Just your opinion, since this is IMHO.
I (female) do it and believe in it; the men I know could care less. Vehicles, homes, even their health.
So are you in the “if it ain’t broke, Fahgettaboudit” camp? By gender please.
Male. I do preventative maintenance most of the time when it will make a difference. That’s mostly the cars. For most of my house the preventative stage passed when I bought bought it. Since then it’s all been restoration work. Healthwise I didn’t do much, but I can say it would have been a good idea if I’d done more.
i believe in preventative maintenance and non-abusive use of tools, equipment and machinery.
most females i know don’t believe in preventative maintenance and non-abusive use of tools, equipment and machine.
It does not vary by gender, but by training and personality. With many people, it isn’t so much that they don’t believe in preventive maintenance as that they don’t grok it; and as for the part about “keeping things clean is maintenance,” that counts as a hermetic mystery.
Male. Please, don’t get my wife started…
You don’t maintain a preventative; you throw it away and, when necessary, buy another packet.
Do regular doctor visits count as “preventative maintenance”?
As a male, that was my first thought. When it involves machinery, I think men tend to lean toward more PM but women, from what I have read, see a doctor more often. I guess it comes down to priorities. Do you want a working lawn mower or a working body. I can buy a new lawn mower.
One vote for preventative maintenance. I am female.
I was thinking along those lines. Like BP checks, routine screenings for skin cancer etc., and god help me, in my mind even flossing is preventative maintenance.
I mean get the tree roots rotor-ed out of your mains once a year if you’re in an area where you should, get your car looked over at least once a year (belts, seals, brakes, etc) so you don’t get stranded. Wash the yard tools after you’ve used them.
I guess that’s it.
Male. I do it, but then part of my career was as a facilities manager. I know what can happen when you [del]neglect[/del] “defer” things to some future date. Also, my wife was a commercial property manager, so between the two of us, things stay in pretty good shape.