In the Morning:
Well, the books on race discrimition would be over there, and the books on sex discrimination would be over here-- "But I want a section with all of them. And a book by the five human rights by the Supreme Court. You think they wrote a book, a fun book like that, during recess?"
And how do you explain that a patron's files were too large to attach to an MSN mail message, when he doesn't speak a word of English?
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
In the Morning:
Librarian Y says "It's Wednesday, almost the weekend."
Today's paper.
The copier isn't taking coins.
He wants to know when his father died.
Computer guest pass.
He wants to donate bone marrow.
The life of Montezuma.
I help cut and paste a resume.
Essay examples.
Printer won't print.
Books by Sister Souljah.
History of a local flag.
No cell phones, ma'am.
HR Block messed up her forms. Who to call?
The Da Vinci code, by Dan Brown.
Natural history.
Printer advice.
An "innocent and injured spouse form."
Books on the paranormal.
"The computer won't let me log in." Unfortunately, he's talking about his Yahoo mail account.
Steve Carlton, and the day he struck out 19 batters.
(Pointing at a manga volume) "Where do you keep books like that?"
They'll sell you a floppy disk over there, sir.
Fruits basket v. 13, and Read or die v. 2.
I copy and fax a newspaper article.
American accent training..
Librarian Y says "It's Wednesday, almost the weekend."
Today's paper.
The copier isn't taking coins.
He wants to know when his father died.
Computer guest pass.
He wants to donate bone marrow.
The life of Montezuma.
I help cut and paste a resume.
Essay examples.
Printer won't print.
Books by Sister Souljah.
History of a local flag.
No cell phones, ma'am.
HR Block messed up her forms. Who to call?
The Da Vinci code, by Dan Brown.
Natural history.
Printer advice.
An "innocent and injured spouse form."
Books on the paranormal.
"The computer won't let me log in." Unfortunately, he's talking about his Yahoo mail account.
Steve Carlton, and the day he struck out 19 batters.
(Pointing at a manga volume) "Where do you keep books like that?"
They'll sell you a floppy disk over there, sir.
Fruits basket v. 13, and Read or die v. 2.
I copy and fax a newspaper article.
American accent training..
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
In the Evening:
Bleach, vol. 4, by Tite Kubo.
You get a new card over there, ma'am.
The complete idiot's guide to buying and selling a home, by Shelley O'Hara and Nancy D. Lewis.
How'd you get on that machine without a reservation?
The print servers ate his print job.
Her a: drive won't open her document.
Jarhead and Aeon flux.
Another eaten print job.
I cancel a computer reservation.
Star wars :Jango Fett : open seasons, by Haden Blackman, and Star wars: complete locations, by Kristin Lundl, Richard Chasemore and Hans Jenssen.
Chosen few: el documental.
The covenant with black America, by Tavis Smiley.
Any version of The lion sleeps tonight.
Dictionary.
"Is The exorcist based on a true story?"
That patron is coughing more than poor librarian R.
I kick two girls off an internet terminal.
You can hear that guy snoring from halfway across the building.
He's snoring again ...
Now he leaves, with apologies, returning the dictionary.
A guy's checking for change at the copy machines.
Stand by me. Sorry, it's checked out. "Grr, I know who's got it--SPENCER!"
The great Gatsby. "Which version is closest to the book?"
You need to wait for the machine to boot up, sir.
Online catalogs are over there, sir.
Printer advice.
Presidential elections. "I need to know everything."
There's another copier in the kids section, ma'am.
Don't run!
Exercise videos.
"Anything about art."
Don't run!
A man named Dave, by Dave Pelzer.
"What's that site where you can get videos delivered?"
Librarian B's last day. Bye, Librarian B.
Bleach, vol. 4, by Tite Kubo.
You get a new card over there, ma'am.
The complete idiot's guide to buying and selling a home, by Shelley O'Hara and Nancy D. Lewis.
How'd you get on that machine without a reservation?
The print servers ate his print job.
Her a: drive won't open her document.
Jarhead and Aeon flux.
Another eaten print job.
I cancel a computer reservation.
Star wars :Jango Fett : open seasons, by Haden Blackman, and Star wars: complete locations, by Kristin Lundl, Richard Chasemore and Hans Jenssen.
Chosen few: el documental.
The covenant with black America, by Tavis Smiley.
Any version of The lion sleeps tonight.
Dictionary.
"Is The exorcist based on a true story?"
That patron is coughing more than poor librarian R.
I kick two girls off an internet terminal.
You can hear that guy snoring from halfway across the building.
He's snoring again ...
Now he leaves, with apologies, returning the dictionary.
A guy's checking for change at the copy machines.
Stand by me. Sorry, it's checked out. "Grr, I know who's got it--SPENCER!"
The great Gatsby. "Which version is closest to the book?"
You need to wait for the machine to boot up, sir.
Online catalogs are over there, sir.
Printer advice.
Presidential elections. "I need to know everything."
There's another copier in the kids section, ma'am.
Don't run!
Exercise videos.
"Anything about art."
Don't run!
A man named Dave, by Dave Pelzer.
"What's that site where you can get videos delivered?"
Librarian B's last day. Bye, Librarian B.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Back from vacation ... I should have taken another week off ...
In the Evening:
"The librarian left at five, so I have to ask you." Huh?
The number of counties in Illinois.
You don't need a key to the bathroom, sir.
Printer advice.
I resist the urge to butt into Librarian R's reference interview.
Ingles sin barreras.
Can she send a pp file as an attachment when her computer can't handle pp?
"Who wrote Clear and present danger? ... Tom CLANCY! Thank you! I thought it was Selleck."
Local shelter phone.
Bathrooms are over there, sir.
You need to ask the receptionist over there if you want to use the phone, kid.
If your resume is hardcopy, you can't upload it, sir. Sorry.
Printer advice.
Books by Judith Ortiz Cofer.
In the Evening:
"The librarian left at five, so I have to ask you." Huh?
The number of counties in Illinois.
You don't need a key to the bathroom, sir.
Printer advice.
I resist the urge to butt into Librarian R's reference interview.
Ingles sin barreras.
Can she send a pp file as an attachment when her computer can't handle pp?
"Who wrote Clear and present danger? ... Tom CLANCY! Thank you! I thought it was Selleck."
Local shelter phone.
Bathrooms are over there, sir.
You need to ask the receptionist over there if you want to use the phone, kid.
If your resume is hardcopy, you can't upload it, sir. Sorry.
Printer advice.
Books by Judith Ortiz Cofer.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Oh Oh
So I'm on desk, minding my own business, when Librarian K stops by.
"By the way, I like your blog," she says.
Gulp, er, huh?
"Your blog. (Another Library) told me about it."
Er, it's supposed to be a secret, okay?
"You have a blog?" asks Librarian Q.
I should have guessed that someone would figure it out, and with the book coming out, people would learn anyway. Still, it's a bit of a shock. Has everyone always known? Have they been laughing behind my back?
So I'm on desk, minding my own business, when Librarian K stops by.
"By the way, I like your blog," she says.
Gulp, er, huh?
"Your blog. (Another Library) told me about it."
Er, it's supposed to be a secret, okay?
"You have a blog?" asks Librarian Q.
I should have guessed that someone would figure it out, and with the book coming out, people would learn anyway. Still, it's a bit of a shock. Has everyone always known? Have they been laughing behind my back?
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