Day 168 - 03 Oct 95 - Page 18

     
     1        and it would depend on whichever of us were in on the
     2        particular day when the schedule was done.
     3
     4   Q.   So the schedule was done by somebody else and then you
     5        looked at the overall picture to add up the total number of
     6        hours that had been scheduled to check that it fitted in
     7        with the targets that the store had?
     8        A.  Yes, and I would also check that any requests made by
     9        the crew were carried across onto the schedule.  For
    10        instance, if John Gore said that he did not want to work
    11        Saturday night, I would make sure that the scheduling
    12        Manager had taken that into account and that he did not
    13        work Saturday night.
    14
    15   Q.   He would not turn up, would he, or he might not turn up?
    16        A.  He might turn up, he might not.  He might have
    17        somewhere to go, but all I am saying is that I made sure
    18        that the requests in the request book tallied with the
    19        schedule.  I effectively just went over what the scheduling
    20        Manager had done as well.  The same as if I did the
         schedule, it would be the responsibility of another Manager
    22        to check it.
    23
    24   Q.   So when the schedule was chucked in front of you, placed in
    25        front of you -----
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause because there is no basis for
    28        suggesting "chucked in front of you".
    29
    30   MR. MORRIS:  No, all right, "placed in front of you".  I am not
    31        making any comment, I am just saying.
    32
    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Put it in a -----
    34
    35   MR. MORRIS:  I put it in a graphic way.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It does not because, you see, a word like
    38        that indicates it is just cast onto the desk and swept up a
    39        moment later.
    40
    MR. MORRIS (To the witness):  Sorry, when the schedule was
    42        completed it would be shown to you?
    43        A.  It would be.
    44
    45   Q.   In what circumstances would that occur, just give me a
    46        general .....
    47        A.  For instance, if the schedule was completed on a
    48        Wednesday morning, the scheduling Manager would take three,
    49        four, five hours, however long that particular person took
    50        to do the schedule.  If it was Ian, he would take, say, 
    51        three and a half hours to do the schedule.  He would then 
    52        bring it upstairs to me.  He would do whatever I was doing 
    53        before that work, whether it was working the floor or
    54        running the shift, and I would spend a couple of hours
    55        checking the schedule.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are you senior to the other two or have you
    58        been a First Assistant for longer?
    59        A.  No, myself and Ian are the two senior Firsts.  Geoff is
    60        the junior one of the three.