https://spectator.com/article/the-strange-world-of-professional-mourners/
MournMate is a new online market-place that promises to connect bereaved families and funeral homes with professional mourners in the US. It was advertising for its first โ500 Founding Membersโ when I looked, and, curious to know what it was all about, I signed up.
The qualifications and requirements were surprisingly broad โ the site was looking for actors, musicians, public speakers, eulogy writers, and anyone with experience of religious or cultural ceremonies. The advertised rate was $25 to $300 an hour, with an extra 50 per cent for emergency bookings. Grief, it seems, has joined the gig economy.
MournMate is a new online market-place that promises to connect bereaved families and funeral homes with professional mourners in the US. It was advertising for its first โ500 Founding Membersโ when I looked, and, curious to know what it was all about, I signed up.
The qualifications and requirements were surprisingly broad โ the site was looking for actors, musicians, public speakers, eulogy writers, and anyone with experience of religious or cultural ceremonies. The advertised rate was $25 to $300 an hour, with an extra 50 per cent for emergency bookings. Grief, it seems, has joined the gig economy.