Mortuary Groups Have A Surprising Amount of Drama

[jpegghost]

 There was some MORTUARY TEA today.

I'm in a FB group for young morticians which is usually mild with the occasional meme or debate. However, today someone bragged that they were blazed while performing a home removal.
For reference, that is when someone dies at home and you have to cart out Meemaw's body while the whole family watches. It's awkward, usually has stairs involved, and sometimes Meemaw poops or bleeds or vomits or tries to take a tumble if she's very heavy. Not really something to be high for.

I genuinely don't mind weed, smoke it if you got it, but going to work where you deal with fragile human remains while intoxicated? Recipe for disaster. I really can't believe she put that in a public forum like Facebook. Anyways once that received backlash she deleted and left. Aiiiiiye.

I bought a 401a Slant-O-Matic from Ebay that's in good (tested) working condition. It's from the late 50s and kind of ugly, but I'm honestly extremely excited for it to arrive. It should, on August 4th -- I can't wait to absolutely destroy the beautiful fabric I own.

Speaking of fabric, Alex's mom has three tubs of fabric that she used and she's letting me dig through! Yay! I can't wait to potentially ruin it!

Comments

[8hyenas]

I can't imagine being high and in ANY stressful situation, that sounds awful and really really (really) irresponsible. Both in the doing and the posting.

Curtains! The one I made yesterday is just some upholstery fabric that looks like an orangey Arab chainlink fence. I really hope you get that image. I'm sure there's a word for that pattern.

You won't ruin any fabric! It's a square, and you're sewing in a straight line. And if you mess up you can just rip it out and the fabric is fine. I have faith in you.

[jpegghost]

Weed doesn't work on me sadly. Not like I can use it, I get randomly drug tested. But the few times I have been high (after consuming amounts that would drop a normal person on their ass) I just felt nauseous / tired. I usually would have a high for 30 minutes then go to bed because I couldn't focus on anything. I never enjoy the experience. I can't imagine trying to do that while dragging a body around.

I think I understand the curtains fabric but if not, just astral project the image to me please.

And that's true! I am buying a seam ripper for a reason. I found some ... crepe-like material that's checkered in Alex's mom's stash, so I think I will use that to learn how to sew in a straight line. Weird material, though!

[8hyenas]

Just FYI sewing anything that is slick, lacy, mesh etc is exponentially harder than straight cotton. It will slip around rather than smoothly feeding thru the machine and may go faster than the needle or bunch up. /unsolicited advice

[jpegghost]

No, I am BEGGING for advice. I don't know what I'm doing. If you have any hints PLEASE tell me

[8hyenas]

When you start a seam go forward about half and inch then reverse it and go over it backwards. That way it won’t unravel later.

[jpegghost]

I read about that! That's called a backstitch -- I think modern sewing machines have an auto backstitch or whatever

[alee_grrl]

Oh wow, that person was incredibly irresponsible (both in her actions and in her post). Like you I have no problem with weed, but smoking or drinking while on the job is never a good idea. And if you have a job that requires delicate handling, like this one, it's an even worse idea.

Yay for the ordered sewing machine and for additional fabric to play and experiment with!

[jpegghost]

It is pretty embarrassing to know she was doing that. People my age in the profession aren't very well respected by our older peers, so she's doing a disservice to all of us. I hope the family didn't notice...

[alee_grrl]

I hope the family didn't notice either. It's so sad that some people don't think about how their actions affect others (in this case, the family and other young mortuary workers). As you said, it's already difficult for younger folks to get any sort of respect, and it sucks when someone like this makes it harder.

[switterbeet]

Eesh, yeah, poor judgement all around on that one. Hopefully she learns from the backlash that that was Not A Good Idea and reconsiders her life choices.

Whatcha gonna make with that fabric?!

[jpegghost]

TOWELS! Because I'm Mister Domestic all of a sudden I'm making autumn towels for me and my boyfriend's place. I want to be decent enough that one day I can make tablecloths and such ... And ... Idk curtains!

[switterbeet]

Fancy!