Years ago My summer job was as a pastry chef and every Sunday at 4:30 am I had to make 200 pecan sticky buns for brunch. Early on Kitchenaid changed the shape of the dough hook and the new one didn’t come close to the bowl sides. I wrote to kitchenaid and asked who designed the new shape, a man or woman? ( figuring back then more women were using the machine). I don’t think I got an answer.
. Which leads me to ask, who designed these new washing machines that are inferior IMO to the old top loading ones? My guess: sex doesn’t matter but it was someone who didn’t use a machine regularly. For reasons mentioned the front loading are a nuisance but for someone with a bad back they are also a pain!