Re: Worst Job

Posted by Charlie in NY on November 24, 2015 at 07:58:13 from (50.75.131.206):

In Reply to: Worst Job posted by Married2Allis on November 24, 2015 at 06:29:03:

Worst job I ever had was one of the first. I was a janitor at an inner-city Headstart while I was attending college.

The little darlings never put anything in the toilets that should have gone there, and what they did stuff in the toilets they shouldn't have.

Absolutely weirdest job I ever had was for a neighbor who ran a funeral home. He'd pay $15/hr back in 1975 - when that was about seven times the minimum wage! When he needed assistance he'd call and even if it was for just a few minutes he'd always give me at least $20.

I couldn't help him with any "wet work" but when he needed to lift heavy things like coffins in his warehouse (he had the lift and equipment in the funeral home itself to do it by himself) and when someone had passed away at home and there was no suspected foul play he'd employ me to go help him wrap and transport the body to the funeral home. THAT was a job that I dreaded because the family was upset, it usually was not pleasant at all (one woman had died of an ongoing and huge facial tumor and I still can see that burned in my mind 40 years later) and usually when you're seeing someone who has died at home they're in a sad and tragic condition. In another event the departed must have weighed 350 pounds and the two of us had to get her through doors and down a flight of stairs with some dignity in front of he family. Even with a very fancy gurney you can't imagine. And this had to be done in a dark suit (which he did provide for me - he had a bunch of suits that folks donate).

He offered me a position if I went to mortuary school and became a licensed mortician and I just couldn't. I'd probably be a lot better off financially but I can't imagine how you separate your own life from the constant wear and tear of trying to comfort the families; let alone dealing with the embalming and such.

Funny side - before a funeral he'd take the big 'ol Cadillac hearse out because the tires would get a flat spot from sitting and he would run them (and the engine) to smooth it out. Several times while I was still in high-school he'd stop and offer me rides home.

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