Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 16

     
     1        and that would be the most senior person in the restaurant
     2        at the time, so -----
     3
     4   Q.   Who, generally, would that be?  Who would be responsible
     5        for that?
     6        A.  Myself, the first assistant or one of the second
     7        assistants.
     8
     9   Q.   Simon Gibney says:  "I was a Shift Running Floor Manager
    10        which means I was often the Manager responsible for the
    11        whole store regularly with no other Managers present.
    12        Because I was under 21, I was unable to progress to
    13        salaried management, but my duties were just the same as a
    14        Second Assistant Manager".  So were there times when Floor
    15        Managers would take on that role if there was no salaried
    16        management?
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Why not stick to Simon Gibney for the moment
    19        and then find if it is the general practice.
    20        (To the witness):  Do you accept that Simon Gibney, as a
         Floor Manager, would run shifts from time to time?
    22        A.  Yes, he would on rare occasions, yes.
    23
    24   MR. MORRIS:  So you had one First Assistant Manager and one
    25        Second Assistant Manager?
    26        A.  It varied throughout the time that I was there.  At one
    27        point we had three Second Assistants, at another point we
    28        had two.  The most common set of numbers was one Manager,
    29        one First Assistant and two Second Assistants whilst I was
    30        there.
    31
    32   Q.   So there were three people under you with clear shift
    33        running powers?
    34        A.  That is right.
    35
    36   Q.   Plus Floor Managers from time to time?
    37        A.  Yes, by Shift Running Manager or how we used to term a
    38        Shift Running Floor Manager was a Floor Manager who, if the
    39        need be, could step in and actually run a shift.
    40
    Q.   Right.  So, anybody that was running a shift would liaise
    42        with the crew people directly?
    43        A.  Yes.
    44
    45   Q.   They might say to people:  "Do you fancy staying?" or "We
    46        need some extra people", that kind of thing?
    47        A.  If it happened on the rare occasions that it would be
    48        needed, yes.
    49
    50   Q.   That you would need more people to stay on or whatever. 
    51        You did not, presumably, listen to every conversation by 
    52        every Shift Running Manager with every crew person 
    53        regarding to whether they wanted to stay on or not?
    54        A.  No.
    55
    56   Q.   Just trying to go through this in some sensible manner:
    57        Going over to page 8 of your statement, first statement,
    58        paragraph 19, you accept as true, yes?
    59        A.  Yes.
    60