text: if a funeral home is having a boom in business, are they happy or sad?   both. since they are in the funeral industry, they are happy to have the business. however, seeing the grief that people endure every day takes its toll. very few morticians would say that they are happy to see people die, and caring for the dead can be somewhat draining due to the intensity of emotion shown by the survivors. but, to be realistic, every time someone dies, it puts food on the funeral director's table. that's the reality of the business. death, for them, equals a paycheck.