Proper Wages

The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.

GOV�T AGENT: �I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.�

RANCHER: �Well, there�s my hired hand who�s been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.

Then there�s the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.�

GOV�T AGENT: �That�s the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one.�

RANCHER: �That would be me.�

Hat tip: Sarge Charlie of Sarge Charlie