Time flies. However, we cannot avoid the end of life, nor can we escape the law of birth, old age, sickness and death. When a loved one dies, all we want most is to be able to say goodbye to them properly. However, the funeral industry has made it impossible for people to live and die.
With the development of reproductive medicine technology, the Chinese population has entered an aging society, and the demand for funerals will definitely increase. The funeral industry should treat every customer fairly and justly, rather than exploiting helpless family members in the event of life and death for the purpose of profit.
Recently, some netizens filmed a video of a funeral home in Baotou City selling urns at a high price in violation of regulations, which attracted widespread attention. As can be seen from the video, the funeral home forcibly stipulates that families must buy the urns they provide on the grounds of "prohibiting families from bringing their own urns", and the price of a set of urns is as high as thousands of yuan, nearly 10 times higher than the market price.
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As a service industry, funeral homes should set prices according to the prevailing market prices, and should not be arbitrarily raised. This is tantamount to exploiting the emotions of family members at a life-and-death juncture.
As soon as the video came out, it immediately sparked heated discussions among netizens. Some netizens said that when a loved one unfortunately passed away, after the funeral of the loved one, when he picked up the urn and left, the funeral home staff kept asking whether to buy items with high additional costs, such as golden boys and girls, etc., which made it difficult for the family members who were already depressed to refuse.
This kind of "moral kidnapping" is also disturbing and despicable. At the moment of life and death, people are about to die, and the funeral home not only fails to give the family the greatest respect, but makes huge profits for various reasons, which makes people feel the horror of human nature.
Under the strong doubts of all walks of life and the supervision of public opinion, the Baotou Municipal Government quickly set up a special investigation team to carry out an investigation. The results of the investigation showed that the funeral home did have illegal regulations prohibiting family members from bringing their own urns, and deliberately driving consumption and other improper behaviors.
At the same time, it was also found that the funeral parlor illegally charged a service fee of 150 yuan when providing ash picking services, and only accepted cash payments without issuing invoices, which also violated relevant laws and regulations. As a professional practitioner, you should abide by the law and discipline, and there should be no such illegal violations.
To a certain extent, this incident has exposed that there is a certain degree of chaos in the funeral industry. Year after year, in the name of "prosperous business", funeral parlors increase prices and fees through various illegal means, making huge profits, lacking human affection and sympathy, but preparing to deliberately collapse people's blood and souls when people are about to die, which is really regrettable and sad.
It is impossible for any of us to escape the certainty of birth, old age, sickness and death, but we at least hope that we can face it with dignity before and after life. In addition to providing material services, the funeral industry should also uphold humanistic care and compassion for every customer.
In the face of this incident, the Baotou Municipal Government quickly came forward to investigate and rectify, and this measure was recognized and approved by the majority of netizens. But things should not stop there, and local governments should also pay attention. On the one hand, the supervision of the funeral industry should be strengthened to put an end to all kinds of illegal and illegal acts.
At the same time, it is also necessary to carry out systematic rectification from the source, improve the relevant management system and supervision mechanism, clearly standardize the various charging standards in the industry, limit the scope of approval, and put an end to arbitrary and unauthorized increase in income.
It can also encourage and promote funeral plans and life insurance commercial insurance to share risks and reduce personal financial burdens. Only through comprehensive norms and institutional reform can we truly solve the chaos in the industry and give the greatest protection to the public.
Birth, old age, sickness and death are closely related to everyone. At the last moments of our lives, all we want is to bid farewell to our loved ones with the utmost dignity. The funeral industry should be socially responsible, treat every customer with humanity and compassion, and not use life and death to make huge profits.
The government should also pay attention to relevant issues and introduce scientific and complete regulatory measures. I believe that only through the joint efforts of all parties can our society build a fair and just environment where no one can live or die.