Day 195 - 04 Dec 95 - Page 41
1 A. Yes.
2
3 Q. Did you not?
4 A. Yes, that is right.
5
6 Q. You did it voluntarily, did you not?
7 A. On the close, yes.
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9 Q. You did it because it was a better rate of pay than the
10 daily rate?
11 A. I did not specifically ask to do evening close shifts,
12 no, if that is what you mean, but I was put on close
13 shifts, on night shifts, and I did not particularly object
14 to that, no.
15
16 Q. No. It was better pay, was it not?
17 A. It was slightly better pay, you may say, yes.
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19 Q. You remained at McDonald's from 7th October 1985 until the
20 end of August 1987?
21 A. That is right.
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23 Q. Which is nearly two years?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. Bar one month, I think. What is it that kept you at
27 McDonald's if it was such a terrible place?
28 A. Part of my time at McDonald's, I was actually a
29 student, a part-time student, myself at Middlesex
30 Polytechnic, as it was then called. So, I was studying,
31 I was a student, and I was working at McDonald's, and so it
32 was -- I was trying to finish my course and have some money
33 as well, earn some money as well, and part of the reason
34 I did, I stayed for so long, was that there were not many
35 job opportunities around the area.
36
37 Q. Where was the Middlesex Polytechnic?
38 A. The part I was going to was Enfield.
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40 Q. This is a simple request for information: How far is
41 Enfield from Colchester?
42 A. I would not know.
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44 Q. So you would leave your college during the day and then go
45 and work at McDonald's in the evening?
46 A. No, I was in the second year of my course and that
47 I only required to see my Supervisor every now and then, so
48 I was not actually attending the course every day.
49
50 Q. So you were studying at home during the day a lot of the
51 time?
52 A. Yes, a lot of the time -- not necessarily during the
53 day, whenever I got the opportunity.
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55 Q. Instead of doing night closes, you could have worked at
56 McDonald's during the day and then studied in the evening
57 with your wife sitting by your side, could you not?
58 A. Yes.
59
60 Q. I want you to follow through this statement with me -- I am
