Day 208 - 24 Jan 96 - Page 70
1 you look, like filtering equipment, when you do the
2 filters, it has all the things you need. So I would say
3 I am not really sure what is (inaudible), so I never ever
4 see these things. These are like double Dutch to me, so
5 far as I know, because filtering -- what is it, filtering
6 training, I have been in charge of that for the last year,
7 so I would say I should be up to date. I do not know when
8 it was done. So that I would know now, but then I did not
9 know.
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11 Q. So, health and safety may not always have been a high
12 priority, you would accept, then?
13 A. Perhaps a while back. But, as I say, since I last did
14 the training, I did the filtering slips and I am in charge
15 of filtering equipment, which I think is probably the most
16 dangerous thing in the store, the filter. So I would say,
17 yes, we do try our best to keep the safety standards up.
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19 Q. You have done since you have taken charge of it?
20 A. Yes -- in charge of it. I cannot really comment
21 before, because I have never even seen these things, so
22 I never ever look at these.
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24 Q. You were in court when Mr. Cox was giving evidence, and you
25 heard him say about running in the counter area?
26 A. Yes.
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28 Q. Have you seen that?
29 A. I have seen the odd person running, yes.
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31 Q. In your performance reviews, you have been asked to make
32 people hustle more?
33 A. Yes.
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35 Q. You are not making them work as hard, as far as other
36 Managers then?
37 A. When they are running, they are -- when people are
38 running on till, they are told not to, in my experience;
39 they are told to stop running.
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41 Q. But you were encouraged to tell people to run?
42 A. I was.
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44 Q. If you say so -----
45 A. But if I was encouraged to, if I was told to, obviously
46 I was not getting them to work as fast as they could.
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48 Q. You do not think they were slacking around when you were in
49 charge?
50 A. Not that I know of, no.
51
52 Q. Right. OK. I do not think I have anything else.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you.
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56 MR. MORRIS: No further questions. ^^
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58 Re-examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
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60 MR. RAMPTON: Just a couple of things. One subject I was not
