So was everybody oversleeping before alarm clocks were invented?

[Burned Verses]

Like Imagine if you tired from farming tobacco or some shyt all day but you had to hop a carriage in the morning. How could you count on waking up in time? Was there a dude who’s job was to wake people up? What if he was still sleep?

 

[SCJoe]

Chickens?

 

[Dem313wayz]

Idk I'm assuming people had roosters back then to wake them up at crack of dawn

 

[Luke Cage]

Church bells and town cryers.

a dude running past your window at dawn screaming "hear ye, hear ye!!" at the top of his lungs was quite effective alarm.

 

[weather so breezy]

why dont you ask chatgpt that

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

YOUR PARENTS SET YOUR INTERNAL CLOCKS AS KIDS. MY MOM WAKES UP AT 4:30AM EVERYDAY. I DID TOO FOR AWHILE UNTIL I MOVED TO AFTERNOON SHIFT. I DIDN'T NEED A CLOCK UNTIL I MOVED TO AFTERNOONS.

 

[Ahadi]

They would send ppl to knock on your door.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

Church bells

SOMEBODY HAD TO WAKE UP TO RING THE BELLS.

 

[Caca-faat]

No they had people called knocker uppers, they would come around and shoot rocks or peas at your window to wake you up in time for your shift at the factory. Alarm clocks are an innovation of capitalism.
Knocker-up - Wikipedia

 

[luckyse7enz]

The cock woke them up.

 

[Geordi]

Your boss woke up late too

 

[Fill Collins]

Chickens, people would be hired to wake people up, their natural circadian rhythm, etc

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

Real nikkas don’t use alarm clocks. I thought this was common knowledge. Alarm clocks were invented for women and children

 

[jadillac]

Ppl used to also drink a lot of water if they needed to wake up early

 

[feelosofer]

In an agrarian society it wasn't uncommon to be in bed by 6 or 7 pm. When you go to asleep that early your body is usually wired to wake up around 4 to 5 am.