My mother in law passed after a short but intense battle with cancer (the fifth in her life), and I remember two people: the nurse in her palliative care room, and the funeral home director. The funeral home director was so compassionate, so kind, and made us feel like our funeral was extremely important to him. It's such an important job.
I absolutely admire funeral workers. Im about to apply to this industry myself after being a hairdresser for 30 years. Ive been reading so many books over the last 20 years and have seen several passed family members and friends lifeless bodies. I recently lost my dad and did as much as i legally could to be involved. Im so grateful and put into practice from study. But yes lets put the Fun bac into Funerals. I want to be naked in a snow white coffin 😮
How did it go? Did you get in? I recently transferred from working in I.T for over a Decade and am now a funeral operative. Best career decision I ever made :)
Absolutely great presentation I have been around life and death through my entire life. I appreciate this so much in attitude, respect and impathy. I know that my time will be closing soon. Be not afraid it will be cared for. Onward 🌈 to eternal rest.
So thankful for the funeral director I had to assist in moving my dad. I found him and once police arrived I noticed they wouldn’t let me out of their site. Unbeknownst to me, there was a massive gash on my dad’s head and apparently speculation on it being caused by another person. Funeral director came and showed investigators exactly what happened and I was then let to be with family and get answers as to what had happened. So impressed with his ability to assess and care for such a unique and fragile situation.
I worked at the ME’s office during my medical school internship and the morgue is wild. My first autopsies were a traffic fatality and a suicide. The ME’s office is nothing like you see on TV…it’s very raw and very very real.
I was a funeral director for Invocare in Australia, I loved my job, no 2 days are the same, giving families loved one a beautiful send off was so rewarding for me, and yes funeral directors do cry, sometimes the circumstances or the deceased child or baby brings tears to your eyes, we are human with emotions as well, I do miss that job
I thought the same, you can see the glow ❤ if whoever looked after my twin nephews after we held them for the last time sees this, thank you for taking care of them, thank you for the beautiful job you did. It would have been the last time they have would have been held and put together for the sadly first and last time.
My mom was cremated and her wishes were to bury part of her and my dad my sister and myself were to spread her ashes in our own way personal to her. I'll never forget at the end of her burial the funeral director pulled us to the side and discreetly pulled plastic bags containing her remains and slip it to us like we were buying drugs or something.
They good listener's, when my mom and gran passed I did their make up and nails and pedicure and I'm not a qualified mortician but I found it very interesting 😊
Just an interesting piece of info - in the culture of where I am from, morticians will have their birth date and time checked before getting into the profession as people believe that certain people are not 'meant' to be working with/on the dead. It's purely superstitious but I just find it interesting.
I would love to work in the industry. Unfortunately, it's too late in my life to do so now. I am about to turn 62 in September. Maybe the next go round. LOL!
It’s a great trade, everyone in this industry works really hard have you ever been on call and have to leave your family to go help a family that has just lost their loved one and you have to care for them the body and the family. This could be Christmas. New Years or when you are very tired. I have did this for the 8 years. So I know
The "operations manager" can't say 'relevant' properly!? Out of all the interesting facts.. this sentence at 7 minutes in is driving me crazy. Renavent 😅
That’s a pretty huge judgement and assumption of someone’s character just from watching a 25 minute video. You cannot properly analyze who someone is from a 25 minute video. Not everyone is good with cameras in their face, it would be nerve wrecking.
I was stationed with a guy who was assigned to "grave registration" in the Army during Vietnam war. It doesn't get any worse than that. He said what really got to him was seeing guys so young in the state they were in. Body recovery was the worse. Going to recover bodies in the boonies. Bodies blown apart. Body parts in trees. The sheer number of bodies he had to clean up was astounding, and they just kept coming. He never got over it!
As an RN at a VA hospital, I took care of a Veteran who was assigned to body recovery in Vietnam. I will never ever forget the experience he described and how he was so matter of fact about it. I guess that is how he was able to process in his mind, his assignment. He had a job to do and it was was extremely important.
Thank you all the Morticians, you are doing a job that not everyone can do with so much passion and respect. As much as we celebrate life we must respect and honor death... the cycle of life
I’ve been told as a pipe fitter in nuclear power plants, steel mills, refineries, etc that I’m in the belly of the beast. No I’m not. These people are. Hats off to these guys ❤
As someone who works in aged care I have always been fascinated in mortuary work. The only thing stopping me is the kids. I don't know if I could mentally handle that. Absolutely tops video!
I guess if we are watching this we are the intrigued half. I find its interesting. Its the kids/sad cases that get to me, i couldn't deal with the emotional part of it. U guys are amazing to be able to do it.
That’s not true because I was in two major act this year that I should not have walked away from because I went up under a trailer. It was almost decapitated the other one I flipped the truck five times without a scratch on me.
The lady with the long sleeved black blouse seems very jaded and somewhat sarcastic about her job. If shes not really keen to be a mortician she should consider another profession. Not everyone is suited to take over a family business or be a mortician.
Morticians have some of the driest, straight-forward casket humor you will ever hear. She is fine. When you see death and trauma every single day, you have to cope in any way you can.
