The fight “snooker on oil rigs” vs “no snooker on oil rigs” clearly shows that playing snooker is a no go. There’s really no trusting the oil industry.

As I was searching the web to find some reasoning to this travesty, I found the following text on a Working in the Oil and Gas Industry FAQ:

Off-shift, a worker can choose to work out in the gym, watch a video, play snooker, read or learn to use a personal computer.

All right, there may be some videos that are free of this irrational “do not watch on an oil rig” regulation, but the bottom line is you just can’t spend your off-shift on an oil rig watching any video you like. I can’t understand why people who are supposed to provide information to oil rig workers publish something like this. Are they not aware of the terrible lack of human rights on oil rigs? Or even worse, are they deliberately lying – trying to lure diligent workers to some God-forsaken facility in the middle of a cold, ruthless sea? These workers are innocent human beings leaving behind their home and families only to give the best years of their lives to increase the profits of the unscrupulous oil industry. Would it really be too much to give these people the possibility to occasionally watch some VHS or DVD on their spare time?

I think we must investigate this matter further and then act somehow. It’s oil rigs and videos today, but tomorrow they might want to forbid breathing at our own homes.

Perhaps a T-shirt slogan that proclaims about the unfairness?

It is however hereby agreed unanimously that the words “bun strike” shall never be voiced by a Member of Society again.