点评:A funeral is hard enough for family and friends, when the cemetery don't get it right it makes it even harder. We buried my aunt last week and had to wait while they finished digging her grave! They seem to think this is acceptable as it was within the time they say the graveside service was to occur. Cutting it fine and given most of the family waited half an hour while they did this, a family member had driven directly to the grave however and watched while they did this. The funeral director was pretty dismissive as well saying it's hard to get the timing right every time. For us that is no excuse, it was their job to get it right, we paid them enough to get it right! The celebrant they recommended wasn't any good either sadly.
I will say that the coffin, flowers and some other parts of the service were very good.
Springvale staff that I have spoken to are adamant that they were within the timeframe provided and therefore have not done anything wrong! Do they not understand how distressing this was for us? Clearly not as they only said the word sorry when I pointed out that they hadn't even offered us an apology! Appalling service and total lack of responsibility all round.
翻译:葬礼对家人和朋友来说已经够难的了,如果墓地没有做好,那就更难了。我们上周埋葬了我的姑姑,不得不等他们挖完坟墓!他们似乎认为这是可以接受的,因为这是在他们所说的墓前仪式进行的时间内。考虑到大多数家人等了半个小时才完成,一位家庭成员直接开车去了坟墓,看着他们这样做。葬礼承办人也相当不屑一顾,说每次都很难把握好时间。对我们来说,这不是借口,把事情做好是他们的工作,我们付给他们足够的钱让他们把事情做好!遗憾的是,他们推荐的主持人也不怎么样。
我要说的是,棺材、鲜花和其他一些服务都非常好。
我和 Springvale 的工作人员交谈过,他们坚持说他们在规定的时间内完成了葬礼,因此没有做错任何事!他们不明白这对我们来说有多痛苦吗?显然不是,当我指出他们甚至没有向我们道歉时,他们只说了对不起!服务糟糕透顶,完全缺乏责任感。