Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 16


     
     1        A.  There was a kind of, you know -- it seemed quite a
     2        jovial atmosphere; and, on the whole, I think the
     3        McDonald's representatives seemed to have enjoyed the film
     4        and thought it was quite an accurate representation of the
     5        stores, apart from that one fact.
     6
     7   Q.   Was that the only critical thing they said, then?
     8        A.  You know, I think they probably said that if they had
     9        been making it, they would have made it slightly different
    10        and maybe emphasised some different things.  But, on the
    11        whole, they thought it was an accurate representation.
    12        I mean, it was a fairly jovial discussion, and they seemed
    13        to have enjoyed it.  My impression was that they seemed, on
    14        the whole, to have enjoyed the film.
    15
    16   Q.   Finally on this matter, as a professional researcher, what
    17        was your view of the film as a whole, as an accurate
    18        portrayal of McDonald's?
    19        A.  I thought on the whole it was an accurate reflection of
    20        the material that we had filmed.  As a totally accurate
    21        reflection of McDonald's, I think because we were not able
    22        to film the crew and to get their honest opinions about
    23        what they thought about working in the store, that that
    24        element was not an accurate portrait of the real experience
    25        of working in the store for the crew members.  But, apart
    26        from that, I think on the whole the film was an accurate
    27        record of what it is like to work in McDonald's.
    28
    29   Q.   One question before we go on to the statement.  When you
    30        did the shifts, when you worked five shifts, did
    31        Jane Gabriel work?
    32        A.  She worked one shift with me, which was the first time
    33        tht we did it, and after she worked kind of -- we both did
    34        some work on the quarterpounders and then she did a bit of
    35        frying with the Fillet-o-fish, or something of that kind.
    36        So she worked one shift with me.
    37
    38   Q.   Just for the court's reference, I have found the
    39        Sid Nicholson reference, which is on 2nd May, page 12,
    40        day 119.  Mr. Nicholson was present at the screening, apart
    41        from the speeding up point.  He said, at line 32: "I have
    42        no criticism of it otherwise."
    43
    44        Coming on to the statement, the way I would like to deal
    45        with it is to read out each paragraph and just ask the
    46        witness if there is any clarification or explanation
    47        needed; and, obviously, with the sections that Mr. Rampton
    48        identified, I will ask the witness how she knows that, or
    49        whatever.
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I am not content with that, for this 
    52        reason, that if it is going to be read out -- if it were 
    53        just for your Lordship to read, that is quite different --
    54        if it is going to be read out, then, with respect, the
    55        passage should be identified and read, as it were, silently
    56        by the witness and by your Lordship before the question is
    57        asked, "Where did that come from", as opposed to -----
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It does not matter where it came from.  If it
    60        is hearsay on the face of it, it is not admissible.

Prev Next Index