He must have seen the look in my eyes because he immediately came to the defense of this poor, hapless room.
"Look, Jake, I know it doesn't look like much, but you would probably keel over if you knew what this office rents for. It is very small, but you are on the ground floor of the very hub of L.A. business. With the lawyers, stock brokers and others in this building I think you're going to be up to your ears in clients before you know it."
That little thought helped assuage my doubts about this tiny cardboard box...