It Really Makes Me Angry
 

Spent time debating a liberal (once fb) friend day. Constant whining about how much people make. I eventually got really angry. I like the money I make because it alows me to sleep with my wife every night. I could make more if I wanted to change that. I don't. I love my life. I got pissed when said person started to tell me oilfield workers are making money to destroy the environment. I got mad. Without destroying something I didn't want to destroy I just walked away. Although said person will never read this here we go.
MFr I have friends that live half their life on a metal island in the gulf away from their family so you can put gas in your car.
I have friends that work on turbines away from their family so you get you electricity.
I have friends that work away from their family welding on pipelines so you can turn your stove on.
Leave my F'Ing friends alone or learn to drill for oil yourself.

Easy man, you forget there entiled to all that!! No mater what it takes to get it to them and there hiberd touch football to ruff ,toueff farting assssssssesx, your better than that!!

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TY. I get pissed when people that punch the alarm at 4/5am are looked down on. Since when is sweat and dirty hands a bad thing? I don't care if your uniform is a suit. You put in the hours to provide for you and yours. And have to do extra to cover the freeloaders. I'm really starting to tire of working people not only getting the short end of the stick but being looked at like outcasts.
Welders, carpenters, electricians, mechanics, oil workers, pipe fitters, cops, fire fighters, emt's, etc. What happens if we all take a year off?

I wasn't agreeing with you , I was telling you "have another cold one"

:rotfl: @ Poxy.

Now this is funny

I was in my garage working on my mower about a month ago and some guy from a few houses down comes down and starts making small talk. He seemed friendly enough at first until he found out I was an oil field hand. He started *****ing about the Mercondo incident and how BP had screwed everyone in Louisiana. I'll not repeat what I told him but I'm sure of 2 things now. First he will never come back on my property again and the second is I'm quite sure I'm now known as the neighborhood *******!

Yep. Really gets under my skin when some liberal whacko starts running their mouth when they have no idea what some people sacrifice to earn a living. Especially when they are talking about things that some of my good friends do for a living.

You buying? Lol
That was funny :)

I don't understand why any of these jobs should be praised or thought of more than others??? So what if they live half their life on a metal island...they chose that. They aren't doing anything courageous like serving our country in the armed forces, which is also a personal choice but obviously different than beating ur chest that you work in the oilfield.

If you take a year off, many others that are qualified and willing will quickly step in and all will be fine.

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You misunderstand. Yes it's their choice and no it's not anything worth special praise no more than my job is. It's nothing to be looked done upon either. Especially by some tree hugger that talks about how bad oil is for the environment but also keeps pumping fuel into their car.
Told her if she didn't like oil she should sell her car and walk. Lead by example. That did not go over well.lmao

I wasn't necessarily arguing with you, more like venting on one of my pet peeves. If you lived in lafayette you'd understand quickly lol

The oilfield industry is valuable no doubt, if not the most valuable industry in the south. It's the select few that parade around with oil field life stickers spouting off on how noble their profession is that annoy me.

I see your point and understand. Kinda the same with my line of work.

I get annoyed when i see Oilfield lyfe stickers also.... bc i know they have 2 weeks at a time to spend all that DAMN MONEY THEY MAKE. While i pinch pennies on my 2 days a week that i have off.

Gotta buy them big shackles for their F250's receiver hitch!

Or build those ridiculous Mustangs.��

If the oilfield is so easy come get you some. Otherwise S T F U and sit on the porch. I'm not saying anyone in this industry is better than anyone else in the world just because of what they do. However, I will say that it takes a certain kind of person to do it and to be successful at it. It's not for everyone. Those who can do it reap the rewards as well we should for supplying a valuable commodity. I will never argue with the surgeon who has the knowledge and skill to save a love ones life over what they should or shouldn't charge for thier service. I certainly can't do what they can and I respect the skill and training their job requires. Along with that comes the salary that is commensurate with the work. Why should one be different from the other?

Very well said

X2.

My favorite is the "Spoiled Oilfield Wife" t-shirts, stickers, candy bars, etc.

There is a price point in the market where the oil industry and support services can be compensated for their work and the consumer can enjoy savings/reasonably priced gasoline at the pump.

It's very volatile industry and the market dictates what that price is. Should a barrel of oil be $90+....probably not, consequently it also shouldn't be $30 a barrel. Companies position themselves to survive in all scenarios. Employees should do the same.

What exactly is it you do Mr. Seachaser250?

The individual employee has nothing to do with the price of oil or what we pay at the pump. I don't blame the employee for making every dollar they can while they can.

I agree. I never blamed or said employees have anything to do with the price of oil.

simply saying if you work in the oil industry you should be aware of changes in the market and how that can effect you.

I don't see how that's relevant but I sell propane and propane accessories.

Lmao. Solid gold right there.:rotfl:

Is your name Hank by any chance?

That's a really good guess. Unfortunately, my name is not Hank but I do have a dog named ladybird.

I'm sorry I started this rant. It wasn't to pit anyone against each other I assure. The liberal whacko that brought out the rant got to me a personal level. My best friend has always been oilfield. We have been friends since we were kids. He has missed so much of his family life just to make sure they had more than they needed. I've mowed his grass several times because it needed to be done and he was working. I damn sure wasn't going to let his wife do it. We love his family as our own and I took what was said very personally. I have watched his kids grow up as much or more than he is. I was just pissed that someone was trying to belittle the work he does. I couldn't do it and wouldn't. Not even for the bank roll he makes. It's not for me but someone has to do it.

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Why does that annoy you? And just so you know, not every person that works in the oil field works a schedule. Some people work 24 hour call and never have a set day off unless they use vacation time. It's not the people who work in the oil fileds fault that you have to pinch pennies, it's your fault.

Guess you couldnt pick up on my total sarcasm.....

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That's how my buddy is now. He was a directional driller and would be gone for a month or two sometimes. Home for a day or two then gone again. He has moved up and isn't gone quite as much but when he's home he is always on the phone with work. I don't think he has hunted more than 10/12 days in the past 3 years.

How am I supposed to pick up on sarcasm on the Internet?

I did 24 hour call for about 8 years running casing. The money was great and I didn't mind being gone that much because I was single with no kids. I now do 14&14 for the same company and still make very good money but I am home 6 months out of the year with my wife and two girls. I still miss a lot of home life with my family but it's a sacrifice I make to provide my children with everything they need, not everything they want, need.

I couldn't say it better.
And I am a Latino that LOVES the South!!!.

SeaChaser 250..... do you sell round bottom black iron pots and Hebert's cajun stoves by chance?

Now, this comment frustrates me. I do agree that the bragging and what not is silly, but don't go around talking about how it's not courageous. Many men have died trying to shut in and kill wells. Most people don't look at it that way, but I can appreciate that the gulf is not an oil slick. Lots of things have to go right so you can fill your boat on Saturday. Frankly I am proud that the petroleum industry has people that carry pride and turn boys into men. A man with little to no education can provide a good life for his family, but with the sacrifice of being away from home with danger at his back. I would say that's pretty courageous. So, if you have not done it yourself...shut your hole.


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As a sugarcane farmer, I feel we right there with the oilfield, I got friends that always tell me how nice it must be to make money...... Price is horrible for sugar and grain right now. I offer to sell my farm but they all say h.e.l.l no ! Come get u some!!!! But right, it takes a special person to work 7 days or months at a time ..

Very well said!

no. i sell propane and propane accessories

Pots and burners are propane accessories. Only reason i asked. Maybe you Were joking? Humor is lost on the internet?

Way to get butt hurt just because I don't worship at the shrine of the oil field worker. We all work to provide for our families and most of us do it without publicly bragging and pounding our chest about it.

My original post was directed to a very specific type of oil field worker. I would compare it to the salt life sticker threads we see here all the time.

i caught it no harm meant in my post.

I'm just lookin for a pot and burner. I had an honest question

Hey its Bobby!!

Wish i could help ya. Gotta be plenty of guys on here that are experts in that field.

Didn't realize you didn't think working people deserved the money they get. My mistake.