Business offers fake mourners for funerals

[Times Roman]

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Worried about a funeral not having enough grieving attendees? One UK business has you covered.

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Rent-A-Mourner offers fake mourners for funerals

Funerals are sad enough affairs without worrying about whether enough anguished guests will show up to share the grief. To that end, Rent-A-Mourner, an Essex, UK-based business offers trained grievers who will attend any funeral -- for a fee, of course.

Staff briefed on deceased

As the Sun, Telegraph and Inquisitr report, the Rent-A-Mourner service costs about $68 per mourner, each of whom commit to a two-hour shift. The actors are given a rundown of the deceased’s life story so they can handle themselves upon questioning from other family members. Owner Ian Robertson tells the Sun “Our staff will meet the client beforehand and agree ‘the story,’ so our staff will either have known the deceased professionally or socially. They will be informed of the deceased’s background, achievements, failures etc. so they can converse with other mourners with confidence.”

Not required to cry

Robertson says his business draws inspiration from Asian and Middle Eastern countries where he says hiring grievers is much more common. He notes that “The Middle Eastern way is to provide wailers – crying women – as opposed to the quiet, dignified methods we use.” Robertson says his mourners aren’t required to cry, but are more there to swell the number of attendees. According to a sales pitch on the business’ website the service is for people who “need to increase visitor numbers or introduce new faces” at a funeral. Business is booming, Robertson says, claiming a 50 percent increase in bookings over last year, with 52 funeral schedulings this year.



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[ElectraMaddox]

Funnyyyyy

[bdos]

this is good lol, next we'll have fake gym rats oh wait already got those...

[ElectraMaddox]

this is good lol, next we'll have fake gym rats oh wait already got those...

Lol... Cute real cute

[MickeyKnox]

How much to rent, and how much do the mourners get paid? Too funny..lol

[Times Roman]

How much to rent, and how much do the mourners get paid? Too funny..lol

$68 each for a two hour shift

[MickeyKnox]

$68 each for a two hour shift

Sign me up! As long as i dont have to cry lol.

[>Good Luck<]

I want to rent a bunch of them and make a fake funeral and then make the corps start blasting out the coffin and then start say "who the hell are you people? What are you doing here"

[Soar]

I hope my funeral is on April fools so I can arrangers have my body hanging from a ceiling fan, when the coffin opens the theme to space jam will start blaring and the fan will turn on.

Mmm that would be a day to remember

[>Good Luck<]

I hope my funeral is on April fools so I can arrangers have my body hanging from a ceiling fan, when the coffin opens the theme to space jam will start blaring and the fan will turn on.

Mmm that would be a day to remember

I believe I can fly?

[Soar]

I believe I can fly?

http://youtu.be/J9FImc2LOr8

[Euroholic]

Im going to have fireworks,stripers and a open bar at my funeral and the song return to sender will be on repeat.. Everyone better have a sik time!!!!

[lovbyts]

They do this in Asian countries all the time.

[Times Roman]

Im going to have fireworks,stripers and a open bar at my funeral and the song return to sender will be on repeat.. Everyone better have a sik time!!!!

the irish have it right, it's callled a wake....

....not sure about the strippers though, seeing that most funerals have both old an young people in attendance.

....but since an open bar, I"M THERE!!!!!! (when do we drink?)

[lovbyts]

the irish have it right, it's callled a wake....

....not sure about the strippers though, seeing that most funerals have both old an young people in attendance.

....but since an open bar, I"M THERE!!!!!! (when do we drink?)

That's why all my friends know I want cremated and my ashes spread in the oil of nude female strippers wrestling or mud of nude female wrestlers

[Honkey_Kong]

the irish have it right, it's callled a wake....

....not sure about the strippers though, seeing that most funerals have both old an young people in attendance.

....but since an open bar, I"M THERE!!!!!! (when do we drink?)

TR, don't old people still dig strippers?