Maybe it's all those pointless forms you're stuck having to fill out just to get anything done, or that monthly staff meeting that drags on and on. In German there's a word for routine office practices that no one ever questions but don't make any sense. Frankly, everyone knows they're just a waste of time, but you'd better not let your boss overhear you saying it. "Betriebsblindheit," literally "business blindness," hits the nail on the head, don't you think?