News of the weird...

I just found out today that on Monday, I'm going to be having dinner in a funeral home. Never thought I'd use "dinner" and "funeral home" in the same sentance, but there you go. I work with a hospice group that has a monthly in-service meeting, and this one is going to be at the funeral home, with dinner followed by a presentation by the funeral director.

I suppose it could be worse--cocktails at the morgue, maybe? 8O

[DCJenn]

Wow- won't that be a wierd experience.

My ex is a fire fighter and a local funeral home recruited him and some buddies to go pick up the bodies of the newly deceased (nursing homes, hospitals, hospice, etc.) They were so matter-of-fact about it (which is probably why they were recruited, they had already seen everything)- they made 50 bucks a body, plus mileage. bizarre.

Jenn

PS- he ended up marrying the daughter of the owner of the funeral home, so I don't see any income issues in his future!!

[Meenah]

That is strange. Jenn when I was in high school my boyfriend's grandfather was a funeral director, and their house was next to the funeral home. Just too wierd for me.
Luanne

[PrincessFiona]

8O Sort of....morbid. I guess though with the success of 6 feet under and the new one on one of the TLC-like channels this may become a regular new fad.

kris

[Michele]

My aunt and uncle used to live in a funeral home....yes, in....they owned it and just lived in the upstairs part and had the bodies laid out downstairs....my mom couldn't visit them...she couldn't handle the "bodies."

[Auspicious]

I grew up in a small town where everyone kind of knows everyone, and my family knew the family that ran the local funeral home. My mom is a licensed hairdresser (although she hasn't done hair for a living since her early 20s) so they call her to come do the bodies' hair whenever their regular hairdresser is on vacation or sick. I remember being really freaked out when she first told me this when I was like 12. "Do you have to touch the dead bodies??" "Well it's kind of hard to do someone's hair without touching them."