@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoWhat is the most "Thankless" job?message-square180fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down18file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 year agoDon’t the bereaved thank them for making the deceased look good?
minus-squareRandom Dentlinkfedilink7•1 year agoNot sure how it is in the US, but I had to arrange a funeral in the UK this year and my only point of contact was the funeral director, I never even saw a mortician or anyone like that.
minus-squareTravalaaaaaaanche!linkEnglish1•1 year agoAt least in the US, funeral directors are often also embalmers.
minus-square@AnUnusualReliclinkEnglish1•1 year agoEmbalming isn’t a common thing in Europe as far as I know. We don’t put the dead on display like they seem to do in the US.
Don’t the bereaved thank them for making the deceased look good?
Not sure how it is in the US, but I had to arrange a funeral in the UK this year and my only point of contact was the funeral director, I never even saw a mortician or anyone like that.
I’m sorry for your loss.
Ah, thanks.
At least in the US, funeral directors are often also embalmers.
Embalming isn’t a common thing in Europe as far as I know. We don’t put the dead on display like they seem to do in the US.