Garden Island Mortuary Ltd

My review is a little late but every year on the anniversary of my dad’s death (it’s been 14 years today) and any time I have to pass it, I unfortunately remember this place. So I’m finally writing the review I meant to back then. (So if it’s under new management since then, this review may be void.)
We were already reeling from a death we weren’t totally expecting; having to deal with GI Mortuary and their unsympathetic sales tactics really drove it home. Their business is death, and they make sure you know that it is a business. No sympathy, no kind hearts, get in and get out.(Look, I get it, it’s tough being sadly sympathetic alll the time — but you have to realize that job hazard when you decide to take on that business.) My father was buried with full military honors & benefit (active duty), in fact, so maybe they were trying to get more $ out of it, I don’t know. They just made an already sad event worse.
We did move him to Borthwick and had a much better experience dealing with them. Much more sympathy, even much more light in the place. I wonder how much business they actually get from families like us who just don’t want to deal with even more stress at an already stressful time.