"So we keep all of the returned books here on this shelf. Now before you check out any book, you need to scan their student ID first and wait for their name to pop up. THEN you can go ahead and scan the book."
Mary Anne then pointed to the corner of the screen, under the student name and said, "but look here first. This section shows if there is anything overdue or any balances owed. Whenever you check out a book, pay close attention to that, ok?"
Casey, the new student employee replied, "ok."
Mary Anne continued on and said, "Ok. It's clear. So now go ahead and click on the check out button. Casey did so and Mary Anne said, "Perfect. Now we just wait for the print out..." and the checkout info printed on piece of paper before she ripped it from the printer and said to the student as she handed it to him along with the book, "Ok you're all set."
"Thanks a lot," he said before walking away.
Casey then said to Mary Anne, "Well that's easy enough."
"Yeah, there's not too much to it. So I'll do a few more checkouts and then I'll let you go ahead and man the front. Is that alright?" asked Mary Anne.
"Sounds good," she answered.
Mary Anne Carnahan (formerly Spier) was spending part of her work day training the new student employee. She seemed nice enough and was picking things up quickly so it was making the process easier, but nobody would compare to Charlotte Johanssen, her previous student employee, longtime friend and former babysitting charge. Mary Anne missed her company but Charlotte had graduated the previous June and was now in Texas at a cancer research hospital to start her career as a doctor. Mary Anne decided to leave Casey alone at the desk and put away a cart full of books before walking around to all the desks to make sure the computers were working. Those were the typical daily duties of her job and that day, she was definitely on auto pilot because before she knew it she was sitting in her car, ready to leave work.
"How did that day go by so fast?" thought Mary Anne.
Those kind of days had been happening a lot lately and it seemed like one day was just melting into the other. Mary Anne had a strong passion for what she did for a living so these feelings were certainly unusual. At least she had a nice evening with her husband to look forward to and she intended on talking to him about it and hey, at least it was Friday. Now she wouldn't have to think about work for two days.