vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhat is the most "Thankless" job?message-squaremessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squaredeegeeselinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoDon’t the bereaved thank them for making the deceased look good?
minus-squareCrabAndBroom@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months 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!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoAt least in the US, funeral directors are often also embalmers.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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.