Late Afternoon:

That's not a web address, ma'am, that's an email address. See the little @?
The Big book in Spanish. And where are the meetings?
CDL books.
Shouting in the lobby.
The Peloponnesian war, by Thucydides.
Maybe I should Twitter this.
Intermediate algebra.
"Where are the black author books?"

In the Afternoon:

All the soup kitchens along Rt. 80.
Algebra books for dummies.
Our network's been having problems for two weeks now, and I think it's about to crash again.
Bethroom's over there.
You need to wait in line to get your card into our system ... Yes, we have wireless ... Everywhere, ma'am.
More computer resetting.
Today's paper.
"Can you reset this computer"
"Can you reset it again?"
Algebra DCDs and CD-ROMs for dummies (different patron).
I don't know why your barcode doesn't exist, ma'am. I'll transfer you to circ.
Mental measurements yearbook.
Don't run, guys.
The wireless should work anywhere, ma'am.
All the computer classes were booked weeks ago, ma'am.
Computer reset.
And another.
Printer advice.
Paper towels (what does she need them for)
Today's paper.

More News from the Graphic Novel vs. Manga Front

A girl asks if we have any manga, taking the time to explain to me what that is. She wants fairly common stuff like Inuyasha and Full Metal Alchemist. I take her to the graphic novels, where the manga is mixed in by artist name.

She stares at the superhero collections and "adult" GNs and asks "What are these?"

In the Afternoon:,

Child of darkness, by V. C. Andrews, and Blaze, by Richard Bachman.
Bathroom's over there.
He wastes four dollars at the printer and insists on a refund.
A nine-page fax.
Bathroom's over there.
We don't have marriage records, kid.
Bathroom's over there.
The card reader won't read his card, but I know the magic trick to fix it.
No, sorry, I don't speak Spanish.

In the Evening:

I extend a patrons internet session.
We kick a kid off the computers.
Bathroom's over there.
You can get a new card over there, ma'am.
A computer taking FOREVER to load.
Bookstores around here? You're joking, right?
No cell phones, sir.
Copier advice.
Spanish instruction books.
Computer reservation advice.
The messengers.
A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines.
GED books in Spanish.
"Everyone should read this book! It'll open your eyes!" Fortunately, Librarian C is helping this patron and I don't even see the title.
Lost cellphone ... Found.
Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky

To People in General

If a card reader rejects your card, it may not be the card's fault. You possibly inserted it the wrong way.

I thought everyone knew this, but events of the past couple days have proven me wrong.

Halfway Through the Afternoon on Memorial Day Weekend Saturday:

I think I remember finding a book for a patron a half hour ago.
I remember I handed out a pencil.
Oh, I had to refill the toilet paper in the men's room because I was the only man around.
The phone just rang! He wants Rocky Balboa.
Librarian M has vanished.
Don't run (I whisper)!
Pen and Printer advice, within one minute. It's a rush!
He calls about three movies, but as usual doesn't want us to put holds on them.
Two people to a machine, kids.
Suddenly everyone wants printer advice at once.
Eldest, by Christopher Paolini.
How to search the net for a Greek food item when she can't spell it.
"Dream ___" (she can't remember) by somebody. She comes back repeatedly to ask about fantasy authors she can't remember the names of, e.g. "A Black Canadian Christian author with dreadlocks."
No food, kid. (He gives me a look of death)
We close at five, ma'am.
How to put holds on books.
Bad luck and Trouble, by Lee Child and Simple genius, by David Baldacci.
The tipping point, by Malcolm Gladwell and Who moved my cheese, by Spencer Johnson.
A last minute rush. Just what I wanted ...
"You have books from ancient Rome? How about ancient Greece? Spain?"