What is a job that completely disappeared, but people used to do every day? – 17 trades that are lost to time

10.

‘Before the automatic ball return was invented, bowling alleys hired boys to set up the bowling pins and retrieve the balls.’
-Keobooks

11.

‘Toll booth collectors… I’m sure there are some but back in the day I knew many of them – there’s lots of tolls in my state’
-rman18

12.

‘It is honestly wild to think about how switchboard operators used to spend their entire day manually plugging and unplugging cables into a giant board just to connect a single phone call back when you couldn’t just dial a number yourself.’
-RitaWalton8

13.

‘Elevator operator. Because apparently you needed training and expertise to use an elevator.’
-Jazzyfish59

14.

‘Human beings being customer service reps that answer the phone and actually trying to help’
-swingdale7

15.

‘Game counsellors. Back in the 90s you could call the Nintendo Power line to receive gameplay tips and advice.’
-rabhazard

16.

‘Meter Readers.

‘It’s not completely gone, but darn close. They’ve been replaced by smart/networked meters.’
-mijco

17.

‘I bet if someone starts this thread in 20 years, half of the jobs we have now will be listed.’
-aqiwpdhe

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