My brother worked for one summer as an assistant at a local HVAC company and now he thinks that he knows all that there is to know about heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and air purification.
It’s pretty annoying to me because I actually do know just about everything about the heating and cooling profession.
That’s because for the past twenty years, I have been the owner of a local commercial heating and cooling company. Not only did I get my HVAC certification straight out of high school, but I’ve also been doing continuing education for the past two decades. Any time that new HVAC technology comes out on the market, I’m the first one to sign up for a class or lecture or tradeshow so that I can go and learn all about it. But then of course my younger brother, who is an absolute know-it-all, goes to work for one summer as an assistant to an HVAC technician and all of a sudden, he knows just as much as I do about furnaces, air conditioning systems, and air purification systems. I say that with all of the sarcasm that I can muster. Anyway, it’s gotten to the point where I can barely stand to be around my own brother. He just won’t shut up about all of the things that he supposedly knows about the heating and cooling industry now. Some days, my patience is shorter than other days. I’m not a violent man, but I’m afraid that one day I might just punch him in the mouth or something!