I prep by nature, which means I try to fix a small issue before it becomes a real problem.

I often look with disdain at people who never prep, but just wait till things are fucked.

Recently I decided to have 3 of my machines maintained... Including my jackhammer.

Not because it was making noises or anything, just I was thinking it was time.

My Mayans were all "Why boss it's working fine." 

So mechanic comes in to open it up, grease it, change the spark plug etc.

That shit was bone dry...Meaning if I hadn't pushed to have it done, it would have overheated, damaged the engine and cost me waaaaaay more to repair.

That's when I noticed the Mayan culture is to run things till they break...Then replace or fix it.

That's stupid.

I'm glad my European blood came through and reminded me to have a mechanic give it some love.

But that's the culture here, they're hard on their motorcycles, cars, trucks etc and only stop when there's no other choice.

Or they just sell it off and get in debt with a new one.

I had read about the same mentality in Africa and India but 10X worse, but I guess my people are just as guilty of it too.