My grandpa is one of those stubborn older men that you see in the movies with a scowl on their face.
He’s been this way ever since I could remember.
I used to ask mom why grandad was so grumpy, and she’d laugh it off. Later, she came to tell me of a few unfair things that happened to him in his life. Every incidence seemed to take away his joy until all that was left was the scowl on his face. Despite his un-approachable demeanor, I always had fun visiting my granddad. He always tried his best to smile and have some joy when I was around. I recall one summer he called mom demanding I go visit him, so she drove me there. When we got to the house, mom noticed the air quality wasn’t the best. It seemed the cooling system was working, but there was dust all over the house. Mom asked grandpa if the house cleaner came around, and he replied with the usual grunt. He informed mom that he had removed the air filter from the cooling system. The air filter prevented cool air from flowing into the house due to its old age. Grandpa added that he had ordered new air filters, but these were yet to arrive. This was why he was running the cooling system without an air filter, hence the house’s dust. Mom didn’t like that at all since It’s not safe to run a cooling system without an air filter. So, the next morning she went to an HVAC shop in town and got a carton of air filters.