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 who's been with me for
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.
The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor
The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor
3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.