I agree. I don’t even like going to ‘business lunches’ for the same reason. The cynic in me keeps thinking; “Why are we really here? What is it you want to tell me that I need to be subdued by a full stomach while in a fully public restaurant?”
Having had chronic digestive problems since early childhood, now better than 4 decades, I certainly know what a nervous stomach is all about. If I ain’t calm, ain’t nothing getting in my mouth or down my throat. :-(