This evening the Platypus attended a home and garden show. Among the aisles were at least a dozen swimming pool installation companies. They each had an impressive array of brochures, full color picture albums, banners and displays to entice people into getting a pool.
Not one thought to use skinny dipping---or even the suggestion of it----to help sell their product. You know, show a woman from behind in the water and just leave off the swimwear straps. Nothing to offend anyone. Just create the thought that you could swim naked if you had a pool of your own.
We have written about this topic before, in the context of spa / hot tub advertisements. Somehow, live and in-person, with a salesman standing there to sell "suited" recreation it's more glaring.
Can't anyone dare to be just a little different?
Consider the clientele. Some may envision 'hedonistic' uses for their pools, but most don't and few would acknowledge that and could easily be scared off by the intimation that it was a reason for buying a pool. Very few Textiles would think of nude swimming as a simple, normal practice.
ReplyDeleteSo no, pool salesmen won't push the naked swimming aspect lest they seem sleazy.
The truth is, in general society, MOST people who buy pools will never enjoy them in the nude and don't want to hear about that idea. The salespersons know this, and know very well where their market is.
That's the answer to your question. Sales is what counts, and virtually NOone is inclined to be naked among others, or has the slightest interest in doing so. They just want a pool.