Knocker Upper
Do you ever wonder how people got up for work before alarm clocks? Meet the “Knocker Uppers”: individuals with only one responsibility who used a long pole from the ground to wake people up in the morning.
Knocker-uppers were commonly utilized to assist people in waking up in time for work. Some people used long poles, while others just threw peas at the window. Until 1847, this odd job would persist, as people relied on knocker-uppers to get them up in time for work.