sparky83 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 We refuse to have anything to do with Funeral Directors because we'd hate to have a call out there or be working alongside dead bodies! Anyone got any scare stories?! There was a spate of thefts round here a few years ago where burglars were breaking in and stealing the rings of the dead fingers ewwwww! Quote Trade Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I look after a directors, no funny stories though. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 no so much at the parlour, but when my dad passed, the coutage drew up all very solem and proper, the lead mourner (owners son) beckoned us to the following cars, he returned to the hurse and due to some rain slipped and promptly went flat on his face, ended up underneath it. now i was cursed with the same brand of disrespectful humour as my dad he always lightened up anything slightly sad, so i just had to honour him and shouted out 'standing room only - no more room on top' cracked everyone up including the funeral pall bearers. we arrived at the crem with everyone smiling and laughing - put the vicar way of stride and done my dad proud. he might be gone from this life but always remembered for what he was in it - trouble regs alan we'd hate to have a call out there or be working alongside dead bodies! all you need afterwards is a 'stiff' drink to get you into the 'spirit' of things as long as the staff move quicker than the corpse's then they are perfectly safe, as advised by the funeral parlour i lived next door to for 10 years. regs alan Quote If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 here's a true story form my youth, my mate malcolm - the guy responsible for me and the missus meeting (baasstttaard), was a grave digger by trade and worked in Plaistow Cemetary. now behave you lot and no it was not at a 'pay as you go' wake . hey but what a neat idea some film crews turned up to shoot a period funeral scene for some Tv program, so picture the scene all the actors are in place in full peiod costume, lights, camera, action and they start off all very morbid and sorrowful as required by the script. malcolm, with that strain of humour these guys always posses, and a local funeral director decide to walk through the back of the scene with an empty casket on their shoulder singing 'i aint got nobody to love baby' causing the cast to wait for it .......... corpse! it was so bad the cancelled the shoot. priceless! regs alan Quote If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJF Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Back when I was a sparky, we used to do reactive maint for the co-op & this included the funeral directors. I was never happy about working in this enviroment & what really got to me was in the large sites they would have a big selection of different size coffins, at the time my son was about two and seeing half a dozen coffins for kids was something I didnt need to see. Quote Top tip: if you ever catch fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because i bet thats what REALLY throws you into a panic and dont forget the one thing you cant recycle is wasted time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooly-bobs Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 When I used to work at the MRI doing medical and Lab equipment I got taken down to the mortuary on my own request as I had met a student in the social club the weekend before who worked there. Didn't get to go in the PM room but had a look over the shoulder of the mortician whilst asking to go in the fridge room, interesting sight, I'm not in the least bit squeemish but the next room.... It was just a big wall full of what looked best like filing cabinets and a white board on the other side saying who was in which fridge. On the side desk, was this tiny moses basket for new borns or still births Quite sad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistle Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I fitted the system in the chapel of rest in my local town and had to fit a detector in the embarming room. Thay said if i waited an hour thay would clear out the bodys waiting to be done. I went in anyway. Not a very nice sight stainless tables with bodys laid out ready to embarm just saw heads and feet but that was enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Ithen asked if anyone had gone in or out of the room whilst she was gone I said no, she didnt say much after that but we never saw her in the morgue area after that. class! regs aln Quote If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bodle - Tech Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 i Have quite a bit of experience dealing with funeral parlours ect. as a nipper i assisted with a guardtec and some videx kit in a morterary on nhs grounds, the job required 20mm platsic tube internally (matched the electrical install). When drilling 5.5mm holes for my saddles in the morg, the snr told me to "keep the noise down , People r sleeping". I was dying to get into the chiller and //.B.W.F.// him up, but it never happened. The Post Mortem s were carried out in the mornings and we pitched at noon, the smell. The other contract was for the co ops recently, Had to fit 15 x bpt s and a few manual code punch locks ! The locks were for the chiller rooms to stop joe bloggs entering. When completeing the install of one lock i asked the poor old dead guy lying on a table covered up, " What do you think Mate, good job or what ?" To my horror he turned, in his grave ! only joking also have u seen the tools they have got ? Lump Hammer, Bolster the works. I dread to think what they are for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 have u seen the tools they have got ?Lump Hammer, Bolster the works. I dread to think what they are for. simple, jocks never give up their loot without a fight regs alan Quote If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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