rigworker

haha oops. I am in fact a worker on said oil rig...not an actual oil rig on reddit. Sorry to disappoint....

I did on a land job in France. They weren't dangerous or anything. Parked up in their cars, waving their signs and chanting about how we are damaging the earth. Whilst drinking from their plastic bottles. We just drive past to the rig and carry on as normal. They had a right to vent their opinion. I know this line of work has a reputation for damaging the environment. I know here, we have a lot of safety precautions but there will always be accidents. Every line of work will have accidents. It's more about how they are responded to that makes the difference.

It is taken seriously though if anything goes over the side. I had one of my loggers get their banana hat (hi vis covering for a hard hat) blown off in high winds that went over the side. I had to tell the co man and radio op, who then told our patrol boat, who had to retrieve it. It wasn't so that we could have it back, it was because nothing, nothing goes over the side.

nope. But you find the dirty mags and posters in the rooms after they've left. I usually go into the boot room with the rest of the lads, drop it on the table and say loudly "dirty mag, free to a good home" Pretty much all of the lads come and look and someone always takes it.

Meh. I'm not bothered by it really. It's usually one big laugh. I found a couple of unopened condoms once so I opened one and put in a dirty mag and did the same thing as before. Never seen the lads drop a dirty mag so quickly. Hilarious.

You are actually in a room alone most of the time. You are usually sharing with your opposite shift so you are only ever in the room on your own, so I guess what ever takes your fancy... I can't speak for the guys though. Some of them probably do since they are here for 3 weeks at a time, it's a bit long not to indulge their urges I guess.

yikes! I've heard the stories of rigs being literal rust buckets in the likes of Africa and Asia. The last geologist on here quit africa because she was sent to a rig where the staircases were missing steps and bits would fall of the rig on a daily basis. She said she had a literal F*** this s*** moment and never went back.

For those who aren't aware, missing a step or two might seem no biggie but on a rig, it is not uncommon for staircases to be over the edge of a rig with just the grating you're standing on, between you and a 100ft+ plunge to the sea. So a missing step can be a biggie.....