Drive-Thru Casket Viewings Are the New Hot Thing in Compton, California

Can I also get a Couple Ketchups, and do you have Uncle Larry in there?

COMPTON, Calif. - There are drive-thru burger joints and drive-thru banks but now one California city offers the ultimate in drive-thru convenience: drive-thru casket viewing. Yes, at the Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton, south of Los Angeles, it is possible to view the deceased resting in a casket display window while cruising past in your car, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. "It's a unique feature that sets us aside from other funeral parlors," said owner Peggy 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," Scott Adams explained. "It's a convenience thing." Plus, Adams pointed out, the drive-thru glass partition is bulletproof - a consideration after cemetery shootouts broke out at gang funerals in the 1980s. The drive-thru is 12 feet wide, with the glass display window visible from the street. "I think it's wonderful, "said one woman quoted by the Times as she cruised past a casket last month. "It's nice to be able to drive through. You don't have to go inside. It's real convenient."

Before I tackle the convenience of drive-thru casket viewings, let me get this straight...gang violence has gotten so bad in Southern California that caskets now need bullet proof glass built into them?  Look, I don't want to tell you bangers how to go about your business, but it seems to me you might be wasting your bullets shooting at already dead rivals.  This is a down economy, those bullets aint free. Maybe you want to save those live rounds for live targets?

Ok back to the drive-thru casket viewings/wakes.  Love it.  It's just like the woman said, wonderful and convenient.  Yea, sorry for your loss, but some of us just don't have time to dress up and loiter in a funeral home for the appropriate amount of time (30 mins or so?) in the afternoon as to not offend the surviving family members.  Especially in a high death rate area like Compton.  You have to figure one young banger a day is probably being burried, that time spent at the funeral parlor adds up and burger flippers at McD's aren't exactly rolling in vacation days.  Drive-thru showings offer a quick alternative, pay your respects, maybe pick up a milkshake and be on your way.  Plus you only have to dress from the waste up.  It's hot in So-Cal. Wearing a full suit, pants and everything can be a bitch.  At least now you can just throw on a jacket and nice shirt and just cruise through wearing Jinco shorts in your low rider.