Department of Employment, Division of Labour Standards
claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an
agent out to investigate him.
GOVT 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 $50 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.
GOVT AGENT: That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally
challenged one.
RANCHER: That would be me
