Uhhh...Okay? (slight ick factor)

[MoonCat]

In dealing with a customer placing a death notice, this little gem turned up in my email inbox (identifying information removed):

His name is [XXXXX] he died at [XXXXX] on Feb 11th and the Funeral home was [XXXXX]. [XXXXX] was the undertaker who said he would be embalmed with phenol because formaldehyde gives off noxious fumes. Should I just take the information to them?



Why the hell she thought we needed to know what the undertaker told her about embalming, I do not know. All I know is, I did not need to read this right after lunch!

[Deserted]

In dealing with a customer placing a death notice, this little gem turned up in my email inbox (identifying information removed):

His name is [XXXXX] he died at [XXXXX] on Feb 11th and the Funeral home was [XXXXX]. [XXXXX] was the undertaker who said he would be embalmed with phenol because formaldehyde gives off noxious fumes. Should I just take the information to them?



Why the hell she thought we needed to know what the undertaker told her about embalming, I do not know. All I know is, I did not need to read this right after lunch!

Some sort of weird religious requirement, perhaps?

[Seshat]

I know the smell of formaldehyde waaay too well.

I studied AN101 at Uni - AN being Anatomy. We used cadavers.

My class was right before lunch, and was a 2-hour session.