[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Subject: MONTANA DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT
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 has 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.
AGENT: That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one.
RANCHER: That would be me.
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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 has 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.
AGENT: That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one.
RANCHER: That would be me.
