Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s
gatelike, I like to think that she shot peas all the time while walking and sitting at home. Obviously she would never miss and is particularly good at ricochet combos.
Doorbook, How to apply for this job?
PugJesus, 
Just show up one day, start doing it, and demand money.
detalferous, She was a knocker upper
(Which is a real name for this job, not a joke)
Deceptichum, 
I doubt workers could afford much, and it probably took a few, so they must be some cheap arse peas to use as ammo.
Sakychu, Freaking Alarm clock are stealing our jobs!
yenahmik, Question is: Who woke her for her shift?
Rolando, (edited ) The Wokemen.
(but who woke the Wokemen?)
Edit: now that I think about it, they probably just used a “woke agenda”.
257m, Well its obvious she just stays up all night. She doesn’t need sleep. In fact sleep is deathly scared of her and has been for a while.
OfficerBribe, As per this article:
“The knocker uppers were night owls and slept during the day instead, waking at about four in the afternoon,” says author Richard Jones.
Onii-Chan, 
It's pea shooters all the way down.
feedum_sneedson, The knocker-upper knocker-upper, I’m not joking.
HerbalGamer, 
Fellow QI fan?
feedum_sneedson, That could well be where I heard it!
HerbalGamer, Probably! youtu.be/FwZBEo2JHIw?t=1913
feedum_sneedson, I remember, yes that’s the one.
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