Kind of hard to do in #metoo era. Have a couple of drinks then flirt with your hot female co-worker? You'll be reported to HR for sexual harassment!
For the Average Joe, no doubt the boozy lunch and workplace fun have been on a steady decline since the ‘80s.
The biggie was when they took away a lot of the tax-deductibility of “business lunches”.
But the move has been away from fun and actual relationships, just about in inverse proportion to how much workplaces now talk about fun and “relationships”.