Paddy McCoy, an
elderly Irish farmer, received a letter from the Department for Work &
Pensions stating that they suspected he was not paying his employees the
statutory minimum wage and they would send an inspector to interview
them.
On the appointed day,
the inspector turned up.
"Tell me about your staff," he asked
Paddy.
"Well," said Paddy,
"there's the farm hand, I pay him £240 a week, and he has a free
cottage.
Then there's the
housekeeper. She gets £190 a week, along with free board and
lodging.
There's also the
half-wit. He works a 16 hour
day, does 90% of the work, earns about £25 a week along with a bottle of whisky
and, as a special treat, occasionally gets to sleep with my
wife."
"That's disgraceful"
said the inspector, "I need to interview the half-wit."
"That'll be me then,"
said Paddy.
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