Trying to help out
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been helping out a new friend in his office with his bookkeeping. He’s set up a new business and needs a little bit of bookkeeping help. So I loaded QuickBooks Pro into his laptop computer and have been entering his checkbook ledger into it. At first he was sharing office space with another guy but they parted ways and now his office space is pretty barren. The office chair he has for me to sit in when working on his computer is not adjustable and is not very comfortable to be doing office work in. I’ve suggested that he pick up some more office furniture, put in some nice window treatments and a rug to give the place a little bit of warmth and coziness to the place.
His reply has been that he really isn’t interested in making the place warm and cozy; he only needed the space because the state required him to rent a business office separate from his house. I don’t understand why the state would require that, but who am I to reason why? So I have suggested that he at least needs a few more pieces of office furniture; the place looks really empty and would give clients a bad impression if they came there to meet with him.