Wage & Hour

A man owned a small ranch in Montana. The Wage & Hour Dept. claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help. They sent an agent out to interview & investigate the accusations. Upon arrival at the ranch agents demanded, "We need a list of your employees and how much you pay them." The rancher replied, "There's my ranch hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board." The cook has been here for 18 months, "I pay her $500 per week plus free room and board". Then there's the half-wit who works here about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes $10 per week, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night." "That's the guy I want to talk to - the half-wit," says the agent. "That would be me," replied the rancher.