Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 31


     
     1        morale and the atmosphere of the restaurant made the
     2        restaurant into what it was.
     3
     4   Q.   Is it quite hard, physical work on a busy evening?
     5        A.  It can be hard.  It is like any other job where you
     6        might have X amount of times you have so much pressure in
     7        so little time and then it evens it itself out.  It is like
     8        anything else.
     9
    10   Q.   Did the restaurant at Seven Sisters have any kind of air
    11        conditioning or ventilation system?
    12        A.  Yes, you had kitchen ventilation, you had both dining
    13        areas, and the sub-basement as well.
    14
    15   Q.   I do not suppose it was strictly an air conditioning unit
    16        in the sense it actually chilled the air or did it?
    17        A.  It takes air from the outside, filters it, then chills
    18        it or warms it, depending on the outside temperatures.
    19
    20   Q.   It does?  That is my mistake.  You would not suffer in the
    21        restaurant in the way that we do in here?
    22        A.  No.
    23
    24   Q.   In hot weather like we are having at the moment (or have
    25        been having) and you are working in the kitchen,
    26        presumably, if you did not have this air conditioning
    27        system, it would get quite hot?
    28        A.  Yes.
    29
    30   Q.   Have you ever been in a McDonald's kitchen and felt that it
    31        was either, unless the system has broken down, I mean,
    32        ridiculously cold or ridiculously hot, uncomfortably so?
    33        A.  Yes, only what you have just mentioned when it has
    34        broken down.
    35
    36   Q.   When it has broken down I am not concerned about that but
    37        in general?
    38        A.  In general, no.
    39
    40   Q.   Then says Mr. Magee:  "I once followed up the fact that my
    41        wages appeared to be far too low and did not seem to
    42        correspond with the number of hours I believed I had
    43        worked.  They" -- must the management -- "showed me my
    44        clock cards in order to substantiate the amount that they
    45        had paid me and these appeared to tally."   So far so
    46        good.  Then he adds this, Mr. Giardina:  "However, I still
    47        did not believe them."   Assume, if you will, Mr. Giardina,
    48        that that is an allegation of deliberate dishonesty of
    49        tampering with the clock cards so as to cheat the crew
    50        member out of his proper entitlement to pay.  Have you ever 
    51        done anything like that yourself? 
    52        A.  Never. 
    53
    54   Q.   As far as you know, has any person working for you ever
    55        done anything like that?
    56        A.  Not that I am aware.
    57
    58   Q.   What would you do if you found, for example, that a First
    59        Assistant had tampered with the clock cards so as to cheat
    60        a crew member out of his money?

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