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.

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

RANCHER: Well, there's my hired hand that’s been with me for 3 years.

I pay him about $200 a week plus free room and board. Then there's the

mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours everyday 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.

 

AGENT: That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one.

RANCHER: That would be me.