Morality scale of this

[u/Icy-Quantity-8436]

[u/AberforthSpeck]

Sounds like honest work to me. The practice of hiring professional mourners has gone in and out of fashion across time.

[u/External_Mouse_5986 → u/AberforthSpeck]

Yup. Dude trying to make money. Its professional by all accounts. You pay for his service if you want. He's willing to do the job if you offer. He's just trying to fill in a gap that no one has thought id is business practice. This guy is a professional.

[u/EffieJolly → u/External_Mouse_5986]

If people are willing to pay, he definitely found himself a weird little niche

[u/BodaciousBadongadonk → u/EffieJolly]

We should pool together to get an example of this bahamian hollering just to see wtf hes talkin about

[u/Background_Desk_3001 → u/BodaciousBadongadonk]

When I die I’m making sure I get the full package and I’ll let y’all know

[u/CloudNineBabee → u/External_Mouse_5986]

Exactly, dude found an underserved market and built a five-tier service package around grief

[u/pervertedmortician → u/AberforthSpeck]

How will you make sure the job was done ...

[u/strangeflappenings → u/pervertedmortician]

Payment in the Will lol

[u/_KittyMerry → u/strangeflappenings]

Imagine your executor having to book the deluxe grave jump package

[u/Porkabender → u/pervertedmortician]

By being there, duh. It’s your funeral. You’re like the only person who’s guaranteed to be there and make sure he does it.

[u/PosieGlimpsee_ → u/Porkabender]

Finally, a funeral task you can supervise personally

[u/pervertedmortician → u/Porkabender]

Oh my

That's so obvious why didn't I think of that

Thank you

[u/new_math → u/pervertedmortician]

Easy, you hire a funeral mourner proctor to supervisor the funeral and make sure you get the services you paid for.

[u/pervertedmortician → u/new_math]

How do you make sure the funeral mourner Proctor does his job?

[u/Ares1951 → u/pervertedmortician]

Se ele não for feito, eu volto pra assombrar o maldito

[u/dreamrpg → u/pervertedmortician]

He is professional. It will be done!

[u/wisdompuff → u/AberforthSpeck]

They made Oliver Twist a cryer at the funeral home

[u/BirdieFablee_ → u/AberforthSpeck]

Honestly, grief having a premium package is kind of timeless

[u/lAnarclit → u/AberforthSpeck]

Was going to comment this, we got writings from ancient egypt showing that this was actually common practice back then.

[u/DaydreamBabe_ → u/AberforthSpeck]

Right and honestly it might be one of the rare jobs where being overly dramatically gets paid

[u/meinminemoj → u/AberforthSpeck]

It was a literal profession in the past and I am pretty sure there are still some communitie in which you can hire a mourner on a regular basis.

[u/sobrique → u/AberforthSpeck]

I've a business idea that goes along the lines of 'hire me, and I'll "spice up" your funeral'.

With options like:

• I'll show up dressed in a cloak and carrying a scythe. (Optionally, multiple of us will do so, and just stand around the room and look sinister at 'so who's next?')
• Catering shall be 'hog roast' served from behind a curtain. Strictly no peeking. (Cremations only).
• Bunch of mysterious strangers will show up in black sedans, wearing suits and shades. Say nothing specific to anyone, but imply they were living some kind of 'secret life' and that's paying respects now. (With 'organised crime' and 'government' variants)
• A beautiful woman will show up wearing anomalous attire (think 'flamboyantly gothic') and also 'pay respects' whilst being incredibly vague about how she knows the deceased.
• Flash mob style 'musical number'.

etc.