tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950727852821572506.post3351933552347325261..comments2024-03-04T04:08:54.486-05:00Comments on Accidental Remediation: on-site petsShort Geologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047258159927129336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950727852821572506.post-20623745399473578112014-07-15T18:11:12.287-04:002014-07-15T18:11:12.287-04:00Call me a grinch, but I say leave them at home. In...Call me a grinch, but I say leave them at home. In my 30+ years working on rigs, I've seldom seen a good situation with pets (most oil companies ban them from work sites these days, and with good reason):<br /><br />• Driller's pit bull (would a driller have a pomeranian?) standing at top of drillfloor stairs, hackles up, growling and snapping at anyone who approaches.<br /><br />• Bears attracted to food scraps tossed out for the toolpusher's dog.<br /><br />• Company man's little darling leaving "surprises" under the bed in the geologist's end of the shack.<br /><br />• Toolpusher's dog killed and buried in a single stroke by a hopper-bottom gravel truck on the lease road.<br /><br />• Company man's dog nearly flattened as it runs back and forth under a high-boy truck trailer unloading casing.<br /><br />• Company man spends all afternoon driving around the country (rather than supervising the operation), looking for the dog that bolted when he opened the door of his shack.<br /><br />• Etc.<br /><br />--HowardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com