02/22/20 Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead

The stigma of handling the dead to me I honestly never put a whole lot of thought into I always said it was a job that I could never do because the thought of dealing with dead bodies all day long does not seem like my ideal job. I never thought of it as someone was making money really of the handling of a dead body I always thought it was crazy we pay so much money for a casket to just be put into the floor and so many people spend so much into and they set their life onto a path road of even picking out the casket they want to be put in and where they want to be buried instead of just living life while they can. I do notice that many people have a somewhat sense of fear of using the word dead I know I do I can take the word loss but dead to me is such a straight forward word and not everyone is ready to hear the finalization of that word and the toll it takes to me personally. The role of someone who handling the funeral to me is such a job that changes of course depending on the family you are dealing with some families might want someone who is involved and then there can be other families who have somewhat a sense of a line that they don’t want the person to cross which can be tricky depending on what exactly family they are dealing with. I can see where humor can detach them from their work because the work they are doing has to be somewhat tricky especially considering you’re seeing it everyday of your life you somewhat need to have a detachment in order to make it through. Many look at the directors as they are cold people because its hard having to carry the idea they deal with death everyday but it reality they have to and its sad because they do have emotions and they do realize what they are doing they have to in order to continue this business but is a sticky situation of having that job. Its crazy to look at the example of the man who makes a good amount of money from this business and has a net worth of 250,000$ but constantly has to live on toes because of the stigma and the looks he might get because of his job occupation and then the money he gets to spend from it. I never payed much sense but I can’t be mad at someone for making money from doing this because it is much more than I could do just the thought of it is beyond me.