Thursday, October 27, 2005

I miss new trainees

I saw this coming, but it's still funny.


It reminds me of a great story. When bodies are trasnsported via airplane there are a lot of rules to follow, to preserve the dignity of the HRs (Human Remains). You have to face it a certain way, to prevent the perserving liquids from coming out, and you can't stack anything on it, etc.

They don't always actually have a casket; sometimes the body is in a bag, but regardless there is always a white HR box that the body (or casket) is in.

Anyway, one time we found an extra HR box lying around, so we put it up in the plane. We told this new girl that we had to stack around the HR because space was tight, and she knew to be careful and not bump the box (you could damage the casket).

I'm sure you can guess, but we put someone in that box, waiting on her. The girl has been stacking for about ten minutes when one of us (in on the joke) "accidentally" knocks the lid off the box. suddenly the body starts moving and he's yelling, and the girl almost had a heart attack. I think she took off like 5 days from work.

Good times.

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