Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Not My Job Award on August 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »
My former colleague Jim Lane, who shared the original Not My Job Award photo many years ago, has forwarded impressive evidence (below) that the NMJA work ethic is still proudly on display. 😉
Jim commented that the freshly painted raccoon is a more modern and universal NMJA symbol than the old armadillo.
Either image, properly presented, is appropriate recognition for proud Not-My-Jobbers in your organization or industry. 😉
Posted in energy policy, tagged Not My Job Award, Secretary Granholm on November 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
She is, of course, correct in asserting that markets determine energy prices, as they should. She is wrong in implying that OPEC alone controls oil prices. (Is she aware that the country she serves is a major oil producer?). She earns the Not My Job Award for implying she is powerless to influence energy prices and laughing about it (an added bit of chutzpah that greatly impressed the NMJA selection panel).
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Not My Job Award on August 8, 2021| 2 Comments »
Jim Lane, who inspired our NMJA program many years ago, has submitted this nominee from the Texas Hill Country where he now resides. The metal stake in the picture was used to support a sapling that was planted in a county park. However, neither the employee who planted the young tree nor any of his colleagues saw fit to remove the stake. Not their job? The end result is pictured below.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Charlie Sheen, Not My Job Award on March 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Charlie Sheen, currently unemployed, is being recruited to direct BOE’s Not My Job Awards program.
Charlie has repeatedly demonstrated habits and personality traits that make him uniquely qualified to serve as our Not My Job Awards program director. He is a hero to Not My Jobbers worldwide and would elevate that program to the next level. BOE Management
Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged accidents, blowouts, Deepwater Horizon, drilling, Gulf of Mexico, macondo, Montara, Not My Job Award, offshore oil, oil spill, safety, well control on June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
BP Gas Station
In addition to the obvious irony in this BP gas station’s warning sign, perhaps there is a separate and unintended message in the sign’s last 3 lines – “you are responsible for spills.” The gasoline that we purchase at the pump does not just arrive there magically. That gasoline is the end product of a complex exploration, production, transportation, and refining process. When we consume petroleum products (and other forms of energy), we are tacitly accepting the associated environmental risks. If we aren’t comfortable with those risks, we should look at our own habits and how they contribute.
BP is responsible for the Macondo spill. However, our own lifestyle decisions are the reason for the extraordinary demand for the oil that BP and other companies produce. We can’t blame BP for the intractable sprawl, congestion, and pollution that have resulted from those decisions.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 