"We had an elderly lady who passed away who wished to be buried with her poodle. The family had the dog put down and cremated and the ashes went into her coffin. I found that strange!""I did a funeral with all NSYNC music. We [played"Bye Bye Bye"] as the coffin went down into the ground. On request.""I have dealt with plenty of screaming fights. Casket jumpers are a real thing — rare, but they happen. I've seen two in my 10 years of work.
I was told she never went fishing when I asked.""The first time I embalmed someone who had had an autopsy, we used paraformaldehyde and the senior embalmer I was with made a reference to how it was just like putting a rub on meat. It made me think about how I hadn’t had ribs in a really long time. I got ribs for dinner, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the autopsy the whole time. I don’t eat ribs anymore.
I worked in funeral/cemetery sales and it was the most predatory business I’ve ever seen. My company is one of the largest in the country and they’re no better than the slimiest used car salesman.