stackyFACTSIn an era before intercoms and digital apps, human beings had to be summoned via obnoxious brass instruments. The term originated in the early 1900s because hotel staff were expected to literally 'hop' to attention the second the front desk clerk aggressively smacked a bell. The name stuck long after the bells disappeared.
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