Sometimes I think that my family would much rather torture themselves than to take advice from other people.
It seems like every member of my clan is so defensive of their own ego that they would rather shoot themselves in the foot then reconsider their old opinions. Of course, this is extremely frustrating to deal with. I have been doing my best to stay detached from my blood relatives for this reason. However, when your brother dumps a bunch of junk at your house and then leaves oh, it’s a little more difficult than that. You see, a few months ago my brother decided he was going to finally upgrade his heating, cooling, and ventilation system. Apparently, he has been suffering from low quality indoor air for a long time. He has had a lot of hot and cold air temperature fluctuations, unpleasant odors, and air quality failures in the past few years. He has been slowly saving up for a brand new indoor air temperature control system including a furnace and air conditioning unit replacement. However, it has taken a long time to save up the funds for a professional HVAC installation on top of all the equipment costs. When he finally got his heating, cooling, and ventilation system replaced something seems to have broke in his head. Namely, the part of his brain responsible for disposing of the broken heating, cooling, and air quality control devices. Instead of having them sent to a scrap yard, my brother insists on keeping the old, malfunctioning HVAC system… At my house.