Day 074 - 16 Jan 95 - Page 42


     
     1        the employee who has gone out, then she might decide to go
     2        and check them.  It is basically like any other job.  It is
     3        a spot check or checks whenever they think it is necessary.
     4
     5   Q.   So, between them the dining area host and the shift manager
     6        check the route, what, the whole of the route three or four
     7        times in a shift?
     8        A.  Two, three, four, depending on whether they are busy or
     9        they are not busy, or depending on who is working; if it is
    10        a new employee who has been doing it or a specific person
    11        who is very reliable and you know that he is going to do a
    12        methodical job.  So, it basically varies.
    13
    14   Q.   Were there any longer walks that extended further with
    15        environment/index.html">litter patrols?
    16        A.  No, there were not.
    17
    18   Q.   You said something about often the employees on the environment/index.html">litter
    19        patrols only came back with six, seven or eight cartons or
    20        sometimes only a straw, or something like that; is that
    21        right?
    22        A.  Yes, there were occasions.
    23
    24   Q.   What about other environment/index.html">litter apart from company environment/index.html">litter, did they
    25        not pick that up?
    26        A.  Yes, but it is never counted, that type of environment/index.html">litter, but
    27        McDonald's own which you are mostly to check, you know,
    28        that what is going on in the area.  So, you look at your
    29        own.  Others you cannot recognise, you know, where the
    30        environment/index.html">litter has come from.
    31
    32   Q.   When they get back they separate out the McDonald's environment/index.html">litter
    33        from the other environment/index.html">litter that they have collected?
    34        A.  No.  Basically, you check it.  You look in the bag and
    35        you know roughly what is inside but not exactly, you know,
    36        they will not separate it or anything.
    37
    38   Q.   So about how full were these sacks that they came back with
    39        it?
    40        A.  Like I said, you know, because the frequency was such,
    41        you can multiply by the whole day how much it was, but just
    42        a few handful items, unless -- we sometimes used to empty,
    43        when we used to empty the Council bins outside on Saturday
    44        especially when they used to get filled up, and we used to
    45        just make sure that there was no -- they were not over
    46        spilled.
    47
    48   Q.   So if you could see that there was six, seven or eight
    49        McDonald's cartons in the bag, presumably, there was not a
    50        massive quantity of environment/index.html">litter from other sources otherwise you 
    51        would not really be able to see them, would you? 
    52        A.  That is correct, yes. 
    53
    54   Q.   So do you think it was about half and half or something?
    55        A.  It is very difficult to quantify because you are
    56        talking about a two-year period; sometimes it is more of
    57        one kind, sometimes it is more of other kind, sometimes it
    58        is newspaper.  So, overall, I would not say half and half
    59        or anything but, you know, a few of one kind, a few of
    60        other kind -- it is just a mixture.

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