My grandmother is terminally ill but hasn’t passed away. Is it inappropriate for me to be canvassing for funeral parlors?
Not at all. You are just being practical. What would be inappropriate though is for your grandmother to find out that you are actually doing so. As far as she’s concerned, it’s ok for her to be in a hurry to go just as long as she is doing the actual hurrying. I don’t think she’ll appreciate you hurrying it up for her.
Now as far as being practical is concerned, the cost of living these days is catching up with the cost of dying. What could be more inappropriate than knowing how much you will be spending, is NOT knowing how much you will be spending. And that amount shouldn’t shock you to death.
It really isn’t uncommon for funeral parlors to get calls on a daily basis on near-death cases. We’ve even dealt with chapel reservations only to find out that its guest of honor is not quite deceased yet. In which case, the chapel is usually offered to the next interested party that holds a corresponding death certificate. Now once you’ve canvassed a particular parlor, stop now or move on to the next. Or this could come back haunting you later. Funeral staff are actually trained to look out for details. They will remember you.
On a number of occasions, we have experienced individuals calling for the anticipated death of their parent, asking for packages, chapel rates, down to the nitty gritty details. Many weeks pass and we don’t hear from them. A couple of months later, we get a call from the parent, now miraculously recovered, up and about, calling for reservations. It seems, his son, the original caller, has met an accident and has passed away and will be needing our services himself after all. Such is life. And death.
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