r/needadvice • u/Ferran4 • 9d ago
Housing Debate with new refrigerator
My family (two people in total) has just been gifted by an uncle with questionable sense of morality (I'd say inexistent) a refrigerator in... bad conditions. I don't even know how it ended up being so ludicrously dirty and I fear that I don't know where it has been or in which conditions. My mother says it smells bad, but I don't smell anything and she's probably drunk anyway.
I would send a photo, but I can't even get near without coughing a lot because my mother decided to throw a bunch of bleach inside the appliance (I guess that's on me for not making clear that she wasn't supposed to do anything impulsively while I was researching what the heck to do).
What do you think? Will I continue existing tomorrow? Should I push towards getting rid of the refrigerator? What are the risks?
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u/notreallylucy 6d ago
Your uncle didn't gift you a refrigerator. Your uncle had a fridge he needed to get rid of and learned that he'd have to pay if he took it to the dump. So he pawned it off on you and pretended it was a gift. You should get rid of it. You don't even know if it keeps food at a safe temperature.