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Anyone been to any funerals lately? I just came back from a funeral for my Bubby/grandmother this morning and the experience was less pleasant than usual. It had to be a roadside funeral in the cemetary. A few days before we had to email the funeral home a form that said we weren't experiencing symptoms of covid, hadn't been travelling in the past 14 days etc... We also had to bring masks and the like.
So we get there, have to talk to the bouncer to see if our name is on the list, then answer a few questions that were pretty much answered in the form we filled out. They tell us where to drive and we head over. We had to stay in our cars until the funeral started, a lady came by our cars and gave us disposable gloves and hand sanitizer. Funeral starts and everyone has masks on, it's hard to hear a damn thing. They asked for the pall bearers to step forward (me) and I didn't hear it so that was a bit awkward. Grab the casket, head over to the site and all that stuff. Then we spread out a bit while the rabbi does a mini speech but he's super old and wearing a mask so he's hard to hear, not to mention it is windy out and the wind is blowing through the trees, birds are chirping and there's still traffic nearby so we can hear cars, horns etc... Which of course is making it even harder to hear so I doubt most of us heard anything. Funeral ends and they ask us to leave quickly as there is another funeral happening right after (they weren't kidding either, as we were driving out there were cars lining up for another one). Whole thing was about 30 minutes, not an ideal way to say goodbye to someone. There was a lot of Jew humour in the whole absurdity of the situation so that's kind of a silver lining.
I would recommend you tell your family and friends not to die right now as they won't be getting the send off they deserve. Has anyone had similar experiences? I am curious to hear about other people's stories right now, the whole situation is just so strange.
So we get there, have to talk to the bouncer to see if our name is on the list, then answer a few questions that were pretty much answered in the form we filled out. They tell us where to drive and we head over. We had to stay in our cars until the funeral started, a lady came by our cars and gave us disposable gloves and hand sanitizer. Funeral starts and everyone has masks on, it's hard to hear a damn thing. They asked for the pall bearers to step forward (me) and I didn't hear it so that was a bit awkward. Grab the casket, head over to the site and all that stuff. Then we spread out a bit while the rabbi does a mini speech but he's super old and wearing a mask so he's hard to hear, not to mention it is windy out and the wind is blowing through the trees, birds are chirping and there's still traffic nearby so we can hear cars, horns etc... Which of course is making it even harder to hear so I doubt most of us heard anything. Funeral ends and they ask us to leave quickly as there is another funeral happening right after (they weren't kidding either, as we were driving out there were cars lining up for another one). Whole thing was about 30 minutes, not an ideal way to say goodbye to someone. There was a lot of Jew humour in the whole absurdity of the situation so that's kind of a silver lining.
I would recommend you tell your family and friends not to die right now as they won't be getting the send off they deserve. Has anyone had similar experiences? I am curious to hear about other people's stories right now, the whole situation is just so strange.
