I need to vent a little here. I have a good amount of Facebook friends that work in the oilfield. As far as I know, none of them have been laid off yet, but I think some may have taken pay cuts. I am so damn tired of seeing posts almost every day where these entitled people or their girlfriends/wives are complaining about the industry and posting memes and the like with sayings like "hope you enjoy your cheap gas while oilfield families are hurting you cheap asses" or "Starbucks coffee costs $20 a gallon and nobody is complaining", as well as people sharing "pray for the oilfield" crap and predictions that the entire economy is going to collapse because oil is no longer $100 a barrel.

Here is my take, get over yourself you whiny *****es. I refuse to feel sorry for someone who knowingly took a job in an industry that for the last hundred years has been nothing but boom or bust, if you don't like it get a different job. When times are good, save. I do not feel sorry that you are having to sell your new $65,000 F250 or $400,000 house that you bought even though you have no education or savings. I don't care that your job is hard, I don't care that I wouldn't last a day in your shoes. I refuse to feel guilty that it now costs me $50 to fill up my truck when it used to cost $120. I am damn sure happy that I don't have to run down to Starbucks and fill my truck up with overpriced coffee once a week. Oh, and the economy is doing just fine, this isn't the 1980's, we have a diversified economy now and low fuel prices benefits almost everyone but those in the oil industry. So go on, call me a cold hearted cheap skate, I don't care.

That being said, I wish everyone well that has been laid off in finding new employment and don't wish harm on anyone.