Cowboy 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 that’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.”

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