The Chinese: Always trying to out do us, even when it comes to spilling oil.

[EpyonXero]

Some pretty crazy photos, they have workers trying to scoop oil out of the water by hand.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...ian_china.html

[Homeslice]

Um, masks? Oil vapors aren't exactly healthy, especially when it is burning.

[azoomm]

The good news, there wasn't any viable life in those waters anyway...

Masks?? Who uses masks on that side of the world for anything? This is a worker cutting apart a prop in Singapore... like his "mask?

[pauldun170]

They issue two helmets, two wooden poles and two barrels.

Attach helmet to pole.
Stick pole over port side of boat and scoop up
Pour into barrel
repeat until barrel full.
when barrel full, move to stern of ship and empty contents.
Move to starboard side of ship position.
Stick pole over port side of boat and scoop up
Pour into barrel
repeat until barrel full.
when barrel full, move to stern of ship and empty contents.

repeat 30 times.
Then take smoke break
Smoke 4 packs of cigarretes in in 15 minutes

Stick pole over port side of boat and scoop up
Pour into barrel
repeat until barrel full.
when barrel full, move to stern of ship and empty contents.
Move to starboard side of ship position.
Stick pole over port side of boat and scoop up
Pour into barrel
repeat until barrel full.
when barrel full, move to stern of ship and empty contents.

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by azoomm

The good news, there wasn't any viable life in those waters anyway...

Masks?? Who uses masks on that side of the world for anything? This is a worker cutting apart a prop in Singapore... like his "mask?

The rest of the world is VERY far behind us when it comes to work environment, health and safety. But their labor is also VERY cheap. Aside from technology, I'd be willing to bet most of the world as where we were back in the 20's and 30's.

[Phenix_Rider]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

The rest of the world is VERY far behind us when it comes to work environment, health and safety. But their labor is also VERY cheap. Aside from technology, I'd be willing to bet most of the world as where we were back in the 20's and 30's.

Except Japan and Europe...

Japan knows how to breed robots.

Europe had the union work ethic centuries before unions came over here. Double and triple pay for consecutive weekends and overtime, regular smoke and coffee breaks, two beer lunches, guaranteed raises and holidays...