Day 159 - 20 Jul 95 - Page 38
1 A. Oh, yes, I think so, yes.
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3 Q. That is one of the reasons to do it?
4 A. Oh, no, no, I do not think so. I think McDonald's are
5 very interested in children and the senior citizens, so
6 that is why they have coffee mornings so they can come and
7 have a cup of coffee and meet and make friends there. They
8 have made many a friends at my store.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do they get their coffee rather cheaper?
11 A. It is free, totally free. They can have a top up after
12 -- and tea now. We do coffee and tea, although it is
13 still called a "coffee" morning.
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15 MR. MORRIS: Do the people who come to the coffee mornings
16 usually buy some food as well?
17 A. Not always, no.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If they buy it, they pay ---
20 A. Yes.
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22 Q. -- whatever the normal price is?
23 A. Yes.
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25 MR. MORRIS: Is the store usually quiet on Thursday mornings
26 when you do that?
27 A. It was -- we did not pick it for the quietness. What
28 we picked it for was because I went round to the post
29 office and asked, you know, what was the busiest day for
30 the people to get their pensions and they said Thursday
31 morning.
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33 Q. That is when they have got the money in their pocket, kind
34 of thing?
35 A. No, that is why we thought we would have it on a
36 Thursday morning so there would be more pensioners. We did
37 try it on Sunday, but it did not work out, apparently.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So that is the day they can go to the post
40 office and -----
41 A. Yes, and then they come in or come in first and then go
42 into the post office, whichever is best for them, sort of
43 thing.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do ordinary customers have any precedence if
46 they come in? I know if you go and get your hair cut at a
47 certain time of week you find that senior citizens can have
48 it cut for a pound, but if you walk in you jump the queue
49 if you are paying the normal price?
50 A. No.
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52 Q. Is that what happens at McDonald's?
53 A. No, what happens, they come and sit down and I serve
54 them. I have coffee pots and that and I serve them, but if
55 there is a customer who has bought a coffee and I will ask
56 him if he would like a refill, they certainly get it or a
57 tea.
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59 MR. MORRIS: When they buy the rest of the food, if they want
60 any other things, do they have to queue up like everybody
