Day 166 - 28 Sep 95 - Page 12


     
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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Towards the back.  There is a section F.  Is
     3        that volume X yellow?  Quite near the back, Mr. Atkinson.
     4        There is a divider F and then there is a No. 39.  You open
     5        at 39, then go to B after Mr. Hall's statement and you
     6        should find your own.
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     8   THE WITNESS:  Yes.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Put it in front of you.
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    12   MR. ATKINSON (To the witness):  Mr. Atkinson, I have asked you
    13        questions about the first three paragraphs of your
    14        statement, so I think, with his Lordship's leave, I will
    15        not read both out, but I take it you accept what you wrote
    16        in the first three paragraphs?  If I start at paragraph (4)
    17        of your statement, that is referring to paragraph (2) of
    18        Mr. Magill's statement, if I read that out:  "I did have an
    19        assistant manager called Habeeb who, along with the other
    20        assistant managers, undertook the majority of interviewing
    21        for new crew members.  I cannot comment on the specific
    22        remark Habeeb is alleged to have made to Magill.  However,
    23        I do know that on some occasions we would interview up to
    24        50 applicants and that, as a result, the interviews did not
    25        tend to be lengthy".  Do you stand by that statement?
    26        A.  Yes.
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    28   Q.   Can I ask one very brief question on that, and that is
    29        simply to describe, roughly speaking (and I know it gives
    30        us particular people), what you would have said to someone
    31        at Marble Arch in an interview?
    32        A.  Many things -- how did you hear of the job; how will
    33        you get to work; how will you get home from work; what do
    34        you know about McDonald's; what do you know that we do?  I
    35        will probably describe the type of work that we will do;
    36        you are on your feet quite a lot of the time; have you
    37        handled money before; have you ever worked with the till --
    38        just many forms along those lines; where have you worked
    39        before?
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    41   Q.   What were you looking ------
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    43   MS. STEEL:   Sorry, can we pause before so I can get all those
    44        down, please?
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    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes?
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    48   MR. ATKINSON:  What were you looking for in someone who came to
    49        work at McDonald's?
    50        A.  Somebody who accepts they are going to be on their feet 
    51        a lot; they understand they have got to become part of a 
    52        team; that we are going to be -- we are busy when people 
    53        are hungry; we are busy when -- certain times of the day
    54        are obviously more busy than others, like dinner times, tea
    55        times, breakfasts in breakfast stores; being able to
    56        communicate with customers, with each other; often perhaps
    57        if people have been good at sport they might co-ordinate
    58        well.
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    60   Q.   OK, if I go on to -----

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