This article summed of the fact that funerals homes are " big business conglomerates". Who rely on making profit and money and are not family owned like they would have you believe. The manipulation that occurs and the scare tactics that are used to. Convince you to buy something. And inflate the already high priced cost. There prices do not increase in any circumstances unlike regular funeral homes. Average cost of a popular casket a funeral home is 3000. But at this alternative and a more economically beneficial place of "caring for the dead". There price is at $825.00 which includes free delivery locally.
Gordon Lyken worked as an engineer and later felt the urge to carry on his grandfathers business later on in life, and part take in the funeral industry. There were no funeral parlours in the early 1900's and the funeral businesses were all called livery stables because the service offered were horse drawn vehicles, carriages and Landaus, and the coachmen were even dressed in top hats or beavers and frock coats and gloves. Gordon Lyken now today reads about those things and maintains a business that hinged on what was.
I decided to interview a Funeral Director of Metropolitan Funeral Services downtown on Avenue A. I was pretty enthused to see how a touchy subject and controversy of "caring for the dead" will carry on with someone are in that particular career. Also by me just stopping by an asking questions. as i walked into the Funeral Home, i saw the funeral director. i approached his small desk where he was standing and i asked him if he had 2 minutes of his spare time. i was rushed and so was he. but surprisingly the interview was great. he answered my questions very nonchalant yet, simple worded and strong. 2 things that stood out for me in my quick notes were.
- Many people dont come in an ask questions like a "learner" he said, not even the loved ones of arranging a funeral.
- Alternatives aren't pointed out very often or isnt initiated but should be. Cause is the urban lifestyle and economy.
Many people do not ask questions. many do not seek to learn something else. as i begin to grow as a learner and a person is that we choose to follow rather than lead. Funeral Services as well as other things are commercialized. i look at it as a way to promote both sides. but there isn't enough of it. me coming in the interview and seeing how the funeral director himself wanted to talk more to me, yet didn't have the time because he was busy with work. Shows the clash between someones profession and personal views.
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