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Originally Posted by Matata
As long as you have the right temperament, you can get used to that sort of thing fairly quickly. My mom used to an ER nurse and laying hands on a mutilated dead body doesn't even phase her (as long as she's wearing gloves).
That said, I agree that the preparation of the body is a sacred duty and those practitioners should be well compensated. But that is only one step of the process, the funeral industry typically runs a very high profit margin, which is based entirely on taking advantage of people who are not a position to fight for a fair deal.
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I would argue that this particular temperament is rare. I cut people open for a living and can promise you that my stomach will not handle this work. I wonder what the actual profit margin is in this industry. Overhead must be substantial. You need big floor space, specialty equipment, potentially skewed supply (how many people are willing to do this type of work) vs demand (baby boomer demographic bulge in full effect). Are numbers like 12-20k really that out of line? Market obviously can bear it so I don't know if I would call it "taking advantage".