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1 paragraph 22 of your statement.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I should know this by now, but what is the
4 difference between a paper wrap and a paper bag?
5 A. A paper wrap is actually wrapped around the product;
6 the product goes inside the paper bag.
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8 MS. STEEL: Do you know roughly how long customers keep their
9 burgers they purchase before they eat them?
10 A. No.
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12 Q. You have no idea?
13 A. No. Why would I have? I am sure they are all
14 different.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you asked 100 people you would get a 100
17 different answers.
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19 MS. STEEL: I was not after a particularly specific answer, just
20 kind of in terms of -----
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What are you trying to get at?
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24 MS. STEEL: It is not likely to be longer than about a quarter
25 of an hour, is it?
26 A. I have no idea, I told you.
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28 Q. You do not know?
29 A. I do not know. I deal with Purchasing, Quality
30 Assurance and Communications. I do not deal with
31 operations. I do not know how long customers keep their
32 products before eating them.
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34 Q. When they eat them in the store -----
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have assumed you have the same polystyrene
37 foam containers for particular items; whether they are
38 handed to someone over the counter to take to a table in
39 the restaurant or whether they are handed over a take-away
40 counter?
41 A. That is correct.
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43 Q. In the way McDonald's serve, can you tell whether the
44 person is going to go straight and sit at a table or walk
45 out into the street or not?
46 A. We normally ask: "Is this eat in or take away?"
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48 Q. Everything will be put in a bag for them there?
49 A. Yes. How soon after they would eat it, I would not
50 know.
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52 Q. But the fact is, if it is a Big Mac it goes into a certain
53 kind of container, willy-nilly?
54 A. Yes, it does.
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56 MS. STEEL: Customers that sit down in the restaurant, as far as
57 you are aware, do they normally sit around for 10, 15
58 minutes before they eat their food?
59 A. I have told you, I have no responsibility in the
60 restaurants.
