Copy & Paste

Today we worked on a loan application. Hindsight, I guess my background as a bank teller helps me scan through these forms (and all forms) much faster. John has to literally read every single thing. Obviously, the first fields are the usual: name, address, phone, email.

Then we got to the business description part. He usually has no idea when he works on these applications, and business in general, and so he waits for my lead. Wait? So much for being the owner. So you're paying yourself double, but I'm doing the work? That's what being a business owner is anyway. What is your responsibility and expertise? But it's ok. I'm not here to count your blessings.

Anyway, I copy the company description from our main website.
John: Wait, I should use the description I sent to the state.
Me: [WHAAAAATT??? TF?! No shit] Yes, I think that'll be a good idea.

He goes to his office and sends me that version. Got it. Copied it. Paste on to site; The description must be 200 characters. You have 500.

John: What does this mean?
Me: We have too much words/characters and we need to get rid of some. *Ok, this should be easy. We listed 10 things we did, all we need to do is take out some. Sounds simple right?*
John: Ok. and then gives me direction

HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!! He tells me to start a whole new thing description and made me type everything we already had and all he did was change the order of it. And he felt so good as if he created something new. Please! For example:

Original: We are a XXXX company. We provide services in a, b, c, d, e, f, g.
John's version: We are a XXXX company. We provide services in b, d, a, c.