Before women entered the workforce, men had designed a system that was both useful and efficient (at least, for them). But now that women are on the job, things have changed.
In the olden days, only men were involved in the business process, meaning only men would hold the positions of buyer, seller, and provider. So whenever a home needed something new, like curtains for the bedroom, the husband would phone the supplier, a male salesperson would take the order, and Bobby in the warehouse would ship it.
And if the curtains showed up blue, after they had been ordered white, the husband would console his wife with sayings like, “Ah, don’t worry honey. Who’s going to notice? It’s just me and you.” And they’d accept the order.
Then women got involved.
Today, the wife orders the curtains from a female sales rep, and if they’re not the right colour, she calls to complain. Then the female sales rep says, “Of course you don’t want blue curtains when you ordered them white. They won’t match.” And she goes down to see Bobby.
After calling Bobby an idiot, she explains to him the situation. And after understanding that the only problem was that he shipped blue curtains when the customer wanted white, Bobby goes, “So?”
Then the female sales rep, Sarah—with an “h”, introduces him to the new warehouse manager, Jenifer—with only one “n”, who promptly instructs him to ship the correct ones.
And this new system is making things less efficient because now we have to ship everything twice (sometimes even three times).