Day 121 - 04 May 95 - Page 04


     
     1        manager responsible for approximately 20 restaurants in the
     2        south-western Thames Valley area"?
     3        A.  Then I probably know him.  I cannot bring his face to
     4        mind at the present moment.
     5
     6   Q.   Is that part of your area, south-western Thames area,
     7        sorry, when you were Head of Personnel?
     8        A.  I had the whole of the country.
     9
    10   Q.   Sorry, I have got confused.  You were at one stage
    11        responsible, particularly responsible, for London and the
    12        south?
    13        A.  No, I have always had a national responsibility.
    14
    15   Q.   OK.  If you just bear with me because someone who has
    16        achieved the position of Operations Manager, that is an
    17        area of very high responsibility, is it?
    18        A.  Yes, I do not know how many restaurants he is
    19        responsible for, but it is going to be -----
    20
    21   Q.   He said 20?
    22        A.  As I say, it is going to be a good number, between 20
    23        to 30, yes.
    24
    25   Q.   He talks on page 210, that is -- let us look at the
    26        internal numbers -- page 2 of the statement?
    27        A.  Yes.
    28
    29   Q.   Under his review of our witness Adrien Brett's statement,
    30        point 6, he admits in the second sentence that occasionally
    31        employees were asked to work through the night.   "I would
    32        stress, however, this would be exceptional and occur
    33        perhaps once every two months.  For example, when
    34        I considered the store required a spring clean or when a
    35        senior member of a management would be visiting the store,
    36        employees would be asked to work through the night".  Why
    37        would employees be asked to work through the night,
    38        especially when a senior member of management would be
    39        visiting, in your experience in the Company as a whole?
    40        A.  I did not know they would be.
    41
    42   Q.   Let us take this as an example, this is a fact admitted
    43        by  -----
    44        A.  Then I think it is a question that should be directed
    45        to him if he has made a statement.
    46
    47   Q.   Yes, but I am asking you.
    48        A.  Well, I do not know.
    49
    50   Q.   As a senior member of management, are you aware that when 
    51        you make a visit, certainly in this case, all the stops 
    52        seem to be being pulled out to sanitise the situation? 
    53        A.  Well, I do not know.  That is the question, but I would
    54        imagine he just wants to get his store in good order
    55        because he is going to be visited and inspected, and that
    56        would obviously be an announced visit, if he knew the
    57        Senior Manager was coming.
    58
    59   Q.   If we turn over to page 3, the middle of that first
    60        paragraph?

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