Engineering: “You want answers?”
Finance: “I think we are entitled to them!”
Engineering: “You want answers?!”
Finance: “I want the truth!”
Engineering: “You can’t handle the truth!!!”
Engineering (continuing): “Son, we live in a world that requires revenue. And that revenue must be brought in by people with elite skills. Who’s going to find it? You? You, Mr. Accountant ? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
Engineering (continuing): “Son, we live in a world that requires revenue. And that revenue must be brought in by people with elite skills. Who’s going to find it? You? You, Mr. Accountant ? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
You scoff at the Wells Division and you
curse our lucrative incentives. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of
not knowing what we know: that while the cost of drilling are excessive, it
drives in revenue.
And my very existence, while
grotesque and incomprehensible to you, drives REVENUE! You don’t want to know
the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at staff meetings …
you want me on that well. You NEED me on that well.
We use words like wire trip,
circulation, logging, casing, day rates, perforating, tripping, mud lost, well
bore. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent drilling wells. You
use them as a punch line!
I have neither the time nor
inclination to explain myself to people who rise and sleep under the very
blanket of revenue I provide and then question the manner in which I provide
it. I would rather you just said “thank you” and went on your way. Otherwise I
suggest you head to the lease and drill you own damn well. Either way, I don’t
give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!”
Finance: “Did you expense the lap dances?”
Engineering: “I did the job I was hired to do.”
Finance: “Did you expense the lap dances?”
Engineering: “You’re goddamn right I did!”
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