Paddy McCoy, an elderly Irish farmer, received a letter from the Department for Work & Pensions... The letter states that they suspected he was not paying his employees the statutory minimum

Paddy McCoy, an elderly Irish farmer, received a letter from the Department for Work & Pensions.

The letter stated that they suspected he was not paying his employees the statutory minimum wage and that an inspector would be coming to investigate.

A few days later, the inspector arrived at the farm and was greeted by Paddy, who was leaning against a fence, chewing on a piece of straw.

The inspector, clipboard in hand, got straight to business.

"Mr. McCoy, I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them."

Paddy nodded and said, "Well now, there’s me farmhand, Seamus. He’s been with me for three years. I pay him €500 a week plus free room and board."

The inspector jotted it down. "Alright. Anyone else?"

Paddy scratched his head. "Aye, there’s Mary, the cook. She works about 25 hours a week, and I pay her €400 plus all the food she can eat."

The inspector nodded. "Okay… anyone else?"

Paddy sighed. "Ah, now there’s the half-wit.

He works about 18 hours a day, does 90% of the work around here, eats whatever scraps he can find, and gets paid only €50 a week… but he also has to buy his own drinks."

The inspector’s eyes widened in outrage.

"That’s disgraceful! I need to speak to this half-wit immediately!"

Paddy took off his hat, looked the inspector straight in the eye, and said…

"You’re lookin’ at him."