Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

Chicken Little is an alarmist / pessimist who believes the sky is falling.

In my case, it is possible that my account manager might suddenly decide to only give me 2/3 of the miles I normally get, and it is possible that I might see another major failure of the truck in the short term, but if I tried to plan for these things, I would simply be paralyzed into inaction.

You do not plan based on worst case scenarios. Nor do you plan based on best case scenarios. You have to try to be prepared for whatever comes your way, but if enough bad luck hits you in a short enough timeframe, it hurts, and there isn't a #### thing you can do about it.

 

Nah, Chicken Little is much older than that cartoon. Henny Penny is another name for him. It goes back to the early 1800's. Henny Penny - Wikipedia

 

Agreed. But I do not have those things, so I do not need to worry so much. That does not mean I will not prepare for potential problems, but I'm not going to beat myself to death worrying about the off chance that I might have a statistically unlikely problem within a couple weeks of an engine rebuild.

 

Hrm. Perhaps. I'm sure there are better aftermarket warranty companies out there than the one I paid for.

Remember also that There was Thanksgiving weekend. The shop also apparently closed early on the 12th, for some holiday or remembrance that I can't figure out.

Then there was the fiasco where I almost screwed myself up and lost all coverage on the cylinder head by volunteering my unprofessional opinion.

Fighting over coverage started and lasted a week.

Then work started, and they found the cylinder & sleeve damage.

Work ended, and fighting over coverage started again.

I probably lost a bit more than two weeks time due to holidays, my mistakes, and fighting over coverage.

*shrug*