[alexander_busek]

These Millenials will never cut it in business. I’ve lost track of how many dinners I’ve eaten with clients and potential customers whom I didn’t even like.

Business is a different domain; rules valid there are often not valid in the "dating" domain, and vice-versa.

And besides: Aren't business meals generally restricted to business relationships that are already relatively "developed," i.e., have advanced beyond the "first meeting" stage?

Regards,

[Buckeye McFrog]

And besides: Aren't business meals generally restricted to business relationships that are already relatively "developed," i.e., have advanced beyond the "first meeting" stage?

Not when your out selling. Both that endeavor and dating involve cultivating a relationship (though the dating one is more intimate certainly). You need a certain amount of social grace to get through either.