It's a frivolous and simple example to show the underlying impact of not understanding the context of a hypothetical feature request. Yes, it is a contrived ex

It's a frivolous and simple example to show the underlying impact of not understanding the context of a hypothetical feature request. Yes, it is a contrived example, that's my point. But it's not the programmer that didn't understand the feature request, it's the entire organization. A questionable decision earlier made by the Account Manager led to an overly complex, questionable implementation that will lead to more code and more bugs. Trust me, I've been there.