Just went on a rant about it irl but seriously. I work on a golf course as maintenance and 99% of our equipment is stupidly old. The newest piece of equipment is a year old with the oldest being almost 30 years old. Even the machine I run is almost 7 at this point.
They are stupidly buying equipment that accumulates hundreds of hours over the course of the season and of course it wears down and breaks with new problems arising all the time. So we have to spend money on the parts and use valuable time to fix it. It's even worse if it's an absolutely crucial machine because we don't have backups. We got what we got because we're poor.
My previous boss and my current boss have told the board and management time and again we should lease equipment because all we'd be responsible for is basic maintenance like changing the oil and greasing while the major stuff we'd send the machine out and get a replacement. All which is better for time and cheaper in the long run.
But nope. Those blockheads shouldn't be in charge if they like ignoring the maintenance crew, the ones who keep the golf course looking good and playable, when they tell them we need to lease shit not buy it.
God they are so stupid. The worst part is they are in their 40s+ in the middle of the countryside! How do they not know about leasing?! I didn't understand what it was until a few years ago but dear god the way it was explained to me made perfect sense and boggles my mind how stupid they are that they can't comprehend something that simple.