The Allegory of The Hot Tub
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A popular American company builds sexy luxury homes in 4 different floor plans ranging from large to medium size, the smallest having 3 bedrooms.
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A popular American company builds sexy luxury homes in 4 different floor plans ranging from large to medium size, the smallest having 3 bedrooms.
All models have various interior and exterior option trims as well as a pool (once merely an option, pools are now a standard feature) and an optional next-gen hot tub.
The homes are all very high tech, very safe, run on solar power, and have fun and unique features that make owners rate them the #1 most loved brand.
The pools are excellent, but many other home builders offer similar pools. Swimming is pretty well-understood at this point, so most home builders make a pretty good pool.
The optional next-gen hot tub is a huge leap forward in tech vs. older designs that require manual input, and uses advanced sensors and cutting-edge software to synthesize dozens of factors such as ambient weather conditions, occupant location, alertness, relative position, etc.
The hot tub’s temperature control, pumps, filters, emergency quick-drain release valve, and many independent massaging jets are automated by first-of-its-kind AI software that instantly adjusts to optimize everyone’s safety, relaxation, and enjoyment.
The hot tub is revolutionary and mind-blowing, but the home builder has only installed a few dozen of them so far because they are still developing safety systems and running tests on the hot tub software.
This safety improvement process is extremely important to minimizing the likelihood that— even if people fall asleep while using it— they probably still won’t be injured or drown.
The home builder lets buyers move into the house and swim in the pool even if their hot tub isn’t ready yet. That decision makes good practical and business sense to nearly everyone. But not everyone is a fan of the home builder.
Some journalists claim the home builder shouldn’t let anyone move into a house or swim in its pool until the hot tub is installed, worrying that some home buyers— confusing the hot tub with the pool— might assume that it’s safe for them to fall asleep in the pool, and thus drown.
A software developer that makes a phone app for swimming pools strangely ridiculed the idea that someone might buy more than one home with a hot tub from the same home builder. Stay in your swim lane, app developer; you’re in over your head.
Other critics say that the home builder shouldn’t allow anyone to buy the hot tub option until after it has been installed, even though nobody is forced to buy a hot tub they don’t want and the home builder does not count hot tub sales as revenue until the hot tubs are installed.
A few of the home buyers are also critical, arguing that—
even if they sell a house that they bought a hot tub for—
they shouldn’t have to pay for a hot tub when they buy their next house: it should be free because they previously bought and later sold a house that had a hot tub.
even if they sell a house that they bought a hot tub for—
they shouldn’t have to pay for a hot tub when they buy their next house: it should be free because they previously bought and later sold a house that had a hot tub.
I think sometimes people forget that when they sell a home with a hot tub, it sells for more than it would have if the home didn’t have a hot tub.
The home builder, meanwhile, asks simply to be paid for a hot tub each time someone says they want to buy a house with a hot tub.
The home builder, meanwhile, asks simply to be paid for a hot tub each time someone says they want to buy a house with a hot tub.
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