Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s
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.
Sakychu, Freaking Alarm clock are stealing our jobs!
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.
detalferous, She was a knocker upper
(Which is a real name for this job, not a joke)
Doorbook, How to apply for this job?
PugJesus, 
Just show up one day, start doing it, and demand money.
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.
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