1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

What I'm doing between questions: Dewey updates, but not many. This is, after all, a Sunday!

1:00

• "Are the computers on?" [I turned them on at 12:30; they're off now. WTF?]
• Horse books
• Postal exams [I find the books, and push the online test center]
• Chat with grant guy
• [phone] Circ person calls about reciprical borrowing rules
• Today's want ads
• [phone] RA, one of my favorite patrons, calls for two books; we have one (Booking Passage) and will ILL the other (Jew vs. Jew)
• SAM signup
• Shush a patron
• [phone] Reciprical borrower still has issues, so I talk to her
• Pay for print jobs
• Chainsaw sculpting

2:00

• A/C repair -- curtains -- dieting [all for the chain saw people]
• ...the want ads were returned in the 15 minutes I was helping those folks
• SAM signup
• "Where are the DVDs?" [I direct him back up front]
• More time online? [why not? the guy's nice, normal, and pays for his print jobs!]
• College info
• Help with logging into a website with user ID and password
• Scratch paper
• Help with printing [although suddenly I can't say "print" so people will have to "plint" the rest of the day...]
• Scratch paper
• [There is a table without any chairs around it--they've all been hijacked for people doubling up on computers...sigh]

3:00

• Help with copier ["college" guy--jeez, he's tall--he used to be a little kid...sigh...]
• Extend time on SAM
• "Internet for Dummies" and "are there any computers free?" [yes and yes]
• Today's want ads
• Remind people to tell the printer twice to print...
• No, you don't pay until you've printed 5 things... [same person]
• Person I helped understand the website thanks me for "all my help"
• Extend time on SAM
• "Where's the fiction?" [I walk her back to the front of the building]
• "More time?" [she already GOT more time! I tell her no]
• Want ads are returned
• People magazine [and we keep it here because otherwise it gets stolen]
• [Closing announcement done--lets see if the computers really do shut off automatically at 5 minutes before closing]
• Pay for print jobs
• "People" is returned
• [Hey! The computer thing worked!]