Day 203 - 12 Jan 96 - Page 64


     
     1        your know, productive relationship.
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     3   MS. STEEL:   Sorry, the point I was actually making -----
     4
     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Ask one more question and then we will have a
     6        break.
     7
     8   MS. STEEL:  The point I was making was that there was not -- it
     9        is our case that there was no performance review in May.
    10        So that is really all I was saying.
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  We will have a break there.
    13
    14                          (Short Adjournment)
    15
    16   MS. STEEL:  If you could turn to page 8 of your statement, in
    17        the paragraph at II you talk about an inventory which had
    18        been done under Ray Coton's supervision.  What sort of
    19        inventory are you talking about here?
    20        A.  Food, paper, and -- of supplies.  I think it was two
    21        inventories.
    22
    23   Q.   You were told that it had been carried out by other people,
    24        by other Managers?  Was it by other Managers?
    25        A.  Well, parts of it had been completed by just about
    26        every Manager who had been involved on the night shift and
    27        on the morning shift, and parts of it had been entered by
    28        different people.  So there was no clear accountability for
    29        exactly who completed the inventory.  The final figures
    30        were totally -- were inaccurate, and the
    31        cross-multiplication was inaccurate.  So there was no, if
    32        you like, there was no way of holding any one person
    33        responsible for conducting the inventory, apart from the
    34        fact that the restaurant Manager is responsible for
    35        ensuring that inventories are conducted properly in their
    36        restaurant.  All sorts of people were involved; far too
    37        many people were involved in this exercise.
    38
    39   Q.   So, that is what you mean when you say it was done under
    40        Ray Coton's supervision, just the fact that he was the
    41        Manager of the store?
    42        A.  No.  I mean more than that.  If he had been, say, on
    43        holiday, then it would have been different.  If he had been
    44        party to it, which I think he was, then it was more
    45        directly under his supervision.  If he had been on holiday,
    46        it would have been something that I would have discussed
    47        with him, or, if he had been scheduled off, it would have
    48        been something I would have discussed with him when he came
    49        back into the store the people who were completing it did
    50        not know what they were doing and that we were to make sure 
    51        that they do know what they are doing. 
    52 
    53   Q.   I do not know whether this is a particularly important
    54        point to chase up here.  So, in the interests of saving
    55        time -----
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  You said on page 13 of your statement, in the
    60        middle of the first incomplete paragraph, at the top: "Ray

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