[jjm2111]

In North Dakota? Really?

[Smokin' Joe]

Yep. But I don't think the person was local. Keep in mind that a lot of the non-oilfield jobs here have been filled by people from elsewhere of late.

If you are local, can pass a drug test, and are willing and able to work, chances are you're making far more than Walmart wages.

For a while, things were really tough there, just not enough help. Then they started offering a room with the $12/hr wages and overtime and got some people in--some of them transfers--from all over.

They are decent folks from what I have seen, but such programming dies hard.