It’s comforting and horrifying to hear people talk semi-normally about these horribly traumatic things with such detail and bluntness. Awesome videos, man.
I remember watching beheading videos as an 8 year old on here, I think seeing gore filled stuff growing up is part the reason/theory on why atleast I’m decent with dealing with people passing
@@igrojikku2212 people should atleast experience once in their life how violent nature is and how far we would go murdering each other. Its a great way of humbling arrogant and clueless generations these days.
@@sumSOTY I appreciate y'all saying so. I'm honestly super happy with how well received this has been. Not to mention Syrmor has some unreal editing to make me look coherent here. I rambled a lot man LOL
It really isn't a job most would think of until it's in front of them. Glad this video could shed some light on a very difficult profession for everyone!
I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear jus
I recently had to meet one of these kind souls. My father passed in hospice last year early November. One of the kindest understanding people I have had the pleasure of talking to. I appreciate all the people who work these kinds of jobs that no one really thinks about until you hear their stories or face them. Thank you to all who work these jobs that society tends to just forget about. Much love.
Much love right back! Glad to hear your experience with removal was positive in a time of grief. I hope you've received all the time and space you need and will continue to do so.
@@joobsterdoobster sorry for perhaps being insensitive but crazy how people you perceive as so different (dealing with horrid stuff, corpses, sewage etc; murderers, sadists; all the highly different people), all just seem very same. Saying or smth that you can never tell a criminal from a good citizen and yeah wow. Just strange because I guess you think you can guess a person and their idealogies etc from their looks and stuff but oh hell nah
@@cate01a Absolutely! I remember a family coming in to perform identification on this gentle looking old man. They fucking HATED him. Called him a racist bigoted monster who tormented everyone around him, and it was so shocking to know that this small old man, who looked so nice, was actually this brutally vicious person. In death, nothing separates us from others. It's only the memories that will be unique.
One time I talked to a huge group of people on VR CHAT about not knowing myself my depression[Now Gone 👹]...and I had this particular avatar as a skin On and it really really deepened the emotion of the convo and a whole bunch of people gathered around ill never forget it... it's really crazy and insane what VR chat can do with its universe and bring people together....I wish i could help everyone on vr chat, but im just one man.
With the last case, I’m surprised the gurney dropping didn’t cause the body to separate into a deconstructed Build a Bear considering it was 2 weeks into decomposition.
You and me both. A coworker of mine had a decomp that had been left out in the sun for over a week in a town called Defuniak (they had died hiking out in an unmarked section of a park.) That person was much more malleable based on what they told me.
@@joobsterdoobster I haven’t gotten to the last story yet but assuming the body was in a house. It makes sense it didn’t instantly give out. Whereas dying in the wood, you’ll have bugs and weather breaking you down really fast
Honestly I was wincing waiting for that but I’m glad it didn’t come to that although having to carry a body pressed up against you that closely is also pretty hard
I’ve found that if you’ll start your day with stories like these, your day will seem wonderful by comparison. It becomes almost impossible to feel sorry for yourself, facing a normal day, if this is the first thing you hear before you start your day.
I love the vr shuffle they do while talkin’; their hands move in & out while their feet dip forward to back. Helps with the real world shit they talk about lol.
I did body removal for 2 years in southeast michigan and i sympathize with rellamuse here a lot. Hospital pick ups or nursing home pick ups were a huge breese, almost just felt like going to the post office, to pick up a package, to take somewhere else. Home and hospice pick ups are the worst for everything he mentioned about, having to deal with grieving family and you're entering as a stranger. Like you can't imagine going to pick up some dude, from southwest detroit, and he's mexican, and like, his entire family is filling up his little 2 bedroom flat. So there's 60 people in this place that holds like 12. Some families were cool and were having little send off parties for their loved ones and they were in sort of good moods and asked if you wanted to stay to party with them. But that was few and far between. Most of my experiences doing home pick ups were usually very depressing, or even hostile at times. I have some funny stories in my time doing that job, but honestly it's a job that wears you down physically and emotionally. You typically work 6-7 days a week, you're typically on call that entire time 12 hours a day (days or nights) and just the amount of physical labour it takes to get people out of the situations they ended up in are literally back breaking. And it really doesn't pay well. You get paid per pick up, and sometimes for mileage if you had to drive far. My final straw was doing a home pick up, and i was picking up a mother whose son had recently returned from afghanistan and was not in a good mental place (who can blame him,) but long story short, the guy tried fighting me multiple times because i was taking away his mother. It was a saturday night, i was already exhausted and sore and just said fuck it. Called my boss to come do it, dropped my van off at the garage, drove home and then probably slept for 2-3 days straight.
I am lucky that only ever once did I have someone get aggressive with me, and luckily, his whole family was there to help me calm him down. I ended up escorting him to a different room so he could have some peace and quiet while we moved his father. The rest of the family decided to stay nearby and watch, which I was never a fan of, but I of course let them do so, albeit with a warning that they may regret watching the process as it isn't pleasant to watch a loved one be moved in such a way. Absolutely insane story dude, and I would've done the exact same thing in your shoes. I can handle the dead just fine, after all, you can always find a solution to moving dead folk eventually. The living are a completely different ballgame and ultimately are always wildcards. Luckily, I'm a pretty good people person, but I find myself in some situations that I was happy it wasn't one of my coworkers instead, even if it meant I was alone on a call.
My heart goes out to this guy and the men and women who are in the same careers. He has a very heavy line of work that many of us will never experience and I can only give my gratitude for what they do.
I work in a busy veterinary hospital and often end up being saddled with doing a lot of the euthanizing. It's a really shitty process from start to finish. The jump you have to make from being empathetic to grieving pet owners to being professional and detached while administering and then bagging and tagging the bodies? It gives you a lot of emotional whiplash. There's still some times when I have to go out back and cry, and I've been doing this for a long time.
I wanted to be a vet when I was a kid until it dawned on me that I would have to euthanize animals. We just lost our dog after 14yrs, and used Laps of Love. Very thankful for the professionalism and care we were shown. Thank you for what you do! ❤️
I had this same job just in a different state. Yes, the “Grimm Reaper” feeling is right on point. I have had to deal with similar scenarios as well (unfortunately). I want to add that the biggest thing I have learned from the experience is that out of all the people that I have picked up were all important and special in life. It’s odd to say but the Dr. Who reference is on point when he says “I have never met anyone who wasn’t important”. Sounds weird and cliche but yeah.
And if you've plaid The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask, *spoiler alert* The Happy Mask Salesman, the Avatar OP chose, is the character that teaches Link, the main protagonist in Majora's Mask, the Song of Healing. The Song of Healing is performed on the Ocarina of Time throughout the game to heal the ghosts/spirits of dead heroes who died trying to complete their quests. His choice of Avatar is 100% spot on. Very relevant to the topic.
My best friend recently lost his grandfather/mentor figure and I'm at the stage of my life where aging parents and relatives are really starting to sink in, and it's given me a lot of perspective on just how short life is in the grand scheme of things and how long the experience ends up being. I try to take time to appreciate things and people around me and to try not to take things for granted because this guy is absolutely right, we're all ending up in a body bag someday, someway, so make your life worth remembering by honoring life and its little complexities everyday.
Just be here. Love never leaves us. The music never stops. Dance through the night. Aliens could invade at any point & every global crisis could be meaningless instantly. Even nuclear war... I'd recommend Kyle Hill's (scientist) video The End of Everything if you have unresolved feelings about Impending Doom. (The term hospice workers use for near-death patients who are irate & fearful randomly)
The story about the larger guy is now my reason for losing weight. I don't want some poor soul to have to blow out their back lifting my lifeless corpse when I eventually croak
Hell Yeah, that’s an awesome attitude ! it must be rough with like half of people being so insanely fat these days and the percentage only going up 😓 Makes me want to get my mental health in order as I don’t want to have my anxiety turn into hoarding or some similarly disgusting habit. The guys do enough, I shouldn’t make it harder.
Two friends of mine worked in body removal for a couple of years, I know for sure that if they would read your words they would immedately say out loud "please yes thank you". Old, medium weight dead people are already heavy as a solid piece of rock, overweight deceased are just...well, transportation problems with guaranteed back pain afterwards, it's apparently really problematic
I can't remember the faces of the funeral home people who took a family member's body away. So from my perspective they weren't the grim reapers, just people doing a tough job and it was difficult to reconcile that since someone you loved just died and you're balling your eyes out and they seem to feel nothing which kinda makes sense they didn't know them so why should we have that expectation. If there weren't people doing this job we'd have to move/prepare the body ourselves and I don't know how traumatic that would be.
Absolutely! It's the kind of job we don't really think of until it's in front of us. I always tried to do what I could to make a difference with the families I met, but realistically, there is absolutely nothing you can say or do to help, aside from providing information. I hope you're doing better now and had proper time and space to grieve!
@@joobsterdoobster Thanks dude, it's a feeling that comes and goes. Had to get therapy and I've accepted some days are just going to be shit and that it's ok to cry. I think I've been getting slightly better over the years tho. As usual, cherish your loved ones and let them know you love them. You never know when they or you might be gone ♥️
@@theonlycatonice Absolutely. Just know that no matter what, your emotions are valid, and you're allowed to feel how you feel. No one can take that from you, especially when it comes to grief. Glad to hear it's improving and you're feeling better! I try to remind myself that those sad days are a part of being human, and it's normal to need to have those days, where as, it's exceedingly rare to not have them, so you're not alone!
I can tell how desensitized he is, to the point where he has to make things look brighter no matter how morbid the situation is. Like how he cracks jokes or chuckles about his job, like i understand its fucked up to joke about some stuff but at the same time, he is literally the one who was doing those jobs and he hadda do his best to do em, so yeahh
God its so good to still have prime Syrmor around. This was a strange experience, but a meaningful one. I learned a lot I didn't know, or perhaps didn't want to know, but I regret nothing. That was sick af, both positively and sickeningly.
I accidentally ran across this channel through your ptsd/vet vids. Never thought about it, but this seems like an excellent way to help people. These are fascinating, too. Thank you for these.
Worked 3.5 years doing security in a hospital. We had to move bodies. There was a freezer in the basement where we kept them until the funeral home arrived to whisk them away. Sometimes they'd stay in their room though. The ones who came to collect the bodies were all an odd sort. Most were super cool and respectful, but this one chick man... she was picking up the hands, moving them around, trying to make him talk like some kind of fucked up ventriloquist. Super crude jokes and just real disrespectful stuff. We told her to stop, which she did, but her retort was "what he's dead, he doesn't care." Gotta have respect for the dead. Hope that chick got fired.
The masks talking when he talks is a disturbing enough visual... but I'm really distracted by the single piece of shrimp tempura on the floor next to him.
This channel is literally a miracle. I’ve just never heard such amazing stories before. I could listen to all these people talk for hours. It is really is incredible, what you do here. I think I’m going to start looking into getting a headset
I worked this exact job for about half a year before I moved state to get other work. I know exactly what this guy dealt with and I can relate to all of it. Thanks for sharing your stories man.
@@joobsterdoobster I haven't done the job in years but I never thought of myself as being the grim reaper. When you explained that it really hit me man. Gave me goosebumps, really well said.
I do this same job here in S Florida and this description is pretty spot on. Played it a couple times now for others thanks for sharing. I also set up for funerals, dig, along with body removals.
While I do not work in the industry, I have friends who do and have helped them on occasion. It's quite... surprising how quickly you become desensitized to seeing a corpse, especially if you also embalming them
My way of dealing being around them is to just think they're wax sculptures because they look like one after they're embalmed. When someone is embalmed and ready for a funeral, a very thick lotion is put on them so they don't dry out and lit makes them look kinda waxy
@@joobsterdoobster awesome stories man thank you so much for sharing ! hope you are doing good and this shit doesnt bog u down too much i know itd fuck w me but im squeamish 😂
We had the county contract for two counties so we picked up every murder, suicide, and any other death that wasn't being planned to happen. I went to a lot of crazy crime scenes. We were the only mortuary in town so we really picked up every dead body that wasn't taken care of by a funeral home.
It is true that removal varies. In my job, part of my duties was removal of bodies from rooms to a general morgue. Giant meat freezer with gurneys. Signed in. By us, funeral homes come by later and get them. And we drop off the paper work. I’m in Texas, so autopsies could only be ordered by a justice of the peace, which sometimes happens. We had a someone from county who tried to hang themselves finally passed, they were in county awaiting trial for drowning their kids. We picked them up, and the county deputies followed us down to the morgue. But got upset when we wouldn’t let them in. Other patient information is in that morgue, and HIPAA requires we safe guard it. They also had the JP order an autopsy. The autopsy was done apparently, and after that, the county was no longer interested. The body set in the morgue for 3 months.
Needed to read that! I appreciate it. I would hate to make anyone uncomfortable, but at the same time, I want give an accurate portrayal to what it's like working in the death industry.
@@joobsterdoobster dude we totally get it. Some laughter comes from horror. This is that. Never ever edit those parts out please. Those are the parts that connect us all.
As someone who works on cleaning up Biohazards, i appreciate people like this immensely. At least i don't have to pick up bodies, just clean up the aftermath
In The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask, spoiler alert The Happy Mask Salesman, the Avatar OP chose, is the character that teaches Link, the main protagonist in Majora's Mask, the Song of Healing. The Song of Healing is performed on the Ocarina of Time throughout the game to heal the ghosts/spirits of dead heroes who died trying to complete their quests. His choice of Avatar is 100% spot on. Very relevant to the topic.
seeing dead bodies myself living in a dictatorship in myanmar when i was young i think i might be really good at this job, or at least able to do it easily
Go for it! You will literally never run out of work, so long as you have semi-decent people skills and are willing to be involved in some very disgusting and strenuous situations. I recommend starting with working directly for a funeral home and not as a third-party however! Much safer work in general, and a better support network should shit hit the fan.
15:27 "you have to get him, have to get this dude" thats the most heavy stuff, like, thats your job, you have to doit, thats why you are there, kudos to this dude
I found my Father the afternoon of his death, he had already gone into Rigor Mortis, and was cold to the core. First time. Knew right away from what I learned from watching Law and Order, lol, but just because you know, that does nothing in the way of Acceptance at first. 9 months later I got to see my Brother pass before my very eyes. They said he had a stroke, he was 39. I haven’t been the same since 2021. Death does bring a new perspective to Life though, one I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to learn about, it changes you. Bless this dude, for that last story was horrific.
My dad has shared his EMT stories with me and they haunt me just like this does. My favorite story of my dad's is the body they were handing off to a private ambulance and her leg bones- which were poking out of her butt cheeks because of a nasty impact- pierced through the body bag (they hadn't done the secondary bag) and then the whole thing just split in two in their arms and her gooey viscous remains just went everywhere.
If only all of us with unspeakably severe cPTSD had this opportunity. I'm equally grateful for the catharsis felt by the participants, and tbh really, REALLY jealous.
i work in an age care facility as hospitality - i have no interaction with the medical side of things, i just serve food and wash dishes - once night my co-worker and i are fucking around, cleaning dishes and blasting music and the doorbell rings so we're like "oh is there a delivery that we werent told about" but when we answer the door its. yknow. people coming to pick up the deseaced. i did not know someone died that day so i had just been fucking around across the hall from what we called the holding room. it was basically a morgue - they were really nice and polite and me being an overly curious nerd asked them a few questions while my co-worker was finding the RN to do the paper work
I feel like some of us or A LOT of us take our lives and our days for granted. For this guy to have a job like that he’s witnessed first hand the reality of humans and humanity and more power to him cause this is a very *hard* job. Enjoy your days alive, tell your family or whoever you have you love them, go for a walk in the park, enjoy nature, watch some birds, smell some flowers, watch the waves break, and enjoy the sunset. Cause one day you never will be able too. Every given day is a gift, and that’s why today is called “The Present”
Always liked that present quote. Well said. I appreciate the kind words, and I'd like for you to know that I have no emotional baggage (I think lol who really knows) from working in removal nor in cremation. However, it's paramount that we make the realization that we are finite, and will have an end. We don't exist forever, and realistically, we never will. It's easy to put stuff off, and procrastinate, but hopefully when I say that death is sudden, maybe it'll hit a little different coming from someone in the field I was in. That's a great outlook to have on life, and I hope you can live close to it. I always find it's easy to TELL other people and even myself these inspirational things, but it's SO much harder to embody and become them. Ultimately, you get one chance, even if you believe in an afterlife (I don't myself, for context), you won't get to live this life and do these same things again. Not in the same environment, or with the same YOU, at least. Just trying to take into account some popular beliefs. Thank you so much for watching the video, and I really do hope you're able to keep your passion for life and live with it close to your heart.
Yep! Sometimes I would move more than 16 people in a 72-hour period. It's why I needed to leave the job as the work was 24/7 on-call. It just wasn't sustainable, and the third-party I worked for could NOT find good helpers, but they would pay a little more if I traveled further.
I don't care what happens to my body when I die (on account of, you know, being dead), but I sure hope my corpse doesn't become an inconvenience like that, how embarrassing.
Just began working at a hospital recently...you'd be surprised at the numbers of death that happen per day and how gruesome it can be. It's a real eye-opener. You think since it's a hospital, that's supposed to be part of it, but it's surreal when you're there experiencing it and see it happening in real time. I suppose it's like a sophisticated war between life and death.
Not really, hospitals are where people go to die, just as much as they go to try and put death on hold. Death is just a stage of life. Sadly some die in truly horrific ways, others get to pass peacefully. The scary part isn't that your going to die, but when and how.
My husband does exactly this it's hilarious to hear this dude talk about exactly what my husband comes home like THIS GUY WAS HUGE ME WND ROBBY HAD TO GO DOWN STAIRS THE FAMILY WAS THERE lol my husband makes like 100 per body
[EDIT: Resuscitation story in thread below] Holy shit, after school, I worked at a hospital for 9 months and also occasionally handled corpses and even took part in one messy, unsuccssesful resusciation. I thought what I saw there was crazy but his storys are something else man
So one day, while im taking the first bite out of my lunch, at about 6:30 pm, an alarm, which I had never heard before, started. It had a much higher frequency than the usual alarm, so I insantly knew things were about to get serious. We ran to the patients room, where my colleague already took the patients shirt off. Then they laid him on the ground (idk why they dont used the beds cpr mode). As an untrained helper there, i at first kind of was in the background. A doctor and a cpr / intensive care specialist with a defibrillator came really quick as well. Then it came to the reanimation part: I had his head between my legs and was pumping O2 through a special mask that has a bag attached to it. As he had severe cancer, hed had massive internal bleedings, and because of the pumping on the chest, a lot, and i do mean a LOT of black / red fluid came out of his mouth. As i was pumping the air, it made a sound i will never forget, as his whole throat was full of liquid, it was a bubbling sound. After 5 - 10 minutes, other collegaues continued. After a total reanimation time of 13 minutes, the doctor said that we can stop reanimating.
One thing that stood out to me: everything was really calm and proffessional. No screaming, no panic, nothing. All the equipment and professionals were perfectly prepared. This was a small hospital in rural germany btw
It’s comforting and horrifying to hear people talk semi-normally about these horribly traumatic things with such detail and bluntness. Awesome videos, man.
Now imagine the amounts of surgeries and testing doctors from 1600s did with live patients or dead bodies.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them!
I think this one is made 10 X worse that the masks on the avatar are also moving
I remember watching beheading videos as an 8 year old on here, I think seeing gore filled stuff growing up is part the reason/theory on why atleast I’m decent with dealing with people passing
@@igrojikku2212 people should atleast experience once in their life how violent nature is and how far we would go murdering each other.
Its a great way of humbling arrogant and clueless generations these days.
The fact that he has The Masked Salesman has his avatar makes so much sense
I'm so glad you think so! I was worried it would be cringe, glad to hear it's not! I loved that the masks talked with me.
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"
@@joobsterdoobster after seeing Anakin and a Penguin talk about war crimes, I think I'm used to this now. It was a good choice for your avatar, mate
@@joobsterdoobster Not cringe at all bro, it was really dope. Oddly fitting too for the profession being discussed. 10/10 choice my man.
@@sumSOTY I appreciate y'all saying so. I'm honestly super happy with how well received this has been. Not to mention Syrmor has some unreal editing to make me look coherent here. I rambled a lot man LOL
This series has made me so much more aware of the jobs that people do to in society. Thank you mr. digital cat
same, so much stuff I didn't fully understand/know
It really isn't a job most would think of until it's in front of them. Glad this video could shed some light on a very difficult profession for everyone!
I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear jus
@@AxxLAfriku amogus
Spiritual successor to Dirty jobs with Mike Rowe
"And then the child's name, if they even have a name" oh wow thats a tear jerker right out of nowhere
I recently had to meet one of these kind souls. My father passed in hospice last year early November. One of the kindest understanding people I have had the pleasure of talking to. I appreciate all the people who work these kinds of jobs that no one really thinks about until you hear their stories or face them. Thank you to all who work these jobs that society tends to just forget about. Much love.
Much love right back!
Glad to hear your experience with removal was positive in a time of grief. I hope you've received all the time and space you need and will continue to do so.
10/10 avatar, down to the masks talking instead of the salesman. My favourite guest avatar so far
Super happy to hear that! I really loved how the masks would move, so it was a pretty easy choice.
@@joobsterdoobster sorry for perhaps being insensitive but crazy how people you perceive as so different (dealing with horrid stuff, corpses, sewage etc; murderers, sadists; all the highly different people), all just seem very same. Saying or smth that you can never tell a criminal from a good citizen and yeah wow. Just strange because I guess you think you can guess a person and their idealogies etc from their looks and stuff but oh hell nah
@@cate01a Absolutely! I remember a family coming in to perform identification on this gentle looking old man.
They fucking HATED him.
Called him a racist bigoted monster who tormented everyone around him, and it was so shocking to know that this small old man, who looked so nice, was actually this brutally vicious person.
In death, nothing separates us from others. It's only the memories that will be unique.
One time I talked to a huge group of people on VR CHAT about not knowing myself my depression[Now Gone 👹]...and I had this particular avatar as a skin On and it really really deepened the emotion of the convo and a whole bunch of people gathered around ill never forget it... it's really crazy and insane what VR chat can do with its universe and bring people together....I wish i could help everyone on vr chat, but im just one man.
With the last case, I’m surprised the gurney dropping didn’t cause the body to separate into a deconstructed Build a Bear considering it was 2 weeks into decomposition.
You and me both.
A coworker of mine had a decomp that had been left out in the sun for over a week in a town called Defuniak (they had died hiking out in an unmarked section of a park.) That person was much more malleable based on what they told me.
@@joobsterdoobster I haven’t gotten to the last story yet but assuming the body was in a house. It makes sense it didn’t instantly give out. Whereas dying in the wood, you’ll have bugs and weather breaking you down really fast
@@danieltukua4527 That's very true! I hadn't really thought about the lack of exposure playing a large role there. That's good insight!
Honestly I was wincing waiting for that but I’m glad it didn’t come to that although having to carry a body pressed up against you that closely is also pretty hard
I’ve found that if you’ll start your day with stories like these, your day will seem wonderful by comparison. It becomes almost impossible to feel sorry for yourself, facing a normal day, if this is the first thing you hear before you start your day.
I love the vr shuffle they do while talkin’; their hands move in & out while their feet dip forward to back. Helps with the real world shit they talk about lol.
I did body removal for 2 years in southeast michigan and i sympathize with rellamuse here a lot. Hospital pick ups or nursing home pick ups were a huge breese, almost just felt like going to the post office, to pick up a package, to take somewhere else. Home and hospice pick ups are the worst for everything he mentioned about, having to deal with grieving family and you're entering as a stranger.
Like you can't imagine going to pick up some dude, from southwest detroit, and he's mexican, and like, his entire family is filling up his little 2 bedroom flat. So there's 60 people in this place that holds like 12. Some families were cool and were having little send off parties for their loved ones and they were in sort of good moods and asked if you wanted to stay to party with them. But that was few and far between. Most of my experiences doing home pick ups were usually very depressing, or even hostile at times.
I have some funny stories in my time doing that job, but honestly it's a job that wears you down physically and emotionally. You typically work 6-7 days a week, you're typically on call that entire time 12 hours a day (days or nights) and just the amount of physical labour it takes to get people out of the situations they ended up in are literally back breaking. And it really doesn't pay well. You get paid per pick up, and sometimes for mileage if you had to drive far.
My final straw was doing a home pick up, and i was picking up a mother whose son had recently returned from afghanistan and was not in a good mental place (who can blame him,) but long story short, the guy tried fighting me multiple times because i was taking away his mother. It was a saturday night, i was already exhausted and sore and just said fuck it. Called my boss to come do it, dropped my van off at the garage, drove home and then probably slept for 2-3 days straight.
I am lucky that only ever once did I have someone get aggressive with me, and luckily, his whole family was there to help me calm him down. I ended up escorting him to a different room so he could have some peace and quiet while we moved his father. The rest of the family decided to stay nearby and watch, which I was never a fan of, but I of course let them do so, albeit with a warning that they may regret watching the process as it isn't pleasant to watch a loved one be moved in such a way.
Absolutely insane story dude, and I would've done the exact same thing in your shoes. I can handle the dead just fine, after all, you can always find a solution to moving dead folk eventually. The living are a completely different ballgame and ultimately are always wildcards. Luckily, I'm a pretty good people person, but I find myself in some situations that I was happy it wasn't one of my coworkers instead, even if it meant I was alone on a call.
That last story is such a horrible type of sad...
My heart goes out to this guy and the men and women who are in the same careers. He has a very heavy line of work that many of us will never experience and I can only give my gratitude for what they do.
Almost everybody experiences this.
The thing is that you probably won’t notice it.
I work in a busy veterinary hospital and often end up being saddled with doing a lot of the euthanizing. It's a really shitty process from start to finish. The jump you have to make from being empathetic to grieving pet owners to being professional and detached while administering and then bagging and tagging the bodies? It gives you a lot of emotional whiplash. There's still some times when I have to go out back and cry, and I've been doing this for a long time.
I wanted to be a vet when I was a kid until it dawned on me that I would have to euthanize animals. We just lost our dog after 14yrs, and used Laps of Love. Very thankful for the professionalism and care we were shown. Thank you for what you do! ❤️
I could never do it, I have so much respect for you guys.
I had this same job just in a different state. Yes, the “Grimm Reaper” feeling is right on point. I have had to deal with similar scenarios as well (unfortunately).
I want to add that the biggest thing I have learned from the experience is that out of all the people that I have picked up were all important and special in life. It’s odd to say but the Dr. Who reference is on point when he says “I have never met anyone who wasn’t important”. Sounds weird and cliche but yeah.
The happy mask salesman model for this story sounds like a good fit. Smiling and professional on the outside, but dark on the inside.
And if you've plaid The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask,
*spoiler alert*
The Happy Mask Salesman, the Avatar OP chose, is the character that teaches Link, the main protagonist in Majora's Mask, the Song of Healing.
The Song of Healing is performed on the Ocarina of Time throughout the game to heal the ghosts/spirits of dead heroes who died trying to complete their quests.
His choice of Avatar is 100% spot on. Very relevant to the topic.
My best friend recently lost his grandfather/mentor figure and I'm at the stage of my life where aging parents and relatives are really starting to sink in, and it's given me a lot of perspective on just how short life is in the grand scheme of things and how long the experience ends up being. I try to take time to appreciate things and people around me and to try not to take things for granted because this guy is absolutely right, we're all ending up in a body bag someday, someway, so make your life worth remembering by honoring life and its little complexities everyday.
Well said! That's exactly it. Make sure to prioritize yourself when needed, because life really can be over before you realize it.
Just be here.
Love never leaves us.
The music never stops.
Dance through the night.
Aliens could invade at any point & every global crisis could be meaningless instantly. Even nuclear war...
I'd recommend Kyle Hill's (scientist) video The End of Everything if you have unresolved feelings about Impending Doom. (The term hospice workers use for near-death patients who are irate & fearful randomly)
Thanks 🙏🏿
The story about the larger guy is now my reason for losing weight. I don't want some poor soul to have to blow out their back lifting my lifeless corpse when I eventually croak
Hell Yeah, that’s an awesome attitude ! it must be rough with like half of people being so insanely fat these days and the percentage only going up 😓
Makes me want to get my mental health in order as I don’t want to have my anxiety turn into hoarding or some similarly disgusting habit. The guys do enough, I shouldn’t make it harder.
Two friends of mine worked in body removal for a couple of years, I know for sure that if they would read your words they would immedately say out loud "please yes thank you". Old, medium weight dead people are already heavy as a solid piece of rock, overweight deceased are just...well, transportation problems with guaranteed back pain afterwards, it's apparently really problematic
Same here. Like shit man, I'm a pain in the ass to deal with when I'm alive, dont hurt yourself on my account lol
God i love his voice lmao, he could talk about his job for hours on end and i would never be bored
This channel is seriously one of the greatest "human interest" journalism projects of all time.
I can't remember the faces of the funeral home people who took a family member's body away. So from my perspective they weren't the grim reapers, just people doing a tough job and it was difficult to reconcile that since someone you loved just died and you're balling your eyes out and they seem to feel nothing which kinda makes sense they didn't know them so why should we have that expectation. If there weren't people doing this job we'd have to move/prepare the body ourselves and I don't know how traumatic that would be.
I mean if the person showing up to haul grandma's corpse away was also crying I seriously doubt that would improve the situation.
Absolutely! It's the kind of job we don't really think of until it's in front of us.
I always tried to do what I could to make a difference with the families I met, but realistically, there is absolutely nothing you can say or do to help, aside from providing information. I hope you're doing better now and had proper time and space to grieve!
@@joobsterdoobster Thanks dude, it's a feeling that comes and goes. Had to get therapy and I've accepted some days are just going to be shit and that it's ok to cry. I think I've been getting slightly better over the years tho. As usual, cherish your loved ones and let them know you love them. You never know when they or you might be gone ♥️
@@wisemage0 lol 😂 also people butting in on your privacy also would suck
@@theonlycatonice Absolutely. Just know that no matter what, your emotions are valid, and you're allowed to feel how you feel. No one can take that from you, especially when it comes to grief.
Glad to hear it's improving and you're feeling better! I try to remind myself that those sad days are a part of being human, and it's normal to need to have those days, where as, it's exceedingly rare to not have them, so you're not alone!
Him saying, “I was driving an hour and a half to pick someone up” has such a different context compared to the average person. Crazy stories.
With every one of these videos, I am amazed by how complimentary their avarars are to their story and character.
same! their experiences completely shaped how they see themselves.
I can tell how desensitized he is, to the point where he has to make things look brighter no matter how morbid the situation is. Like how he cracks jokes or chuckles about his job, like i understand its fucked up to joke about some stuff but at the same time, he is literally the one who was doing those jobs and he hadda do his best to do em, so yeahh
This guy comparing a dead baby body to a small Amazon box made me so weak this guy can see through anything
That’s a selfless job, respect to those who do it. You definitely have to separate your emotions doing it.
God its so good to still have prime Syrmor around. This was a strange experience, but a meaningful one. I learned a lot I didn't know, or perhaps didn't want to know, but I regret nothing. That was sick af, both positively and sickeningly.
I accidentally ran across this channel through your ptsd/vet vids. Never thought about it, but this seems like an excellent way to help people. These are fascinating, too. Thank you for these.
Worked 3.5 years doing security in a hospital. We had to move bodies. There was a freezer in the basement where we kept them until the funeral home arrived to whisk them away. Sometimes they'd stay in their room though.
The ones who came to collect the bodies were all an odd sort. Most were super cool and respectful, but this one chick man... she was picking up the hands, moving them around, trying to make him talk like some kind of fucked up ventriloquist. Super crude jokes and just real disrespectful stuff. We told her to stop, which she did, but her retort was "what he's dead, he doesn't care."
Gotta have respect for the dead. Hope that chick got fired.
The masks talking when he talks is a disturbing enough visual... but I'm really distracted by the single piece of shrimp tempura on the floor next to him.
This channel is literally a miracle.
I’ve just never heard such amazing stories before. I could listen to all these people talk for hours.
It is really is incredible, what you do here. I think I’m going to start looking into getting a headset
I have severe adhd and can’t listen/ watch videos for shit, but your story was very good and compelling. Thank you for what you do man
Rather you’re doing removal or digging the graves, every step in helping someone who lost their lives is honorable.
"'I haven't seen my neighbor (...) I think he's dead.' And he was!"
I feel bad for laughing at that.
Picking up bodies sounds bad enough. Now imagine doing that in Florida heat? Nah man, I'm good.
This guy everytime he goes out on a job.
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?..."
Holy- is that a NCIS reference?
@@tyramirez6628 it's a majoras mask reference
that's a line from the happy mask salesman that this dude is using as an avatar
@@mommyslittlegamer9667 ah i see it now. Going off the story i heard ducky from ncis (if you watched the show it would make more sense)
@@tyramirez6628 nah, Majora's Mask but a great show nonetheless
Paramedic, can confirm that hoarders are the worst. Had a Santa the other day, it was a rough go.
I worked this exact job for about half a year before I moved state to get other work. I know exactly what this guy dealt with and I can relate to all of it.
Thanks for sharing your stories man.
Absolutely! So glad to see someone else who has worked in this field. It really is a life-changing profession.
Did the same thing. First time I've been able to relate to a job described in one of these videos.
@@joobsterdoobster whats it called if you dont mind me asking
@@TheBlackBride This job is specifically called Removal. If you search up Funeral Removal, Decedent Removal, etc... You'll find results!
@@joobsterdoobster I haven't done the job in years but I never thought of myself as being the grim reaper. When you explained that it really hit me man. Gave me goosebumps, really well said.
I do this same job here in S Florida and this description is pretty spot on. Played it a couple times now for others thanks for sharing. I also set up for funerals, dig, along with body removals.
I did the same job in Pensacola, FL. My worst removal was a decomp hoarder dead for 2 months.
While I do not work in the industry, I have friends who do and have helped them on occasion. It's quite... surprising how quickly you become desensitized to seeing a corpse, especially if you also embalming them
My way of dealing being around them is to just think they're wax sculptures because they look like one after they're embalmed. When someone is embalmed and ready for a funeral, a very thick lotion is put on them so they don't dry out and lit makes them look kinda waxy
His avatar being the Happy Mask Salesman really fits.
Knowing the masks moved when I talked made it an easy pick tbh.
@@joobsterdoobster awesome stories man thank you so much for sharing ! hope you are doing good and this shit doesnt bog u down too much i know itd fuck w me but im squeamish 😂
I love it when the avatar matches the topic of discussion
I was a removal Technician for a couple years, in the military now. I think that job really prepared me for what I do now
We had the county contract for two counties so we picked up every murder, suicide, and any other death that wasn't being planned to happen. I went to a lot of crazy crime scenes. We were the only mortuary in town so we really picked up every dead body that wasn't taken care of by a funeral home.
This is easily one of my favorite Syrmor interviews.
I really appreciate the kind words! That makes me incredibly happy, honestly.
This delivery is a trip....but it works...and I thank you!!
It is true that removal varies.
In my job, part of my duties was removal of bodies from rooms to a general morgue. Giant meat freezer with gurneys. Signed in. By us, funeral homes come by later and get them. And we drop off the paper work.
I’m in Texas, so autopsies could only be ordered by a justice of the peace, which sometimes happens.
We had a someone from county who tried to hang themselves finally passed, they were in county awaiting trial for drowning their kids. We picked them up, and the county deputies followed us down to the morgue. But got upset when we wouldn’t let them in. Other patient information is in that morgue, and HIPAA requires we safe guard it. They also had the JP order an autopsy. The autopsy was done apparently, and after that, the county was no longer interested.
The body set in the morgue for 3 months.
I love how he chose the happy mask salesman from Majora's mask.
I did this job for a couple years after I dropped out of college during Covid. It definitely gave me tons of perspective on death and family.
We don't mind the laughter on this channel. We get it. Keep going
Needed to read that! I appreciate it. I would hate to make anyone uncomfortable, but at the same time, I want give an accurate portrayal to what it's like working in the death industry.
@@joobsterdoobster dude we totally get it. Some laughter comes from horror. This is that.
Never ever edit those parts out please. Those are the parts that connect us all.
@@loganlee5875 Well said! Completely agree.
"And I bear hug the guy as awful as that sounds"
yeah, that made heave just hearing it.
As someone who works on cleaning up Biohazards, i appreciate people like this immensely. At least i don't have to pick up bodies, just clean up the aftermath
This was very interesting and informative. Thank you for the diligence at a job not many people realize is crucial and essential.
As a nursing home worker, God bless you guys
Thank you for doing what you do. I could never have the strength to work in a nursing home.
I really was half-expecting him to say at the end: "Die in an easily movable way."
This was a really good one, I hope to hear more from this guy.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm happy to hear you say that!
Glad to see some new uploads again :) Hope you're doing well, Syrmor!
What’s great about a lot of these interviewees are well spoken and very clear
In The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask,
spoiler alert
The Happy Mask Salesman, the Avatar OP chose, is the character that teaches Link, the main protagonist in Majora's Mask, the Song of Healing.
The Song of Healing is performed on the Ocarina of Time throughout the game to heal the ghosts/spirits of dead heroes who died trying to complete their quests.
His choice of Avatar is 100% spot on. Very relevant to the topic.
seeing dead bodies myself living in a dictatorship in myanmar when i was young i think i might be really good at this job, or at least able to do it easily
Go for it! You will literally never run out of work, so long as you have semi-decent people skills and are willing to be involved in some very disgusting and strenuous situations.
I recommend starting with working directly for a funeral home and not as a third-party however! Much safer work in general, and a better support network should shit hit the fan.
Sorry about the... you know... second dictatorship
strange to think of how someone has to have all these jobs.. you don't think about having that job as a kid, but someone ends up with it
+1 for the Happy Mask Salesman avatar
He likely encounters those who've met with a terrible fate all the time
15:27 "you have to get him, have to get this dude" thats the most heavy stuff, like, thats your job, you have to doit, thats why you are there, kudos to this dude
I found my Father the afternoon of his death, he had already gone into Rigor Mortis, and was cold to the core. First time. Knew right away from what I learned from watching Law and Order, lol, but just because you know, that does nothing in the way of Acceptance at first.
9 months later I got to see my Brother pass before my very eyes. They said he had a stroke, he was 39.
I haven’t been the same since 2021.
Death does bring a new perspective to Life though, one I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to learn about, it changes you. Bless this dude, for that last story was horrific.
I understand the Dark Humor. It’s a band aid more than anything
JUST. GOOD. BARBECUE.
My dad has shared his EMT stories with me and they haunt me just like this does. My favorite story of my dad's is the body they were handing off to a private ambulance and her leg bones- which were poking out of her butt cheeks because of a nasty impact- pierced through the body bag (they hadn't done the secondary bag) and then the whole thing just split in two in their arms and her gooey viscous remains just went everywhere.
Syrupy goodness
mate's just got a strong will, he's tough, I respect it
Mask salesman avatar makes perfect sense
If only all of us with unspeakably severe cPTSD had this opportunity. I'm equally grateful for the catharsis felt by the participants, and tbh really, REALLY jealous.
With the arbitrary and energetic pace of life, you think we would go out with a bang, but oftentimes life goes out in a dull fizzle.
my favorite videos are those looks into the jobs most people dont usually think about
its always so interesting to hear the stories people have
This might be a life-changing episode for me
I really resonate with his message at the end, I think tomorrow I will do nothing
i work in an age care facility as hospitality - i have no interaction with the medical side of things, i just serve food and wash dishes - once night my co-worker and i are fucking around, cleaning dishes and blasting music and the doorbell rings so we're like "oh is there a delivery that we werent told about" but when we answer the door its. yknow. people coming to pick up the deseaced. i did not know someone died that day so i had just been fucking around across the hall from what we called the holding room. it was basically a morgue - they were really nice and polite and me being an overly curious nerd asked them a few questions while my co-worker was finding the RN to do the paper work
Crazy that all of us are gonna experience this but not even know it…
Nurgle values your service.
I relate. I did content removal and cleaning for a period. Fires, floods, deaths, suicides. It was not cool. These interviews are great.
Imma do my part and keep myself at, no more than 300lbs.
If I get burned alive, please have as many brand new staff on hand as possible.
Sacred Heart, thats a name I'll always remember. Got ran over when I was 3 and they saved my life
I just found this channel and I caught this uploaded 11 mins ago.
I could NEVER do this.
I recently discovered I have a fear of dead bodies...
best episode imo. and the thing at the end? thats rough shit but im real glad i heard it. i needed to hear that.
this is intense. stayed up late n got this lmfao fuck
same
I feel like some of us or A LOT of us take our lives and our days for granted. For this guy to have a job like that he’s witnessed first hand the reality of humans and humanity and more power to him cause this is a very *hard* job.
Enjoy your days alive, tell your family or whoever you have you love them, go for a walk in the park, enjoy nature, watch some birds, smell some flowers, watch the waves break, and enjoy the sunset. Cause one day you never will be able too.
Every given day is a gift, and that’s why today is called “The Present”
Always liked that present quote. Well said.
I appreciate the kind words, and I'd like for you to know that I have no emotional baggage (I think lol who really knows) from working in removal nor in cremation. However, it's paramount that we make the realization that we are finite, and will have an end. We don't exist forever, and realistically, we never will. It's easy to put stuff off, and procrastinate, but hopefully when I say that death is sudden, maybe it'll hit a little different coming from someone in the field I was in.
That's a great outlook to have on life, and I hope you can live close to it. I always find it's easy to TELL other people and even myself these inspirational things, but it's SO much harder to embody and become them. Ultimately, you get one chance, even if you believe in an afterlife (I don't myself, for context), you won't get to live this life and do these same things again. Not in the same environment, or with the same YOU, at least. Just trying to take into account some popular beliefs.
Thank you so much for watching the video, and I really do hope you're able to keep your passion for life and live with it close to your heart.
...$25 for the hospital gig? What is he moving 3-5 bodies a day?
Yep! Sometimes I would move more than 16 people in a 72-hour period. It's why I needed to leave the job as the work was 24/7 on-call.
It just wasn't sustainable, and the third-party I worked for could NOT find good helpers, but they would pay a little more if I traveled further.
The title made me think his occupation was called "Working body removal" which sounded a lot scarier.
Me too, I was like "How do you remove a working body?"
@@MrRafaeltrainer Exactly! It thought of someone getting the wrong limb amputated.
Body removal guy: take a day out and do nothing
Me: I do that everyday
Gave me a chuckle lol
I don't care what happens to my body when I die (on account of, you know, being dead), but I sure hope my corpse doesn't become an inconvenience like that, how embarrassing.
Just began working at a hospital recently...you'd be surprised at the numbers of death that happen per day and how gruesome it can be. It's a real eye-opener. You think since it's a hospital, that's supposed to be part of it, but it's surreal when you're there experiencing it and see it happening in real time. I suppose it's like a sophisticated war between life and death.
Exactly thats why life is so precious
Not really, hospitals are where people go to die, just as much as they go to try and put death on hold.
Death is just a stage of life. Sadly some die in truly horrific ways, others get to pass peacefully. The scary part isn't that your going to die, but when and how.
One of my friends ex girlfriends used to do this. She's the only person I know who's totaled a hearse.
That must have been a fun day at work for her.
Imagine telling the grim reaper “I’m never gonna die” 😂lol
Thank God for the background music
My husband does exactly this it's hilarious to hear this dude talk about exactly what my husband comes home like THIS GUY WAS HUGE ME WND ROBBY HAD TO GO DOWN STAIRS THE FAMILY WAS THERE lol my husband makes like 100 per body
I always find it fascinating how we just ignore death and all the things related to it here in the US (other than murders).
This basically made me feel sick but i gotta hear what happens in life that i dont know
[EDIT: Resuscitation story in thread below]
Holy shit, after school, I worked at a hospital for 9 months and also occasionally handled corpses and even took part in one messy, unsuccssesful resusciation. I thought what I saw there was crazy but his storys are something else man
Reanimation?
yeah elaborate on the reanimation part
huh
So one day, while im taking the first bite out of my lunch, at about 6:30 pm, an alarm, which I had never heard before, started. It had a much higher frequency than the usual alarm, so I insantly knew things were about to get serious.
We ran to the patients room, where my colleague already took the patients shirt off. Then they laid him on the ground (idk why they dont used the beds cpr mode). As an untrained helper there, i at first kind of was in the background. A doctor and a cpr / intensive care specialist with a defibrillator came really quick as well.
Then it came to the reanimation part: I had his head between my legs and was pumping O2 through a special mask that has a bag attached to it. As he had severe cancer, hed had massive internal bleedings, and because of the pumping on the chest, a lot, and i do mean a LOT of black / red fluid came out of his mouth. As i was pumping the air, it made a sound i will never forget, as his whole throat was full of liquid, it was a bubbling sound. After 5 - 10 minutes, other collegaues continued. After a total reanimation time of 13 minutes, the doctor said that we can stop reanimating.
One thing that stood out to me: everything was really calm and proffessional. No screaming, no panic, nothing. All the equipment and professionals were perfectly prepared. This was a small hospital in rural germany btw
I did this job for 10 years. if not for the garbage pay and coworkers trying to sleep with me, I'd probably still be happy working in the field
Really nice video, some cool stuff to think about, and some good advice at the end.
Hearing the words Perdido Key is wild. It's a small little place about 20 minutes from me lol. Really is a small world I guess
Awesome upload. Dude's avatar was also 10/10.
i love this series. Such interesting and heart breaking stories