Day 150 - 07 Jul 95 - Page 67


     
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     2   Q.   So that significant proportion, is that about the average
     3        proportion for a store or is that higher than another store
     4        or other stores that you know of?
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     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The significant proportion is about the
     7        10 per cent which, presumably -- you tell me, maybe it is
     8        wrong because there are schools everywhere -- I thought you
     9        were attributing to Leicester being a city where there is
    10        that lot of further education?
    11        A.  Sure, yes.
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    13   Q.   It is all university now, but university and polytechnic
    14        then?
    15        A.  Certainly, but what I am saying in terms of a
    16        significant number of students, it continues to say "would
    17        leave and return on a regular basis as the requirements of
    18        their studies dictated".
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    20   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, what I am saying is that that proportion,
    21        about 10 per cent, being students?
    22        A.  Who returned -----
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    24   Q.   Of part-timers, never mind, if they return or whatever,
    25        what I am saying is that kind of proportion, that would be
    26        about, you say, significant; is that because it is higher
    27        than average in McDonald's in general?
    28        A.  I am talking about my own restaurant.
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    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You must answer the question, but I would
    31        have thought a significant proportion is just a proportion
    32        which is worth noticing, not an insignificant part of it.
    33        A.  No, I am dealing with my restaurant.
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    35   MR. MORRIS:  Is that an average proportion of part-timers for a
    36        McDonald's store, about 10 per cent on average would be
    37        students?
    38        A.  No, that is wrong because I am saying there that 10 per
    39        cent were students from Leicester who would leave and
    40        return.  I am not saying they were the only students
    41        I employed, because some students would not come back.
    42        They would go and find other employment and they came back
    43        during the holidays.  It says:  "A significant proportion",
    44        in this case maybe seven or eight people, would actually
    45        come back to return to work.  They will not be -----
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    47   Q.   So the rest would not come back?
    48        A.  Excuse me?
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    50   Q.   The rest would not come back? 
    51        A.  The rest would not return on a regular basis as these 
    52        seven guys did.  I am sure once they completed their 
    53        studies there is no reason for them to come back, so again
    54        we are talking about people joining in year one, staying
    55        through to two and three.  Once they have completed their
    56        studies and moved back home, or wherever else their job
    57        takes them, they would not return.  I agree with that.
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    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  One can imagine all sorts of reasons why they
    60        might work the autumn term because there were no exams in

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