Gong Farmer
As you’ll see in many of the occupations on this list, our society didn’t always know how to deal with human waste. There were a slew of jobs that addressed this pressing problem, one of which was known as a gong farmer.
Gong farmers dug human waste from privies and cesspits between the 15th and 17th centuries. Talk about a profession that stinks! We’re happy to live in a time when this occupation no longer exists.