Weekend Engagement 170: I'm not tall enough to be a CSI so I'll be a funeral director

Hi,

Delighted to participate again in the #weekend-engagement organised by @galenkp every week.

Link to Weekend Engagement 170

This time I'm going to participate with the topic number of the proposed ones.

Topic 2: You have the choice of one of the professions below. What do you choose and why?
➡️Government executioner
➡️Funeral director
➡️Crime scene investigator
➡️Proctologist or gynaecologist

It could be a fantastic CSI but....

Because of my professional background, my clear choice of the proposed professions would be to be a CSI.

I'm sure you remember an episode where the investigators wore these white coveralls to avoid contaminating the scenes.

Well, in several of my training courses in analytical techniques I use this type of claustrophobic but effective clothing to avoid contaminating the samples.

In fact, in my 15 years of professional experience, I have given training courses related to mass spectrometry techniques on several occasions to law enforcement agencies in my country.

...is a question of height

However, no matter how good my analytical and forensic skills may be, to be part of the criminalistics service in my country, it is necessary to be a policeman first and for that you have to be above a certain height to be able to enter the police force.

So, this profession is out of the question for me because I am short.

Funeral Director

Being a funeral director is a job that I consider hard, but it is a job that always has a clientele, after all, everyone dies and it is without a doubt a very well paid job.

At the same time, due to my taste for art and design, I think I could be a good advisor in the selection of marbles, sculptures or other ornaments for the pantheons of my clients' families.

In addition, I am a very empathetic person who likes to always be attentive to others, so I think I already have a quality that funeral directors have, which I know is to serve as a support in difficult moments such as the death of a family member or loved one.

The administrative and organisational management of funerals and wakes would not be a problem for me. In fact, in the service company I work for, 60% of my work consists of organising and administering documentation, so I believe that this part of the job would only be difficult for me to keep up to date with the current legislation regarding the handling of corpses and cremations.

My possible Achilles' heels

The funeral director I know in my village does the embalming of the corpses himself, and from what he has told me about the processes of removing body fluids from the corpse, I think that would be the hardest part of the job.

And the other limitation I have is the flowers. Yes, as much as I enjoy photographing them, I am allergic to the pollen of many of the flowers and the thought of having to be in a flowery environment all the time would be really hard. But knowing the money that is earned in this profession, I think I will be able to live constantly medicated with antihistamines.

I hope you liked my choice.

Best regards.