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2.5 million Baby boomers will be turning 65 each year. In about 10 years, there should be a surge in customers. If you like to dress in black, enjoy listening to The Cure or Joy Division, and like to work in cool, damp surroundings, this career may be for you...
I actually played in a band in college with a guy who went to mortuary school. He was a dual Art History/Math major. Weird guy, but he loved math, and all that goth music. He's out of school now, and makes tons of money. Maybe your stereotype is spot on!
That is pretty stupid to imply that only goth type people would enjoy mortuary school. I've been to many Funeral homes and the only type I ever see working there are uptight people in suits. I also know lots of goths and not one of them works in that field.
I'd rather work in a Funeral home anyday compared to some horrible corporate office.
There was this guy that I worked with that took all sorts of classes: one week it was real estate, the next it was court reporting. He would always attend one session of any given class, then quit because of the teacher or the room temperature. I suggested he try mortuary science since that was the only class he hadn't tried and dropped out of.
A coworker of ours said that I had a very soothing, calming voice, and she pictured me as someone that could comfort families in their time of loss.
The show Six Feet Under was great, but I wouldn't want anything to do with preparing the departed. I might consider driver or business manager.
It's a way to earn a living. I think that anyone that would "enjoy" going to a mortuary school would not be the average person.
I don't know. I think plenty of people out there see themselves as compassionate, service-oriented, caring types. This seems like a GOOD fit for mortuary science, actually.... and the science of it could be very interesting.
I couldn't stomach it but I'm a wuss like that. I couldn't handle many health careers either for the same reason. Also, I tend to cry when others are very upset in my presence and they are crying. I wouldn't be crying for the deceased but for those left behind... I tend to be a bit TOO empathic that way. I wouldn't be much help!
My ex went for a degree in mortuary science but quit. He was hardly "goth". More of a punk actually.
I have one friend who went through it and is now working in the field and another who is going through it. They both love it and they would both be really insulted if you called them goth. I am pretty sure that the first friend got into it because it was simply something different from what everyone else does for a living and the second guy has been way into the Sandman comics since they came out, so that may be an influence on him.
My personal opinion is that mortuary science is not as creepy or morbid as most people probably think.
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I was the office manager of a funeral home for 5 years. I much preferred the FH than the previous 10 years or so in the banking industry. The men and women that I worked with were a very caring and wonderful group of people to work with. They literally had a "calling" to work in the industry. The work can be very hard emotionally, and the hours can be long. K-Luv is right, people are not creepy or morbid who work in the industry. Six-Feet-Under gave a very strange and unrealistic view of the industry. A&E had a small series on a few years ago called, "Family Plots" which was a much more realistic view.
A coworker of ours said that I had a very soothing, calming voice, and she pictured me as someone that could comfort families in their time of loss.
I have considered doing this part-time. I have experienced a lot of loss of close relatives. I know that this is one occupation that most would not consider.
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