January 25, 2010
We all have visions of how we'd like our own funeral to be; the type of coffin, the kind of music, where the wake should be. Guru wants to be cremated Wicker Man style, while Britt Ekland look-a-likes prance topless around the village green.
For fencer David Jessup it was nothing quite as extravagant. His dying wish was to be carried to his funeral on the back of a lorry driven by his boss. Jessup had notched up 35 years as a fencer in Sutton, south London before he died of lung cancer last month.
According to his son and fellow fencer, Jessup wanted what is apparently known in the trade as a "fencer's funeral". So his boss Phil Blake - owner of the Crescent Fencing Company - drove a company lorry to take Jessup's body from his daughter house to the service at the local crematorium.
What a fantastic example of employee engagement. This chap felt so devoted to his job and company that he wanted to be carried to his final resting place by the lorry in which he had spent many happy years.
Following this heartwarming tale, Guru has changed his mind and now wants an "HR funeral" when he finally pops his clogs. This involves the chief executive and finance director bearing the coffin, while mourning employees sob into copies of the staff handbook.
Any other ideas?
For fencer David Jessup it was nothing quite as extravagant. His dying wish was to be carried to his funeral on the back of a lorry driven by his boss. Jessup had notched up 35 years as a fencer in Sutton, south London before he died of lung cancer last month.
According to his son and fellow fencer, Jessup wanted what is apparently known in the trade as a "fencer's funeral". So his boss Phil Blake - owner of the Crescent Fencing Company - drove a company lorry to take Jessup's body from his daughter house to the service at the local crematorium.
What a fantastic example of employee engagement. This chap felt so devoted to his job and company that he wanted to be carried to his final resting place by the lorry in which he had spent many happy years.
Following this heartwarming tale, Guru has changed his mind and now wants an "HR funeral" when he finally pops his clogs. This involves the chief executive and finance director bearing the coffin, while mourning employees sob into copies of the staff handbook.
Any other ideas?
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