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A fun one and a dark one from the list: “Knocker-up” — when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable, knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they
by divbzero 3y ago
A fun one and a dark one from the list:
“Knocker-up” — when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable, knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up
“Nazi concentration camp occupations”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nazi_concentration_camp_occupations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nazi_concentration_ca...
- falcolas 3y ago> “Knocker-up” — when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable, knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time Some fancier hotels still offer this as a service.
- nunez 3y agonot even fancy. this is basically the wake-up call service, which is mostly automated