The Human Alarm Clocks of the Industrial Revolution!

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Before alarm clocks existed, knocker-uppers had the job of waking people up for work. They would go around with heavy stick and knock on their clients' doors or windows to wake them up for work. In return, the knocker-uppers were paid a few cents a week.
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@ashyaqub 3 месяца назад

Makes sense as to where the term "knocked up" came from...

@Alexx_111 3 месяца назад

how did the knocker uppers wake up on time?

@victorviereck6476 3 месяца назад

Sleep early probably

@pavaralam 3 месяца назад

They had their own knocker uppers

@MrBeard17 3 месяца назад

cocaine

@electricshoes 3 месяца назад

they sleep in the morning and daytime?

@stephenl6758 3 месяца назад

@@pavaralamthen the knocker upper-knocked uppers had their own knocker uppers, who in turn had their own knocker uppers, an so on, until it was discovered that the knocker uppers were a closed loop, self sustaining economy of people paying each other to be their knocker uppers