Comments on: 1. Cloak & Scythe. 2 ...? 3. Profit!

Question: 1. Cloak & Scythe. 2 ...? 3. Profit!

vanoakenfold — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:27:14 -0800

Is there a big list (with general descriptions, optional) of jobs in the death industry?

I'm coming up on year 6 of my job intended to be interim, and Dead Like Me has me somewhat inspired. I'd like something not involved with scalpels/fluids, but a list of mostly everything would be spiffy, regardless. And not this list.

By: bruce

bruce — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:15:03 -0800

have you looked into viatical settlement brokerage? no scalpels or fluids, just peddling the life insurance policies of doomed wretches to investors for handsome commissions while the wretches are still alive!

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:33:53 -0800

If he doesn't show up in this thread , email ColdChef.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:03:09 -0800

Florists make huge money on funerals.

By: echolex

echolex — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:35:17 -0800

Please don't go into an industry because of what you see on TV. The death industry and Hollywood fantasy TV are two completely different worlds.

By: vanoakenfold

vanoakenfold — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:42:11 -0800

I would have to die first to do what is on Dead Like Me =P

By: carmen

carmen — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:44:46 -0800

You could work/volunteer for an OPO (Organ Procurment Organization).

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:20:36 -0800

One step removed from scalpels and fluids — a friend was recently offered pretty good money to work as a cosmetologist in a funeral home. No enbalming, no autopsy...ing, just hair and makeup work on the deceased. The offer fell through at the last minute, but apparently it would have paid much better than the spa and salon jobs she was pursuing.

The only catch is, you'd need the same training and licensure as a cosmetologist for living people — depending on the state you're in, that could mean a lot of classes or a hefty fee.

But yeah — please don't get a job based on what it looks like on TV.

By: chrominance

chrominance — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:08:19 -0800

Maybe you could explain what it is about Dead Like Me that has you inspired? Picking up post-its from Mandy Patinkin and taking souls from people who are about to die doesn't exactly seem to indicate a certain career path.

By: vanoakenfold

vanoakenfold — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:58:04 -0800

It's the death industry in general for what I'm looking at, not a specific duty other than the noted skills notably absent. There are some people who "couldn't do that for a living" (no pun intended) in regard to being around dead people and the mourning, (but that applies to just about any career field I bet), but I think I could do something in that spectrum, minus the squishy mess.

I could totally be a repear like on the show and enjoy it, but there's really nothing like that at all, I wouldn't safely wager. I wondered if there was a giant list of things perhaps that suited my particular ease with being around such matters. It's like wanting to be a medical doctor of something when there's a thousand kinds to pick from yet having the general "doctor" hankering. I was moreso curious if there were perhaps also at least more than 10 or 20 different death-related jobs out there.