Day 208 - 24 Jan 96 - Page 15
1 to seek advice beforehand.
2
3 Q. Did you ask for a transfer to another store?
4 A. I inquired with another Store Manager, yes, and I very
5 seriously considered it. On talking to other Managers
6 within my own store, I decided it would be better to leave
7 than do something about the situation there (sic).
8
9 Q. You decided it would be better to leave?
10 A. Yes -- sorry. It would be better not to leave and do
11 something about the situation.
12
13 Q. You are good friends with Sean Richards; yes?
14 A. From the point of view of working together, yes,
15 I suppose.
16
17 Q. I mean, of all the people in the store, you are
18 particularly friendly with Sean?
19 A. Not especially. I get on with all of the management
20 team. I get on with pretty much most of the crew.
21
22 Q. But you get on particularly well with Sean Richards?
23 I mean, you get on with everybody, you say, but you get on
24 particularly well with Sean Richards? I am not saying he
25 may be your best friend, but you get on particularly well
26 with him?
27 A. Yes, I suppose I get on particularly well with him; not
28 any more so than anyone else, though.
29
30 Q. Do you ever go drinking with him?
31 A. I have been drinking with all of the management team
32 and probably 90 per cent of the crew at one point or
33 another. I would not say I go out drinking with Sean on a
34 regular basis. We may go out once a month at the most.
35
36 Q. You have been getting the shifts that you wanted, you have
37 said; yes?
38 A. Yes, I agree with that.
39
40 Q. You say you have been treated pretty well; that is the
41 general drift of your statement, is it not?
42 A. Reasonably so, yes.
43
44 Q. You have been treated reasonably well, but you were
45 disenchanted. What is the advantage of -- I mean, it may
46 be an obvious question -- getting promoted?
47 A. For me, it was a more interesting job; so, therefore, a
48 greater job satisfaction. I got stuck in a rut and I was
49 not enjoying the job any more.
50
51 Q. The pay goes up as well, presumably?
52 A. Yes, it increases, but, because of the length of time
53 I have been there, it is not that much of an increase.
54
55 Q. Just to go back to your time when you were at school: you
56 finished school in June 1994; is that correct?
57 A. Yes.
58
59 Q. Were you attending school daily in that last year when you
60 retook your -----
