Drip is forever, no?
Even when you eventually leave this earth, you’re going to need to look good. Not sure about ya’ll but I plan on going by machine gun but even my riddled body will not be beyond beautification. But all that casket swag does not happen on its own. There are people dedicated to making sure that deceased folks go out looking…lively.
We had the pleasure of hanging out with two funeral directors who let us in on a few tricks of the trade when it comes to ensuring the dignity of the people they attend to at the mortuary.
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You will notice this episode is devoid of lunch and that’s because eating was the furthest thing from the mind of the team.
‘I see dead people’
Things were all good until the two directors took us downstairs to show us the fridge where they store cadavers and to call the experience bone-chilling would be more than apt. The cold room door slides open and boom, mad bodies and not in the drawer set up, just chilling on shelves.
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There is no getting around it, you must be a certain kind of person to consider this as a primary vocation but without people who are this way inclined, sending our loved ones to either what comes next, or the sweet-sounding void of nothingness is our final gift to them.
