How To Save Money On Office Space And Office Furniture

I've just discovered that I can go to an Office Depot, pull up one of their demo chairs to a demo desk, and act like it is my office. If I stare intently into my laptop, it seems that pretty soon I just blend into the surroundings with no one noticing me....

I was coming in here to test out chairs before getting a new chair for my home office. How else will I know if I really like a chair without spending a while to try it out? But I had no idea how "That's Easy!" this would be. (Oops sorry, that's Staples motto.)

One, two, probably even three or four man startup companies could save a lot of money on furniture and office space by using this technique. With a new laptop with a several hour battery, you can spend almost a whole day at your new demo office. And you don't even have to buy overpriced drinks just to sit here!

I thought about trying to use one of their demo computers at my demo desk at my new demo office, but the darn anti-shoplifting cable is just too short to reach from the computer display area to the office furniture area. And customers might trip over it anyhow thus causing an investigation into what happened. ("Yes Mr. Manager. Well, clumsy customers, go figure. Maybe you could put one of those little wet floor signs in the aisle so people don't trip on the cord, 'Caution, Man Working!', in at least 4 languages?)

I thought about asking one of the employees to remount the anti-theft cable at my new demo desk. But I am just a little shy about giving up my camouflage. Besides, my own laptops are better than what they sell, and spreading out two or three on the demo desk helps enhance the demo diorama that I've created here.

Really, when I think about it, this isn't the first time I've helped companies create lifelike dioramas. I once crawled into an empty display case at the National Museum in Malaysia and took a nap, a one time special exhibit "The Napping American". And my time in a cage at a drive through Zoo in Oklahoma was fun. Someone put up a sign "Homo Almost Erectus".

The temperature here at my demo office at Office Depot is really nice, and the lighting is good too. All free of charge. Less hustle and bustle than a Starbucks.

My new demo office in Berkeley... Come and set a spell, I got plenty of spare chairs at my new office.

I feel really secure sitting here under the watchful eye of dozens of smoked camera domes. No wondering if someone is going to steal my computer if I get up and walk around.

Yeah they have armed guards here. This Office Depot is in kind of a rough area. Don't know if my car will be in the parking lot when I leave my demo office, but that's another matter for another article. Perhaps I could expand my diorama to include finding a demo car to demo drive to the parking lot of my demo office?

Now I haven't tried to show up for work there in my boxer shorts, but I suppose if I tried the Office Depot in San Francisco, even this wouldn't be thought to be out of the ordinary.

The only thing really missing right now is a demo secretary.

I think maybe the next step will be to advertise a job on Craigslist. If anyone calls, I can give them directions for the interview to come to whichever Office Depot has my new demo office that day. I wonder if they would be impressed by my company focus on keeping costs down?

What about a demo boss to come and tell me I am fired?

Don't have to worry about creditors here. If they try to repossess my furniture, the guard at the door will stop that.

Perhaps I should patent this "Technique for creating free office space filled with free furniture", or "Technique for Demonstrating Furniture Using Demonstration Office Workers". Then I can sue them if they try to infringe on my patent in any way, like by asking me to leave or something.

I mentioned this to some of my Occupy Oakland friends, and they were really excited to come and visit me at my new office. So I might soon have lots of colorful neighbors competing for the available demo office space.

But so far, it seems like my cloak of invisibility is working.

How To Save Money On Office Space And Office Furniture

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