Being late to an important appointment is of course awful and stressful, but what about being early? Do you sit quietly and start to get nervous waiting? Leave and come back? Ideally you can walk around the block, but then what if you misjudge and end up taking too long?

Thankfully, if your appointment is at a bar, there is a pretty simple solution that will help keep you from stressing out too much. That’s why, from now on, I’m scheduling all my job interviews at bars. I don’t know why no one’s thought of this before.