Before we begin, we’d like to clarify that we don’t normalize meeting friends while at work. We’re simply highlighting one of the benefits of working in the Tampa nightlife industry is that you can “see” (not hang out with) your friends while working your shift.

Working in a bar or a club allows you to meet all kinds of people. Your friends could just as easily choose to go to the bar where you are working to see you and catch up with you during your breaktime. There is nothing wrong with that, and managers should be okay when their employees invite their friends to the bar.

That’s good marketing and promotional strategy. As long as your employee is not handing out free drinks and appetizers, there’s really nothing wrong with them seeing their friends in their place of work.

Let’s just say you work as a manager of a local bar or pub. Your friends are looking for a place where they can hang out. It happens to be your nightshift, so you can’t really meet them anywhere else. Why won’t you invite them to the bar where you’re working? That way, you’re able to help the business and you could see your friends even for a short time (during your one-hour break).

Sure, you will still miss out on all the fun because you’re busting your ass working, but it’s still fun to keep an eye on your friends and they would love seeing you be the responsible human being that you are.

Here’s another benefit of running a bar or a club: you can do your errands, too. Since you’re working at night, you have the whole morning to fix whatever needs to be fixed in the house and you can also pay your bills or handle bank issues.

All of the government offices are open, so you can get your license or passport renewed and you can even do your grocery. By lunchtime, you should be preparing for bed and having a good “afternoon” sleep before tackling your work at night.

A good time management is all you need to handle all the things you need to—personally and professionally. Sure, you may be too tired by the time you get off from work, but adults need to address a lot of things in their lives so instead of going straight to bed, you may want to use that time to run some important errands.