by Si_Crewe » Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:00 pm
Vam wrote:Why "creepy", Si?
As you and Stooo have said, it's often the case that the deceased person didn't have enough people in their life to act as pallbearers. FWIW, I think what you'll be doing is a very good thing - in helping to add a little dignity and respect to someone's final journey.
Head up & shoulders back! My bet is you'll feel pretty damn fine about yourself by the time you're done
I guess stuff surrounding death just seems "creepy", doesn't it?
I realise it's not a rational way to think but I don't think I'm alone in thinking that way, am I?
Very few people are going to be enthusiastic if you tell them you're a grave-digger, mortician or undertaker etc.
We just find those kinds of jobs to be.... creepy.
FWIW, it all went well (I didn't drop any coffins
). Most of it involved long periods of driving around the region, collecting "clients" and then getting them, and a couple of other cars, to wherever the funeral was happening etc.
We did stop off for breakfast in a cafe on both mornings, with the hearse and a couple of cars parked outside, which was all a bit "Monty Python" in a grim sort of way.
The one thing I didn't really like was hanging around at the funerals.
The natural instinct (for me, at least) is to be sympathetic to the mourners but I felt like a bit of a "fraud" continually reciting phrases like "I'm sorry for your loss" over and over, so I took every opportunity to bugger off out the back and check the oil/water in the cars and give them a quick polish etc.
[quote="Vam"]Why "creepy", Si? :dunno:
As you and Stooo have said, it's often the case that the deceased person didn't have enough people in their life to act as pallbearers. FWIW, I think what you'll be doing is a very good thing - in helping to add a little dignity and respect to someone's final journey.
Head up & shoulders back! My bet is you'll feel pretty damn fine about yourself by the time you're done :wink:[/quote]
I guess stuff surrounding death just seems "creepy", doesn't it?
I realise it's not a rational way to think but I don't think I'm alone in thinking that way, am I?
Very few people are going to be enthusiastic if you tell them you're a grave-digger, mortician or undertaker etc.
We just find those kinds of jobs to be.... creepy.
FWIW, it all went well (I didn't drop any coffins :thumbsup:). Most of it involved long periods of driving around the region, collecting "clients" and then getting them, and a couple of other cars, to wherever the funeral was happening etc.
We did stop off for breakfast in a cafe on both mornings, with the hearse and a couple of cars parked outside, which was all a bit "Monty Python" in a grim sort of way.
The one thing I didn't really like was hanging around at the funerals.
The natural instinct (for me, at least) is to be sympathetic to the mourners but I felt like a bit of a "fraud" continually reciting phrases like "I'm sorry for your loss" over and over, so I took every opportunity to bugger off out the back and check the oil/water in the cars and give them a quick polish etc.