In the Afternoon:

A film called "The good, the bad, and the evil," which I cannot locate in my five minute window of opportunity.
Accounting books.
No cell phones, ma'am.
Shut up, kids.
I warned you. Get off the machines (I am then thanked by another user).
Tax counseling info.
Do you want to use the program Microsoft Word, or do you want books on it, or what, ma'am?
Sorry ma'am, no one has signed up for the workshop you're conducting yet.
I chat with a patron about broadband while he waits for a fax to go through.
How much money will it cost him to print a 42-page document?
A two year-old book with a New Book sticker.
Pencil and paper.

In the Morning:

County jobs.
The internet terminals are all full. Don't blame me, ma'am.
My comuter is making a chugging noise.
Printer advice.
State tax form.
Fax.
They'll stamp that at circ, sir.
I proctor.
"Can I print out my bill on these computers?"
Incorporation data for a nearby town.
Yesterday's paper.
Printer advice.
When I say no, I feel guilty, by Manuel J. Smith, Mirror, mask, and shadow, by Sheldon B. Kopp, and Children of trauma, ed. Thomas W. Miller.
Pregnancy books.
Press enter, sir.
Printer advice.
Two notarizations.
Books on fixing credit. We're out.
Medical books. That's all he'll say.
That's not an internet terminal, sir. That's a card catalog.
Two more notarizations. Some documents don't really need it, but it looks official, and it's free.
Bus schedules.
1985 Toyota Corolla repair manual.

In the Afternoon:

The second ref computer is being fixed, so I stand around wondering what to do.
Printer reset.
Computer workshop schedule.
"Anyone getting off the computer?" she shouts.
Books on car crashes.
Want ads.
Books by Maya Angelou.
Don't yell.
Reboot.
Computers with Word are over there, ma'am.
Indiana travel.
Techie X returns with the second computer. All my bookmarks are gone.
State tax forms.
Books of questions.
"African tribal culture." Where do we get these teachers?
Today's paper.
Another internet policy complaint. I love it when they sigh.
You don't need a debit card if you have a library card, kid.

In the Morning:

"It won't print."
More printer advice.
Scratch paper.
Nursing exam books.
City housing guide.
Lifetime encyclopedia of letters, by Harold B. Meyer.
"It won't go to Yahoo. It just sits there."
Computer workshop schedule.
ASVAB books.
"How do I erase all this stuff?"
Books on photography and prostrate cancer.
"I want to print out my credit report."
Fax.

In the Afternoon:

Where's the Mexican consulate?
Printer advice.
Rich dad, poor dad, by Robert Kiyosaki.
A big family at one tiny computer.
Sorry sir, when an inmate is released they remove him from the database.
He's delighted to find that we have graphic novels and thanks me over and over.
3-hole punch.
Copier advice.
What you have there is not an email address, sir.
Bathroom?
I leave to conduct a workshop. No one shows up. I return.
State tax forms.
The sexy years, by Suzanne Somers.
Jamaica.
The patron has been transferred twice. I transfer him again.
The third degree, by James Patterson and Andrew Gross, and The amateur marriage, by Anne Tyler.

In the Evening:

STDs
Copier advice.
Foreign Service Exam book.
Pictures of atomic blasts.
Copier advice.
Lost cell phone. The directions are in Spanish. But one of the directory entries is "Mi Casa."
Massachusetts tax forms.
David Beckham.
Geez it's loud in here tonight.
My microfilm reader lecture.
CDs are downstairs, ma'am.
Dictionary.
Copier advice.
Rewinding the microfilm.
Copier advice (reducing).
Lost floppy is found.
Newspapers. "All of them."
My bloody life, by Reymundo Sanchez.
Poetry books in English or Spanish.
Basic computer books in Spanish.
Eddie Murphy.

In the Afternoon:

George Orwell.
The raven, by Edgar Allen Poe, "with footnotes explaining the old english."
Sorry sir, you can't attach headphones to our computers.
County Clerk's office. She thought this WAS the County Clerk's office.
Word 5.0 for the Mac.
WPs are over there, ma'am.
Librarian Y is sick. I leave to cover her workshop.

In the Evening:

Games and "books of affirmations."
Printer advice.
IE freezes up.
Harriet Tubman.
That's not a book ma'am. That's a journal article.
Billie Holiday.
They'll make change at the front desk, ma'am.
Pictures of Gwen Stefani.
IE freezes.
Copier advice.
"We need a river."
"Stuff" about the Constitution.
Computer workshop info.
The great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also Cliff's notes.
Acrobat's update feature has an annoying habit of hiding behind the browser window so you can't see it, but it won't let you use the browser until you click on it.
Debit card machine info.
I know I've heard that phone ringer tune before but I can't place it. It's driving me crazy.
She searches for an obit. She doesn't have the date.
I remember the tune now! It was something from NFL films (not "Drunken sailor").
Another "the last page it printed is blank!" lament.
The will, by "Arvin Reed."
A list of all who died on 9/11.
He gets pissed because he can't work his debit card.