My wife and I needed to order a headstone for her father that passed in February. The guy I talked with at the local monument dealer was literally out of breath. He said business is 600% greater than last year and that his best guess for a completed headstone is a year from now if paid in in full when order is placed. Lots of people are dying now. Much younger and unexpectedly. Hmm, what do you think is causing it I asked? Covid of course, was his reply. The jab never crossed his mind at all. How could it? That's safe and effective. Without it things would be much worse. No point in arguing with him. Lots of people just like him.
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My wife works for a funeral answering service. When she started 1 out of every 23 calls was a death. Now she sends me screen shots of the call types she has taken for the night with the vast majority being death. It is now a 2.5 to 1 ratio for death calls. A lot of the people say, but, they had just gotten the vaccine. . . Some say the same thing with a different meaning. He/she just got the vaccine I begged them not to.
Not trying to be a dick, but seriously don’t know. What other types of calls would a funeral answering service take if not about a death?
I thought that too, but then I think the poster was saying that in the beginning 1:23 calls were about a death - meaning, perhaps, that 22 calls were about funeral planning, like advanced planning.
That makes sense. So what we’re really saying is it used to be 1/20 (making the math easier) calls was a sudden death.
Now it’s 14/20 calls is a sudden death. Damn…..5% vs 70%
I hope I’m mathing right
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I know people that pre planned/paid for their funerals as they didn't trust their kids to do it. Didn't think the numbers were that high
Questions about services, pre planning for funerals, old people calling to see if anyone they know has died. The list could go on and on. Some even call and ask the female employees about the smell of their vaginas. I guess to sum it up, funeral homes are a business, not just a place where you go when someone dies. They provide a lot of services you wouldn't think they do. Funeral Home Directors are pieces of dookie. They treat people whom they're not servicing like they're shit on the bottom of their shoe. Now obviously that's not universally true, but, a large portion of them are seemingly terrible people. They should be labeled as kin to used car salesmen and lawyers, yet they're thought of as kind and gentile, there when you need them.
Makes sense that some can be slimy. How many are owned by the mob? 🤔
I wish I knew, these people are just shitty to people they perceive to be beneath them in a bad way. It was quite shocking to learn second hand.
I'd imagine older people call to ask for pricing and the likes so the family doesn't have to panic and overspend when the death inevitably comes.
Possibly missing people or family wanting to know when a service will be…? at a ratio of 23:1 ….
My question exactly.
That is a 5750% increase if my math is correct.
That is crazy. How fast did it ramp up, or when did the ratios begin to change?
The increase is fairly recent. I'd say over the last 2-3 months.
Thanks. That is explosive growth on that metric given only 2-3 months.