Monday, July 10, 2006

In the Afternoon:

Bathroom's over there, ma'am.
The mis-education of the Negro, by Carter Godwin Woodson.
Ingles sin barreras.
2002 high school yearbook.
I explain the internet reservation system.
Bathroom's over there, ma'am.
"Did An incovenient truth come from a book?"
"I have a lot of questions. I'll start with: Where's the bathroom?"
The man returns. "I need books on divorce, music, and construction, and do you have a copy machine?"
A perfect union, by Catherine Allgor.
I show the man the music books again.
Sorry, ma'am. You can't use my phone. Try the receptionist.
Dictionary.
The Da Vinci code, in Spanish.
I explain the internet reservation system, and the patron seems to doze off.
Printer advice.
His mouse and keyboard are dead.
Ingles sin barreras.
Printer advice.
Printer advice.
Printer advice.
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
There follows an hour or so where I could not keep up with all the questions, partly because I was training the new guy at the same time. Stuff about Slovenia, plat maps, etc.
Printer advice.
The reservation slip printer jams up.
You can't use that kid's card on these computers, sir.
Talk to the circ clerks, kid.
Printer advice.
Computer reservation advice.
Incorporation history for a Florida company.
Computer reservation advice.
Printer advice.
Mountains beyond mountains, by Tracy Kidder.
"Is the New York Times a newspaper or magazine?"
Crusader, by Sara Douglass.
"The dating movie."
I fail to figure out how to reset the color copier.
Bus schedules.
I'm so glad that shift is over!
Librarian Y gets a patron who wants an "Uno Yonk" library card, which is good at any library in the country and only costs $10. When Librarian Y asks where she heard about it she is told "It was written in democracy."