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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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    ClubSilencio wrote: »
    Do you ever eat your lunch there in the funeral home?


    If so, cold cuts, right?
  • LittleHearseDriver
    LittleHearseDriver Posts: 2,677 Member
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    I like to mix it up between leftovers from home, Taco Hell, and Sonic.
  • AdamAthletic
    AdamAthletic Posts: 2,985 Member
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    Do you find that people put an unnecessary amount of stigma around funeral homes?
    Several of my friends (around 80% of my social circle actually) are doctors and specialists - it's a debate that I've had with them about the hospitals themselves.
    People are put off my places like funeral homes yet are fine with hospital wards - a place that at any one time will predominantly store more deceased than the funeral home is likely to!
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
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    Marillian wrote: »

    No matter how you wish your body to be disposed of (burial, cremation, entombed, donating your body to science, etc.), write down your wishes and give copies to the person you choose to be your funeral representative, or your executor or executrix. Although you can include your body disposal wishes in your Last Will and Testament, some Wills are not read right after a person passes away, so your wishes may not be known or carried out.

    If you are 18 or older, you need three documents for your estate plan: A Will, a power of attorney, and an advanced medical directive. It is a misconception that you don't need a Will because you don't have any money or property. Everyone has an "estate" by virtue of being born. A Will makes it much easier on your family because you are stating your last wishes, and you are appointing a person to carry out those wishes (called your executor or executrix). If you die intestate (without a Will), your family has to go to court for someone to be appointed as the administrator of your estate. It can be a tedious process in a very upsetting time.

    Some people have the superstition that if you make a Will, you'll die right afterwards. Not true. Just look at it as signing a business document.

    Here in Florida, as part of an estate package made up of 5 documents, one is specifically for the disposition of remains, where you assign that duty to someone that you trust, and you can also state what you wish to be done with them if you choose. At the very least, name someone, and have the discussion with that person if you have any preferences.



  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
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    LittleHearseDriver wrote: »
    I've taken care of several babies. The guys at work have a hard time with kids so I normally handle them. Honestly, I don't get emotional about it. The way I look at it is they get to miss all of the crappy parts of life and go on to a better place. They will never experience poverty, sickness, or the countless other heartbreaks in life. I feel terrible for the parents. It's hard to see them wondering "what if I had done this or that? " The loss of a child is a unique form of grief.

    (I hope I don't sound like a heartless monster)

    My grandfather was going to be a mortician but couldn't because of the kids. He said the adults were probably dicks but the kids just bothered him to much.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
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    AngInCanada wrote: »
    LittleHearseDriver wrote: »

    @Heartisalonelyhunter I have never had anyone move, but they can make a burping sound when you are transferring them front table to table.

    This is one thing I wish I was warned about. I had been out of school a few years and we were transferring a patient who passed away to the morgue. I screamed like a school girl and ran from the room. Was NOT expecting that!

    Gah me too! At an ER though, and I didn't run but I did kinda yelp.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
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    LittleHearseDriver wrote: »
    mjaykup wrote: »
    Do you have any industry related jokes?

    Have you ever created an alias off of a dead person?
    Everyone likes to tell me the cheesy ones: 'I'll be the last person to let them down' and 'People are always dying to see me. '

    I wonder what they we're like before death and if they would've liked me. Between pictures and how they treated their body you can learn a great deal about an individual. Sometimes I wish I could have a conversation with them.

    "I always bury my mistakes"
  • LittleHearseDriver
    LittleHearseDriver Posts: 2,677 Member
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    :D I haven't heard that one
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
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    Do you get a break from work if people aren't dying? Any other duties?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,639 Member
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    My brothers and sister have been traumatized by my father who used to play the accordion at EVERY BIRTHDAY party. Being Catholic he also played it in church with the choir. He still to this day takes with him everywhere he goes "just in case". My dad's 84 now and we've vowed to bury the thing with him. Can this be accommodated?

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  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
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    This may have already been asked - have you already planned your own funeral/cremation? If so, will you tell us about your plans?

    Also, do you get a discount?
  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
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    Thank you!
    Your casket sounds gorgeous! ( which would perhaps be a strange thing to say to most other people :flushed: )
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
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    Is a wicker casket like you have shown above cheaper than a standard metal or wood one?
  • Miz_T
    Miz_T Posts: 150 Member
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    If I were to go into the business of working at a funeral home, what would I do? Where would be a good first step?

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