p0ink said:
no offense, but that must have been one shitty job. what made you ant to work with death?
A FRIEND OF MINE IS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR/MORTICIAN. I USED TO HELP HIM. HE WAS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE NIGHT SHIFT SO INSTEAD OF WAKING UP THE GUY ON 2ND, I WOULD GO WITH HIM FOR 40$ PER BODY. HE WOULD EMBALM THEM BUT EVERYNOW AND THEN, HE WOULD SUPERVISE ME EMBALMING A CADAVER.
I'VE PICKED UP PEOPLE WHO DIED ON FLOOR FURNICES (WHILE THEY WERE ON), PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE RIVER FOR DAYS, GUNSHOTS, TRAINWRECKS, CARWRECKS, AND A FEW OTHER KINDS OF CALLS.
ABOUT 70% OF THE TIME THOUGH, IT WOULD BE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES.
I PICKED UP MY OWN GRANDMOTHER AND MADE SURE MY FRIEND WAS THE ONE TO PREPARE HER. I WOULDNT LET ANYONE IN HER ROOM, NOT EVEN THE CORONER UNTIL MY FRIEND GOT THERE. I HELPED LOAD HER UP ON THE GERNY AND INTO THE SUBURBAN FOR TRANSPORT. IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF SOMEONE I DONT KONW IS GOING TO MISTREAT THE BODY OF MY GRANDMOTHER!!!
I'VE WITNESSED IT PERSONALLY, HALF OF THE PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE DEAD THEREFORE, THEY DONT CARE HOW THE BODY IS TREATED. I ALSO PICKED UP A LITTLE BOY, 9 YEARS OLD, AND A GUY WHO HAD EVERY DISEASE IN THE BOOK (AIDS, HEP-C, ETC). WE HAD ON TWO LAYERS OF CONTAMINATION SUITS.
KAYNE