretty! And I haven’t seen her in a while, so she basically attacked me out of an abundance of affection lol

LOOK WHO IT IS! 😍

I ran into #ShowTheDog at 76 just now, and I knew it was her, bc she leapt onto my back from behind, and she’s the only one I know who does that 😅

#DogSky #Factoria #Bellevue

She was already the sweetest, most-beautiful #dog in the 🌎, but she’s even sweeter & cuter today! 🤗

I love when @anyaustin.bsky.social talks about #liminalspaces in #videogames, & I feel like I just wandered into one IRL 😵‍💫

My buddy Kai said, “Let’s sit outside” of #PandaExpress in The Marketplace at #Factoria in #Bellevue, & I said, “they have outside seating?”

Not exactly 😆

This is so eerie!

Ooh 😵‍💫

Look at the weird #gorgeous #clouds (striated? idk, my buddy Kai said it, and it sounded smart as hell) above #Bellevue 🤩

We’re at The Marketplace in #Factoria, and you can see a bit of that signage, and then just wave after wave of funky, cool clouds 😤

… we’re pretty baked #lol 😅

#PNW #stoned

I'm a chronic #eavesdropper, so I appreciate chatty #GenA types who give way too much detail to clerks re: what they're up to.

Def helps pass the time while I wait to see the #doctor 😆

I'd never heard The MarketPlace in #Factoria mentioned as a vaca destination 😂

#Bellevue #Seattle #PNW #lol

I've only just noticed the "No #Pets" signage on all the doors to the Marketplace at #Factoria, but...

I see cute #dogs in hurr ALL the time. So I think it's lightly-enforced. If anyone is wondering whether they should bring their cute #dog to #Panera, I say 'yea.'

🤗

#dogperson #Bellevue #PNW

Soo satisfying 😆

A stuck-up, preppy twat of a dude just scoffed & blanched at me smoking a cig too close to him on the sidewalk outside #Panera in The Marketplace at #Factoria, & mid-cunty-blech, a stray bollard caught one of his hangars, & it nearly brought him down 🤣

#lol #Bellevue #PNW #Seattle

#sherryhillis #sizzler #factoria #joelstarr Im looking for Sherry who drove a #datsunb210

Omg, I just saw a very-posh, well-styled Asian woman walk by at the #Marketplace in #Factoria wearing a cape, & she looked incredible.

#Cape might be the play if you've got kind of an upper crust-y vibe 🤔

I doubt I could pull off a cape without, like, actual superpowers, but SHE looked stunning 🤩

Honestly, shame on Paul McCartney for #WonderfulChristmastime, obviously, but exponentially more shame be upon whatever band this is that has inexplicably COVERED IT and filled it with screechy, horrific #autotune.

Love that for me. I need to get going, #lol 😅

#Factoria #Bellevue #McDonalds #Xmas

First 2 #songs (absolutely BLASTING on the way-too-loud #GenevaConvention violating #McDonalds PA systems designed to drive us out quicker) playing were #FelizNavidad & #SantaClauseisComingtoTown.

Idk if I'm gonna make it thru #Christmas at this rate 😑

It's SO goddamned loud, as well 😵‍💫

#Factoria

Raucous, jangly, shrill #Christmas #music about #Santa & sleighs & good cheer somehow bumping in the #Factoria #McDonalds this AM 😑

I'm no fan of #Christians or #Christianity, but I think it's fair to say of all things #Christian, I hate #Christmas the absolute most.

Gonna be a long 2 months... 🎅

You guys know I'm always #writing at the #Panera in #Factoria near me in #Bellevue, & the manager is, like, THE coolest & very much tolerates me hanging out & not generating much $ for them

Today, he asked re: particulars of my #Mediumwriting & #publication. He's SO NICE & COOL 😭

#PaneraBread #PNW

Show, the dog, is SO cute!

Show is reclining in style in Luther's bed. She spends way more time there than Luther does 😆

Well, #ShowtheDog is out of the #Seattle #rain today, resting comfortably in Luther's bed, where she is right at home 🥰

Sadly, *I* have to go into town today, so *I'm* going to get wet, but Show is dry & warm & safe indoors 🤗

#Bellevue #Factoria #PNW #pnwdogs #DogSky #CuteDog #dogperson