10 Crappy Jobs Of The Future (According To The Movies)

8. Scavenger

At least in those scenarios we're all still living in a civilised society. Y'know, like, relatively so. Everything is still working pretty much as it does now, only with better technology and worse jobs. That's taking a pretty rosy view of how the Earth's gonna wind up - which, believe us, could not be further from the truth - compared to your average post-apocalyptic future, as seen in the Mad Max series and every zombie film (or TV show, or video game, or book, or comic...) ever created. You're not likely to find any traditional, gainful employment is unlikely once society has broken down completely and a new, anarchic state reigns across the globe, but that doesn't mean there aren't any jobs. The most common role for people to take in these post-apocalyptic scenarios €“ once the world has been ravaged by nuclear war, or the undead, or a plague of locusts, or whatever - is scavenger. Which is a poorly-define role, sure, but we know it doesn't look like a lot of fun. For one thing, the uniforms leave a little to be desired; no polyester shirts and ill-fitting caps, nor the stifling suit and tie get up, but either the tattered remains of whatever you were wearing when everything tits up or else the sort of S&M bondage gear Mel Gibson has to contented with in the Road Warrior. Contend with, not wear himself, before you start getting some terrifying images in your head. Plus all you get to do is try and rob people, wander the desert looking for stuff, and probably getting killed by fellow scavengers. Not a lot of career prospects in scavenging.