If you're looking for an unsual and challenging career change, crime scene clean-up may be for you. But don't be as pathetically unprepared as the cleaners in this Before picture from the charming family-business movie Sunshine Cleaning, starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. On their first housecall, they look unsettled, and who knows what they're inhaling?
To the rescue comes the always-helpful e-How with a checklist of proper vocational steps for a crime scene cleaner, advising that “You must be able to detach yourself emotionally from all of the horrible things you see.” Excellent tip, in addition to the other stuff about OSHA training, permits, and hazmat. See this fantastic After picture of the Sunshine Cleaners, appropriately clad and emotionally detached. Atta girls!
I really enjoyed Sunshine Cleaning. We are so used to watching a tv show or movie where someone is killed and the next day the detectives go back to a newly pristine murder scene to interview the family. In books the clean up is never mentioned. Killer is caught and life goes on. I am thankful that Sunshine Cleaning rounded out the far reaching cosequences of a messy murder.
Thanks for this quick explanation of what crime scene clean up does. I have never seen that movie that you mentioned, but I will check it out. My brother might be going into this field of labor, and it interested me to learn more.
Crime scene cleanup would be a hard job I bet. I don’t think I could detach myself enough. It would be an interesting job for sure.
I find it interesting when you said that the biohazard cleaning services should have staff that would detach themselves from their emotions and the areas where they are going to work. I can imagine how important that practice is to ensure that they can still continue doing their profession. This piece of information has made me find a new found respect for those working in that industry, especially when they have to face something really disturbing for common folks.