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Here are some more (in the US, at least) Travel agent Door to door salesman Typist Typesetter/Linotype operator Telegraph operator Ice and coal delivery

Here are some more (in the US, at least) Travel agent Door to door salesman Typist Typesetter/Linotype operator Telegraph operator Ice and coal delivery Appliance repairman Then there are the jobs that just got consolidated out of widespread existence. They still exist but in very limited form. These are jobs that used to be regional until the market drifted toward economies of scale: Radio host Newspaper reporter/editor/cartoonist Greengrocer Bookseller

HeyLaughingBoy 10y ago
The first two are still around. I know someone whose wife has a travel agency: it's a specialty business now. And I have an aerial photo of my house that was sold by a door to door salesman. I also get sales people going door to door in my neighborhood selling anything from trash pickup to carpet cleaning. Appliance repair businesses are still around, they just focus on high-end appliances now.
k__ 10y ago
I have a travel agent in my street. Here in Germany they are omnipresent. But when I count how many people on Tinder got "Traveling" as their only hobby, I can see why. We had door to door salesmen back when I was young (15-20 years ago), they sold vacuum cleaners for Vorwerk or Kirby. High end systems, very expensive and they showed them at your home, my mother bought 2, so it worked haha. Then there are salesmen that sell stuff like scented candles, Tupperware, Dildos etc. pp. which throw tiny parties for their sales events at customers livingrooms. Not exactly door to door salesmen, but they visit customers at home to sell them things. 2009 I worked in an HR office (public service) where two typists worked, people recoreded letters all the time and they typed them with headphones on. I don't know if they still work there. A friend of mine lives in Berlin and heats with coal. She says many flats in the east of Berlin are still heated with those coal ovens. Sometimes she buys the coal at the store and sometimes she gets deliveries. Also here are regular markets with greengrocers and one of them even drives through my street once a week and sells from a truck. He has a bell and yells stuff like "POTATOOOOOS. FRESH APPLES AND CARROOOOTS" etc. And a friend of mine works as a bookseller.

HeyLaughingBoy 10y ago

The first two are still around. I know someone whose wife has a travel agency: it's a specialty business now. And I have an aerial photo of my house that was sold by a door to door salesman. I also get sales people going door to door in my neighborhood selling anything from trash pickup to carpet cleaning. Appliance repair businesses are still around, they just focus on high-end appliances now.

k__ 10y ago

I have a travel agent in my street. Here in Germany they are omnipresent. But when I count how many people on Tinder got "Traveling" as their only hobby, I can see why. We had door to door salesmen back when I was young (15-20 years ago), they sold vacuum cleaners for Vorwerk or Kirby. High end systems, very expensive and they showed them at your home, my mother bought 2, so it worked haha. Then there are salesmen that sell stuff like scented candles, Tupperware, Dildos etc. pp. which throw tiny parties for their sales events at customers livingrooms. Not exactly door to door salesmen, but they visit customers at home to sell them things. 2009 I worked in an HR office (public service) where two typists worked, people recoreded letters all the time and they typed them with headphones on. I don't know if they still work there. A friend of mine lives in Berlin and heats with coal. She says many flats in the east of Berlin are still heated with those coal ovens. Sometimes she buys the coal at the store and sometimes she gets deliveries. Also here are regular markets with greengrocers and one of them even drives through my street once a week and sells from a truck. He has a bell and yells stuff like "POTATOOOOOS. FRESH APPLES AND CARROOOOTS" etc. And a friend of mine works as a bookseller.