Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 31
1 morale and the atmosphere of the restaurant made the
2 restaurant into what it was.
3
4 Q. Is it quite hard, physical work on a busy evening?
5 A. It can be hard. It is like any other job where you
6 might have X amount of times you have so much pressure in
7 so little time and then it evens it itself out. It is like
8 anything else.
9
10 Q. Did the restaurant at Seven Sisters have any kind of air
11 conditioning or ventilation system?
12 A. Yes, you had kitchen ventilation, you had both dining
13 areas, and the sub-basement as well.
14
15 Q. I do not suppose it was strictly an air conditioning unit
16 in the sense it actually chilled the air or did it?
17 A. It takes air from the outside, filters it, then chills
18 it or warms it, depending on the outside temperatures.
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20 Q. It does? That is my mistake. You would not suffer in the
21 restaurant in the way that we do in here?
22 A. No.
23
24 Q. In hot weather like we are having at the moment (or have
25 been having) and you are working in the kitchen,
26 presumably, if you did not have this air conditioning
27 system, it would get quite hot?
28 A. Yes.
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30 Q. Have you ever been in a McDonald's kitchen and felt that it
31 was either, unless the system has broken down, I mean,
32 ridiculously cold or ridiculously hot, uncomfortably so?
33 A. Yes, only what you have just mentioned when it has
34 broken down.
35
36 Q. When it has broken down I am not concerned about that but
37 in general?
38 A. In general, no.
39
40 Q. Then says Mr. Magee: "I once followed up the fact that my
41 wages appeared to be far too low and did not seem to
42 correspond with the number of hours I believed I had
43 worked. They" -- must the management -- "showed me my
44 clock cards in order to substantiate the amount that they
45 had paid me and these appeared to tally." So far so
46 good. Then he adds this, Mr. Giardina: "However, I still
47 did not believe them." Assume, if you will, Mr. Giardina,
48 that that is an allegation of deliberate dishonesty of
49 tampering with the clock cards so as to cheat the crew
50 member out of his proper entitlement to pay. Have you ever
51 done anything like that yourself?
52 A. Never.
53
54 Q. As far as you know, has any person working for you ever
55 done anything like that?
56 A. Not that I am aware.
57
58 Q. What would you do if you found, for example, that a First
59 Assistant had tampered with the clock cards so as to cheat
60 a crew member out of his money?
