 During the course of the story, Del gets Rodney a new job, though he declines to mention that it is working for the local funeral directors as a chief mourner, a fact Rodney does not take kindly to when he finds out.While arguing with Del, he accidentally leads the hearse down a one-way street.However, through his job at the undertakers, Rodney finds out that Robdal purchased an extra large coffin from them in 1963 for a friend named Alfred Broderick.