Guess that's the difference between commissioned officers and non-coms. But he's the transporter chief, just beam in a random chair from somewhere on the ship and program the transporter to automatically put it in the pattern buffer when someone enters the Transporter Room. Just make sure it isn't The Chair, that might arouse suspicion. 😁
There's just not enough Guinan to go around! Whenever I fantasize about what my life aboard the Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) would be like, I always picture spending time chatting with Guinan in Ten Forward. I imagine she'd be like the ships matriarch, everyone's substitute grandma for the duration of the deployment. I can only wonder how many people go to her with problems they'd rather not bring to Counselor Troi! Between the two of them, they probably know more about the goings-on of the ship than either Jean-Luc or Riker.