Everyone is always amazed that I work at a Funeral Home. The comment I hear the most is this "Oh my gosh how do you stand it, I couldn't do it. It takes someone special to work at a funeral home." One of the guys that works here always has a great come back line..."Honey, its not the dead that scare me, I'm afraid of the live ones."
My first day, for lunch I ate Chinese, came back and the guys were embalming, I lost my lunch. I had never smelled embalming fluid before in my life. I got over it real quick and learned to not eat Chinese at lunch if the guys were working in the prep room. I learned that when aspirating is happening, I'm not going in the prep room. Luckily, we now have a trade service embalm for us, so not much, matter of fact, 2 years ago, they stopped embalming here all together.
The handling of someones loved one is one of the most important job you can have. (Keeping someone alive would be the most important, and after dealing with some of these doctors, I'm thinking, how did they become doctors in the first place, and I'm keeping a list of who not to go see!)
When the statement is made, "...it takes someone special..." that is true. Not everyone can deal with raw human emotion. Not everyone is made to deal with the public, although, I think that it should be a requirement at some point.
This is why I get paid the big bucks...and probably some of my most important jobs ever here a the funeral home...some of you may remember this from a previous post...I get paid the big bucks to remove used pads off the back of the women's bathroom door, because someone did not know how to use the trash can, trying my best not to throw up and yes I remember the lady that came out of the bathroom and yes she now works at one of the fast food restaurants in Wynne...just sayin, McDonald's, I hope your employees wash their hands...
Sandy and I also get paid the big bucks to do the following...
Sandy removes gum stuck to the back of a pew after a funeral service. Again we must be really doing a good job of hiding our trash cans from the public.
What is all the ties for? At the funeral home, we prepare for Christmas a tiny bit ahead of time...the ties are Christmas gifts for the ministers in our area and other "men" that help us tremendously. Getting ready for Christmas in September...that's how we roll around here. Isn't Sandy doing a wonderful job with those ties?!?!?!?
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5 comments:
When I was in high school, my friend got engaged to a guy who owned a funeral home. The other girls and I just couldn't get beyond the fear factor.
It's a good thing the funeral home selected two people who are so multi-talented. Or maybe it is because they don't want to do these jobs! Oh well, as long as the big bucks keep coming we'll keep doing. I'm hanging wreaths tomorrow.....
Sandy: yes, we are multi-talented, I see many wonderfull, complicated jobs in our future...
Could you PLEASE play some Christmas music while you hang those wreaths and really why stop there...lets get out the lights, holly, and make a hot chocolate stand...(extra income, trying to think ahead you know...)
I love it. It's true. And the last 4 funerals I've been too (NOT COOL by the way to have that many in only 1.5 years), the funeral director is the only person we saw as the funerals were held in churches, but he was always so awesome and concerned and careful of my VERY large family. I especially appreciated that we were allowed one last time for young children to go see grandma or grandpa.
Not an easy job, but wow it makes a difference when they are good at their job. All the little details were clearly paid attention to. Ya know?
Great article!!!!! These article is very important for funerals. It is good for you. I love this blog. There are many wonderful and complicated jobs of funeral. But this job is not an easy, Hope you will doing well......
alice
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