Yes, it’s true with all the limelight at parties, seeing dead celebrities, seeing what its like to put your head on train tacks, knowing what the funeral industry is really like, and having hundred of stories to tell, There is a downside to this job, here are the;
Top 5 reasons why it’s BAD to be an Undertaker
- The gross things.
Purge, The smell of purge being stuck in your head for days, blood clots sticking to your arm, awful gasses, human waste, mysterious stains on your clothes, blood on your shoes, cleaning day old facieses, picking up 4 day old plus bodies in houses in bad situations such as the toilet, pool of blood and vomit, stuck to a recliner from too much blood, breaking bones into place by accident just to name a few. - Getting sick
Getting Germs and having life term illnesses for collecting the dead is pretty serious; I am amazed that my bosses wont do random health checks or vaccinations. You can catch a lot from blood, gasses, touching skin, having air and particles to breathe in. You might have some disease in your body and won’t know about it till your 100 years old. A major risk in the industry and is highly overlooked. I hate getting colds and sick from nursing homes, and still having to go to work. . - Feeling like the Bad Guy
Have you ever gone into somebody’s house and they drastically hold onto you and yell “Please, don’t take my baby, I am nothing without them..Please!”, well you get it -and it’s a horrible feeling. You actually feel like Jeffery Dahmer on trial and the family is yelling at you for killing their loved ones. Especially on chritmas. It really kicks the depression in, and makes you feel like the Grimm reaper. Even if you accidentally do something wrong from doing your job- covering their face with a sheet, taking them away head first, wearing gloves, tagging the body – people can get upset and argue with you, when there is a family of 50 it turns out like a war. The title “undertaker” cannot be told when somebody has just lost a loved one, (You don’t know until they ask and then they tell you) and at that point the awkwardness and depression kicks in again. - The fat people
Ok, I’m not talking about the 100 kg guy on his bed. I’m talking about the 300kg plus guy who just happened to die on the floor in the back of the house where there are small hallways and things to smash into. Bad backs are the least of this problem, as you cannot even wrap them in a sheet, or put straps on them to carry them out of the house, it get worse too when they get stuck in the hearse, need 6 people to transfer them onto a cleaning tray, or they break equipment. - Taking the toll on your body
This job takes a harsh toll on your body, which I believe some things will be damaging for life in the long run:
- Back problems
- Getting sick
- Depression
- Lack of sleep
- Working up to 16 hours a night on one shift
- Not getting paid correctly
- Letting age take its toll
- Having to eat at 3am, skipping regular meals
- Hand cramps, eye strains from endless paperwork at night
- Driving while tired for hours
- No breaks if busy – this could mean 12 hours straight
- Moving the obese and diseased
- Arguing with mean bitch nurses
- Heavy lifting
- Injuries on the job that cannot be taken care of
- Having to work when sick because of “lack of staff”
- Missing out on social, family, amazing events because you haven’t slept in 2 days
- Being the “Ugly one” in the morning after working over 13 hours, meeting the beautiful, refreshed morning crew at funeral homes
- Having your boss repeatedly remind you that you are now the “ugly one”
- Only having fast food as an option for starvation
- Unavoidable physical damage: Bags, wrinkles, latex reactions, boils on your face, bad skin conditions, eczema on your hands, rash’s, sprains.
- Getting into bed after your shift finishes, only to get out for another 3 hours because the next staff rostered on are too tired to work and you wont get bonus pay.
- vicious Backstabbing and lying co-workers
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