Can You Hear Me Now?
If you don’t already hate cell phones from either people who do not pay attention when they drive while talking, or from annoying people who speak loudly over their phones in public, there is another reason why you might learn to hate them.
Funeral directors might want to take extra caution about letting employees or other helpers (such as beauticians for example) bring in their cell phones into the preparation room when there is a body present. Cell phones have advance from the prehistoric days of being used for simple phones calls and texting to having the capacity of taking pictures, recording videos, playing music, browsing the Internet and much more. Cell phones are not just phones. They are a switch army knife of technology.
Funeral directors need to be cautious when people are preparing a body to make sure no one has a cell phone with them. A disgruntle employee can easily take a few snapshots of pictures and send them to friends. Another person can easily record a video while in the preparation room and within minutes post the video on YouTube. The results from this poor negligence could create a bad image for the funeral home within the community, or even possibly a lawsuit from family members of the deceased whose body might have been captured on video or by the camera.
Funeral directors need to be aware of the change in technology, and the possible effects the latest technology could bring if used improperly.
You Can Be Dr. Jekyll or You Can Be Mr. Hyde
One thing I never realized before was how cut-and-dry funeral directors' personalities were. At the IFDA Convention in Peoria, IL, I had the opportunity to meet and network with various funeral directors from around the state. On one side there were funeral directors that were sociable--they smiled, had great personalities and they were easily approachable. On the other side there were funeral directors that were non-sociable--they held a strong stonewall-look on their face and appeared to be extremely bland. The notion that occurred to me is I could not find any funeral directors at the convention that were somewhere in the middle. Either they were at one extreme, or at the other. I am a person who observes people's body languages and there were some funeral directors at the convention who weren't sending out the best signals. While there are funeral directors who are easily approachable, there are also funeral directors who act like they do not want to be approached at all. My thought to this is if this is the appearance a funeral director gives at a convention outside of work, what kind of appearance does the person give when dealing with a grieving family member who just lost a love one?
Just a side note:
My girlfriend who was at the convention with me told me if I ever end up being bland like some of the funeral directors there she would break up with me.
I agree.
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