Woman Proposes Attending Funerals For ₹3500, Netizens Offer Extra For Mystery & Drama

Up until a while ago, growing up in India meant basically having only two career choices – Doctor and Engineer. But off-late, I’ve been hearing and reading about alternate professions that are so unique. And maybe a little weird. You know, like elephant caretaker, fortune cookie writer, pet photographer and now even a paid funeral guest! No, I’m not making this up.

Dana Schwartz is a 26-year-old American. She is the author of ‘And We’re Off’ and ‘Choose Your Own Disaster’. She also works as a journalist for Entertainment Weekly. A while back, she suggested that she’d show up to people’s funerals for $50 on Twitter. And make it look like a scene right out of a mystery novel!

Potential career shift?

https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1080888071552266242

Wait, there’s more

https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1080916579313827840

And she has many takers. This has gone viral with over 90,000 retweets. Netizens are going along with the whole thing and suggesting inventive ways to make it more fun. Everything from black veils, tears and a grim reaper costume!

1. You’re booked

Brilliant. Should I put it into my will, or just send you the $50 and trust you to show up and make people think I was interesting?

— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) January 3, 2019

2. Cats are plotting to take over the world

Please come to my cat's funeral. Then they will for sure know that my cat was plotting something.

— Trolling Cat (@AliceKazu) January 5, 2019

3. LMAO

Do you do birthday parties? I'm not sure I can wait until I'm dead.

— Anthony Lahr (@anthonyplahr) January 9, 2019

4. What an idea

How much to arrange for a solemn child to hold your hand at the same time?

— Robin Hart-Jones (@Roblex) January 5, 2019

5. Like a movie

https://twitter.com/_GLB/status/1081577242000609282

6. Regina, you’re a genius

For €100, I would like a long stemmed red rose tossed into my open grave as you wipe a single tear away from under your huge black sunglasses. I already plan to do this at a certain man's funeral:)

— regina kealy (@kealycopy) January 5, 2019

7. That would be epic

https://twitter.com/gr8ful_ned/status/1081488659814236160

8. Need some theatrics

You’re booked! I’ll leave the airplane fare to and from the U.K. in my will. Thanks for doing this. My life’s been far too vanilla!

— Joe Sims (@JoeSims10) January 6, 2019

9. Agreed

$50 bucks seems like you’re selling yourself short. You should ask for at least $200 and promise to cry uncontrollably. 😄

— Roxanne Seubert (@RoxanneSeubert) January 9, 2019

10. HAHAHA

Counter proposal, I'll leave you one of my valuable video games in my will, and you arrive at my funeral standing really far back dressed as Death holding an hourglass with my name on it pic.twitter.com/gRrQDMySVG

— ℜ𝔦𝔠 𝔓𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔬𝔫 🅑🅛🅜 (@RicPendragon) January 8, 2019

Generally, talking about funerals is considered morbid. Especially your own. But this seems intriguing, right? How far would you go to make your funeral an affair to remember?

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