Working with the Dead

[Ryuukie]

What if your boyfriend came home and announced he'd just gotten a job in a funeral home or at a morgue? What would your reaction be?

(I did a search on the Internet for the best jobs for people who hate working with people -- and working with the dead was among them. My boyfriend says he hates working with people.)

 

[FPNY]

I'd think that if it made him happy then good for him. As long as he doesn't ask you to take a cold bath on sex night, what does it matter?

 

[kevbo]

"sex night"

like there needs to be a designation...

 

[cityboy-stl]

As long as he doesn't bring work home with him I would be fine with it.

 

[jasoncrew03]

Why should it matter to you?

 

[mxpxl199]

Ahh, the premise of "Departures", one of the most beautiful and amazing movies ever.

 

[Telstra]

i was worried about the smell of the dead ...

 

[kevbo]

If you ever get into a fight with him, make sure to arm yourself with quotes from Death Becomes Her

"You're not even a man anymore. And I need a man! A real man, not some drunken, broken-down, FLACCID undertaker who is just as dead below the waist as his clients are. Hey, I might have more fun with one of your clients! At least I'd know I'd be getting something stiff!"

 

[DeafFoxDemon]

^^^^, lol! at long as he take a shower before sex then i am fine with it.

 

[Lube]

Six Feet Under.

 

[Orlandude]

I would react favorably. It's a great job! Recession-proof! He'll never be out of work, that's for sure. Actually, you should encourage him to get a funeral directors license. Funeral directors seldom have anything to do with the bodies anymore. That is mostly done by support staffs and prep staffs. Directors are mostly administrators who make arrangements with families and direct the details of the funeral. They generally make incomes well above the average. I have a friend who is a funeral director and he has made well into six-figure income for the past 5 years...throughout the recession I might add.

It is an honorable profession and someone has to do it. Safety standards are extremely strict so if that's what you're worried about, don't be. It is safer than being a medical professional. If I had to choose a second career, I would consider it. It is one of few STABLE, SECURE jobs left.

 

[freefall]

As long as he didn't return home as the dead and start a rampage of walking deads

But yes, I'm definitely okay. It's a goddamn real fine job---it's not an illegal or vague job and you're earning good money as well as giving a nice thing to both the passed and the family.

As a fact, not many people out there want to be a mortician or a funeral organiser (it is even regarded a cursed job in many countries in Asia---I don't know about Europe/America regions). Too bad.

 

[jackoroe]

So long as it puts money in his pocket, that's all that counts nowadays.

 

[AlmondMilk]

I wouldn't mind. You gotta do what you gotta do...and at least he'll know that he'll be keeping that job.

 

[Supersix]

I'd say cool! Does he get to drive a hearse?!?

 

[Willie Boy]

"sex night"

like there needs to be a designation...

For us "sex night" happens three times a day! Guess we don't need the services of an undertaker.

As long as he doesn't bring work home with him I would be fine with it.

Bringing the work home isn't the problem.... It's when the work follows him home on its own! Just remember, a direct head shot will put 'em down for good.

I'd say cool! Does he get to drive a hearse?!?

You don't need to be an undertaker to drive a hearse, just buy one.

 

[handyman22]

As long as he doesn't want to convert the Hummer in the driveway into a hearse.
Just like Harold in Harold and Maude

 

[teadrinker]

^ I was hoping somebody would mention Harold and Maude. A great film!

-T.

 

[quasar]

I've worked with dead bodies before, so it would be no big deal to me.

 

[Swellegant]

I know several undertakers and one embalmer; the embalmer I might have tried to date if he weren't a tweaker, but the undertakers I know just aren't cute.

I have no horror of dead bodies... I find them distasteful, I don't think I'd care to handle them myself, but then I don't like to handle dirt or uncooked food, either. An undertaker isn't much different from a gardener or a grocer, as far as I'm concerned.