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This Cemetery Groundskeeper Did An AMA That Went Viral
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Recently, Reddit user odd_fisch, a cemetery groundskeeper, did a very interesting AMA on r/CemeteryPorn (they also shared the really pretty photo below!). And, unsurprisingly, a lot of people had a lot of questions. Here are the best and top-voted questions and then the answers from odd_fisch:
"What percentage of graves get visited?" —finalgirl08
"Do you have many regulars who visit a lot? To visit particular graves, or to take in the whole place, typically?" —turtle2turtle3turtle
"How common is it for people to piss and shit on the graves of people they hated in life?" —Famous_Suspect6330
"Can share any particular incident or burial which made you laugh?" —OGadminOP
"I volunteer in a previously abandoned cemetery. We have lots of cave-ins where caskets collapsed over time in the wooded sections. Do you experience this at yours? How do you handle it if so?" —isuzupup__
"When a headstone is broken or pushed over, who typically deals with that? Would it be you if you just happened upon it or would the family of the deceased have to ask for it to be fixed? I pick up headstones if I find them toppled or kicked over, and I always wondered who is supposed to do that since some of the ones I've picked up were seemingly like that for years, and no one picked them up. But I know I saw the groundskeepers. So I wasn't sure if it was a 'can't touch it till a report is made' type of situation or not." —Individual_Ad_6777
"Have you ever had any issues with visitors (living or ghosts, LOL)?" —DistinctBell3032
"How many high school metal bands have you caught trying to film music videos?" — GivemTheDDD
"Any problems or accidents with the people having 'séances?'" —HanhnaH
"I was in a graveyard with my daughter yesterday. We met an older gentleman who was mowing a section of the lawn/graves. He saw us walking and pointed to the stone a little ways away and said, 'That one's mine.' Being certain he wasn't a ghost, how often do families preplace a stone and do maintenance? I'm guessing his family of yesteryear is buried there. It was a tiny cemetery, under 20 rows." —fugensnot
"Is your job well compensated?" —alwayssearching2012
"Have you ever seen a ghost in your cemetery before? I think that is the question that everybody wants to know the most." — International-Sea561
"Do you ever feel afraid, especially at night, or are you pretty comfortable being there?" —Wintermoon54
"Have you ever seen anyone ever accidentally fall into a grave?" —No_University6980
"What's the oldest grave there?" —Bleacherblonde
"For those old sites, since no one is around anymore to help maintain them, do you guys get together and help those out a little more?" —Oy_theBrave
"Do you have a list of your favorite headstones? What is it about them that makes them you're favorite?" —crapatthethriftstore
"Have you ever been involved in an exhumation?" —genzgingee
"Do you assist with burials (like, set up those things that lower the casket)? What are the requirements to become a cemetery groundskeeper?" —CHAIFE671
"I also work at a cemetery, primarily in the office, but I also help the grounds crew from time to time. What's the dumbest complaint you've heard about the way you keep your cemetery? For us, I'd probably say the lady who complained that our trees weren't trimmed pointy enough." —starwishes20
"Why do I see really old headstones with 'perpetual care' on them, yet they're cracked, toppled over, or broken? Doesn't perpetual care mean they paid so that if it ever broke, no matter how far into the future, it would be fixed? What happens when those old mausoleums start crumbling? Does anyone fix it, or will it just continue to fall apart? What if the mausoleum gets so bad that the coffin is exposed?" —Inevitable-Plenty203
"What do you do during a typical day?" —ImDeepState
Finally, "What's your favorite part about the job?" —Queenielauren
You can read the original AMA on Reddit.
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