Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 15

     
     1   Q.   Not every day?
     2        A.  Not every day, no.
     3
     4   Q.   How many hours did you work?
     5        A.  Possibly 50.
     6
     7   Q.   50?
     8        A.  It varied between -- about 50 was probably the average.
     9
    10   Q.   The store was open how many hours a day?
    11        A.  I believe it was open from 10 in the morning through 11
    12        at night, actually operating at that time.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  On a normal day, not one where you were
    15        having a night clean, what time did the first crew come in
    16        and the last crew leave?
    17        A.  8 o'clock in the morning, and then the crew at night
    18        would leave when they had finished clearing up, which
    19        usually was between 12 and half past 1.
    20
    MR. MORRIS:  According to Mr. Gibney, who was responsible for
    22        scheduling, he says, some of the time, on Friday and
    23        Saturday it actually started at 7?
    24        A.  I would dispute that.
    25
    26   Q.   Whether it started at 7 or not?
    27        A.  Yes.  I would not say that was -- as I remember, we
    28        started at 8, because we did not open until 10, and two
    29        hours was quite sufficient to get the store open.
    30
    31   Q.   Even on a Saturday or a Friday?
    32        A.  It did not really take any longer on a Friday or a
    33        Saturday to open the store than on a normal day.
    34
    35   Q.   Let us just say it was 8 until half 12, or something, until
    36        1 o'clock?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   Something like 17 hours, nearly 17 hours a day, seven days
    40        a week?
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is about 120 hours a week?
    43        A.  Sure.
    44
    45   MR. MORRIS:  So you were only present in the store for less than
    46        half the time; do you accept that?
    47        A.  I would accept that, yes.
    48
    49   Q.   When you were in the store, presumably, you had all sorts
    50        of things to think about -- you were the Manager, yes -- 
    51        you have to get everything ----- 
    52        A.  Yes. 
    53
    54   Q.   No doubt.  The shift managers, if somebody is working on a
    55        station and, for whatever reason, you need more people to
    56        stay on after the shift is finishing, there is a shift
    57        manager, is there, that could say to someone: "Would you
    58        like to work on longer", is there?
    59        A.  On each shift, there was somebody who was accountable
    60        for that shift, so they would be the shift running manager;