^ What people tell you and what they get, in reality, aren't necessary the same.
As for working hard on an oil rig. Give me strength. What have they got to compare it with if they've done it all their days? Go join the military. Work 18+ hours a day for months on end, no R&R for 6+ months. Eat shit food. Get shot at. Shit in a hole etc etc. Then come back and tell me life on a rig is hard work.
The next think someone will be telling me football is a mans game.