Chill'n the dead

[analog]

About 5 days before last christmas, I had to do a refer retrofit in a funeral prep room. They didn't close it down, I guess a lot of people die over the holidays.


It was mostly older people the first couple of days, middle age the next. On the last day, they rolled in a mother and her two young sons, the estranged father had shot them all in the head.


I cried like a baby that night, some christmas.

[chillin out]

Sad story.

I also used to do a lot of work with body chillers and I always said to the staff member that if there were any kids in there then please move them first.
I don't mind seeing the old folk, but anyone under 20 is just too sad to see.

A colleague of mine had the misfortune of seeing a young tot, he also had trouble sleeping that night.

Chillin:) :)

[monkey spanners]

I've put a coldroom in at a funeral directors an we had to move the"customers" out of the way ourselves as they were short staffed with it being winter time (and all the older people dying). I think it was the colour that they were that was most disturbing. They were layed out on planks with a sheet over them, the one i helped move's arm slipped out from under the sheet.
I always hate working in butchers shops, i don't mind when they are in one piece, but chopped up:(
As a child i used to help out my dad, being took to hold the torch in an abattoir (aged 10) wasn't one of his best parenting disisions :rolleyes:

Cheers Jon

[analog]

This may sound kind of whiney, but thanx for listening you guys. It kinda makes me feel better, kinda like I'm not the only one in the world that has to deal with this dark side of the trade.


Again, thanks for the ear mates, (not to be confused with ear mites).



That was for you Abby, but the sentiment was genuine.

[thebigcheese]

We look after a morturary and 1 of the guys went in and his grandmother was there, ran out screaming

[coolerboy]

got called out one morning to a unit that had ran out of diesel. got there only to find the driver had died during the night. the thing that haunted me the most about that was the look on the guys face.

[Lowrider]

Not work related but for me scary non the less!

On the news a few weeks ago there was an item about a guy who took his own life and that of his two sons by walking in front of a moving train. After two days I found out it was one of my friends at elimentary school who I lost track off! Made my heart skip a beat! I couldn't even go to the funeral! Was closed to family only! scary!