To compound matters, maintenance personnel generally have an "us against them" mentality. It's just natural and acceptable.

Management doesn't spend the money and makes me work on crap? Look, if you don't give a shit then neither do we.

Beyond that - recurring problems on fail equipment gives me a free pass on being held accountable as a maintenance guy. Certain systems like pool filtration just becomes a place to hide as no one knows how the fuck it works.

If you swim in a Caesars pool you're an idiot.