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 |  Apr 24, 11:09 AM 79 Comments

You’re busy – you got plenty of things on the go. The last thing you have time for is to pay your respects when someone passes. But what is a busy mourner to do? You can ask to have the recently deceased displayed in an open casket in the drive-thru display window of Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton.

In business since 1974, Adams funeral parlor brings the dead to the drive-thru and convenience to the living. There are a few of these parlors running in the US, but this is the only one in Southern California. The drive-thru is located off of the main entrance, is 12 feet wide and features a long glass display window that you can see from the street. “It’s a unique feature that sets us aside from other funeral parlors,” said owner Scott Adams. “You can come by after work, you don’t need to deal with parking, you can sign the book outside and the family knows that you paid your respects.”

If you decide to get out of your car, you’ll be treated to a reception lounge that’s outfitted with low-hanging gold chandeliers and pink upholstered seats.

The idea for a drive-thru funeral parlor came about in the 1980s. Gang members didn’t want to attend graveside services because of cemetery shootouts. Adam’s drive-thru’s glass partition is bullet proof and this has made it a popular location for gang funerals.

What do you think? Do you think it’s awesomely convenient or terribly tacky? Let us know in the comments section below.

[Source: LA Times]

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  • Hannabeth

    Okay this is insane and insulting. But with me I’d put a speaker far from the window, and put a tape recorder with a prerecorded message, and it would seem like the speaker at any restaurant. And everyone would be like What the frak? and it would hard to understand what it’s saying, the crackling and popping sound, the works. I know that sounds messed up, but at least with planning it would make doing something for the lulz my final thing.

  • Grandpa Simpson

    Why can’t I just Skype the dead guy ?
    With all the folks passing away these days I could pay my respect to four
    within a few minutes, now visiting 4 still takes half a day.

  • Alexis

    This is in Compton, lol. In which case I could see where this would come in handy, seeing as it’s one of the unsafest cities in North America, whether you’re in a gang or not. That doesn’t mean I condone this disrespectful behavior, I just see why it was established.

  • Brianna

    I can see why they would do this, I mean who needs another death AT a funeral! If its that common sure it should happen this way, just pay your respects for as long as you need and then leave. I think its perfectly fine, its just sad that the world has come to this.

  • Nikki

    “Gangs are wrong” “We shouldn’t cater to their needs” etc etc. Did no-one think of the brother/sister, parents, grandparents, etc etc of the deceased person who weren’t in a gang, but would like to pay their respects without the possiblity of being shot at?
    Or what about small children, who don’t really understand what is happening and are just going to mess around and get bored?
    I don’t really agree with it, but you have to think about the situation where it might be useful. Don’t just condone it straight out.
    (I am from England and therefore don’t really know much about gangs, except for what I’ve seen in films etc, which are probably exaggerated).

  • 706

    It’s up to the family (gang related, or not) to choose to put the deceased in this particular style of funeral home. No one makes them do it. If some of you think it’s disrespectful and disgusting, that’s totally fine. Put your own relatives and loved ones in a traditional funeral home when the time comes, and let others grieve the way that they choose to.

  • Kayley

    If you don’t like it don’t drive by it. I don’t go to toddler beauty pageants. I don’t bad mouth them though. If you have nothing nice to say don’t say it at all. Are you really surprised? We pay money to see mummies behind glass but a fresher body put there by loved ones is disgusting? They turn bodies into diamonds now a days. After centuries of death burnings, hangings, suicides, genocide a peaceful body in the window is “disgusting.” Your just freaking lucky you don’t live in a place where death is a norm of everyday life open your eyes uptight people. Some people live in places where bodies are left on the street or the people next to them are dying because they don’t have food. Get your silver spoons out of your mouth an OPEN YOUR EYES.

  • Drew

    Clearly, none of you have ever been to Compton. As appalling as this would be any where else, it is incredibly culturally relevant and normal in it’s context. Context is king in situations like this, just because it’s normal to you won’t mean it is normal to the rest of the world, that being said I understand a lot of your replies from the “that’s just wrong” side of the table.

  • charlie

    that is absoutly ridculous i mean come on people are so rude. this is insane what the world has come to.

  • bob

    thats awesome

  • Jacob

    Jack1952 assuming you live in america (USA) your land has never been free. but then again is anyones these days? i say this because i live in canada and i know what free is and a melting pot is NOT free, its basically, yeah come on in but you have to melt in with everyone else. lose all of your ethnic background and tradition and be like everyone else. whereas with a cultural mosaic, there are places specifically for you no matter where you came from (china town, little italy etc.) so its like saying yeah come on in but you are actually allowed to be different. but i agree with what you are saying about the gang’s free reign, i just had to clear up the whole thing about american’s thinking they are “the land of the free”.

  • Shaelynn

    I think it’s sad that people are too “busy” to pay respects to the deceased. With the world we live in today people keep forgetting about the little things that matter, and try only to become successful themselves, while running over others in the process. I don’t get this. I don’t think it helps people mourn at all, the point of a traditional funeral is to share memories with others, let the family of the deceased know you’re there for them, and begin the healing process that is vital for some to ‘move on’ or continue life without the person that has passed on. I believe this is very sad and disrespectful

  • mellisa

    Do they serve burgers too?

  • Bong champ

    atleast gang shootings at funerals dropped. smart move.

  • A canadian

    I find this hilarious! A drive thru funeral home! That’s just as stupid like those shoes with real fish in them!
    I’m not in a gang, but when I’m dead, you can throw me in the dumpster for all I care, since I’m DEAD! I won’t know the difference, actually, I wouldn’t know anything at all, ever again. Since I’d be DEAD.

  • Eric

    Actually, I think the photo shows the legitimate reason for having this. My grandmother has been largely housebound for the past several years, and 30 minutes in the car is about all she can tolerate without severe, chronic pain. There is no trip inside, no scooter, no wheelchair.

    So a drive-through funeral is the only way she would get to pay her final respects to a friend or family member. Otherwise, she gets a printed bulletin in the mail, and that’s the last she sees of her lost friend/relative.

    Oh, America has become quite decadent and lazy, there is no doubt. But there are compassionate reasons behind many of the inventions we abuse.

  • Carol

    It is really sad and a sad commentary on our view of life when we can not take the time to stop long enough in our daily lives to say good bye to loved ones we have lost.

  • isantana

    That is awesomely metal.
    I would totaly order a bigmac and stuff at the same time.

  • nathan

    This is retarded shows no respect for whoever died and it is made for gangs? hahaha shows respect for the family? hahaha if you will not take the time out to go to a funeral for your dead homie you obviously did not respect him an if you dont have the gut to get out of your car because you will get shot then you are a coward

  • kyle

    As stated in the article, it is an option. i understand all the outrage about this but people are extrememly busy. obbviously if it was a family member or a close friend the mourner would get out of the car, but say a person you know in high school dies when youre 55. on that day you hae a huge appointment and simply do not have time to go in, the drie thru give the option for those busy on the go people to pay the respect that they can. i say its better than to do thru the drive thru than to not show up at all

  • d

    this is the most ridiculous thing i’ve ever seen in my life.

  • Bernadette

    It is pretty tacky, but whatever it is the world we live in. the fast food nation! If people want this guy to handle there funeral arrangements that is there business. I mean hell he has been in the game since ’74!

  • David

    Would you really trust your dearly departed with these sickos anyways? I mean if they came up with such a despicable idea, what else are they doing behind the scenes?

  • Freya

    EW this is so sad. You can’t make time to get out of your car and pay respects to their family, but you have time to make an appearance by driving by? Very tacky,

  • Jaya

    Yeah, there should be a concessions stand right next. Or souvenirs. Or whatever. Yes, it is very tacky, so why not do it to maximum.

  • Vanessa

    I think it might be a good idea for the whole gang situation, as I have no personal experience on that, but other than that reason I think it is terrible.

  • John

    The death industry has been a vulgar hemorrhoid on humanity’s asshole for far too long. Pressing widows to buy expensive, polished boxes to provide a comfortable place for a corpse to decompose? Really? The funeral is an environmental disaster and it is a nonsensical financial burden on those who are expected to play this shameful dance with the death brokers. If you want to show your respect to someone; do it while the person is alive. A corpse cares not for your tears and carnations!

  • Sean

    The better thing would be to just not go. I mean drive through funeral just makes you like a total jackass. If you didn’t go people understand that you have might not have time.

    The only people that think this is a good idea are other jackasses.

  • ayazdan7

    hahaha they’re joking. they’re definitely joking they have to be.

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