Businesses are always trying to make things simpler for themselves. A new form. A new system. A policy that saves the front desk ten minutes.
Almost every time, that work doesn’t disappear. It moves to the customer. They fill out the longer form. They wait for the callback. They re-enter their information. They figure out on their own whether you’re the right fit, because the website didn’t tell them.
None of it feels like a big deal from the inside. From the outside, it adds up to a business that’s slightly harder to work with than the next one. Customers don’t complain about that. They just quietly go with the easier option.
That’s the whole problem, and it shows up at every stage of the journey.
