c/historyporn · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2yMary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s 395 points · 16 comments · view on lemmy.world
16 Comments
detalferous@lemm.ee · 45 pts · 2y
She was a knocker upper
(Which is a real name for this job, not a joke)
yenahmik@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
Question is: Who woke her for her shift?
Onii-Chan@kbin.social · 40 pts · 2y
It's pea shooters all the way down.
Rolando@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
The Wokemen.
(but who woke the Wokemen?)
Edit: now that I think about it, they probably just used a "woke agenda".
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
The knocker-upper knocker-upper, I'm not joking.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Fellow QI fan?
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
That could well be where I heard it!
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Probably! https://youtu.be/FwZBEo2JHIw?t=1913
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I remember, yes that's the one.
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y
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.
257m@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
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.
Sakychu@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
Freaking Alarm clock are stealing our jobs!
Doorbook@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
How to apply for this job?
PugJesus@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
Just show up one day, start doing it, and demand money.
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
I doubt workers could afford much, and it probably took a few, so they must be some cheap arse peas to use as ammo.
gatelike@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y
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.