Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 35
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2 MS. STEEL: Yes, I know. (To the witness): You have changed
3 your story?
4 A. I did not think it was that important, whether they
5 were slightly spread apart or whether they were on
6 different tables. It could have been two piles; it could
7 have been one pile. "A pile" is a figure of speech.
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9 Q. If there was a pile of so-called McDonald's McFact cards --
10 I am sure you must have seen them; they are available in
11 most of the stores ---
12 A. Yes, I have, yes.
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14 Q. -- sitting on the table of the crew room, would you just
15 throw all of them in the bin as environment/index.html">litter?
16 A. No, I would put them back where they are supposed to
17 be.
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19 Q. Somebody might have wanted to keep those leaflets that you
20 saw in a pile on the table that you just threw in the bin;
21 you did not take any steps to find out who they belonged to
22 and ask them if they wanted them back; you just threw them
23 away?
24 A. That is correct.
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26 Q. You said you did not investigate the matter but you asked
27 two of your Managers if they knew anything about the
28 leaflets?
29 A. Yes, basically, in a meeting or any sort of little
30 meeting with one Manager, two Managers or five Managers,
31 you would discuss what has happened the previous week.
32 I just mentioned then. The Managers said they do not know
33 nothing about it -- end of story.
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35 Q. So it was brought up at a management meeting?
36 A. Between three of us, yes.
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38 Q. Would that be with the First and Second Assistant Managers?
39 A. I cannot remember, to be honest with you.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Was there anything which made you think it
42 was anything to do with McDonald's rather than some outside
43 matter? I mean, when you saw it on the notice board
44 itself, but seeing the leaflets on the table?
45 A. It is very difficult to explain. I have got a lot of
46 pride in every single room in that restaurant. Now, as far
47 as I am concerned, if there is absolutely anything, it
48 could have been a newspaper cutting, it could have been
49 anything, it still would have been treated exactly the same
50 way.
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52 MS. STEEL: So if you found a pile of papers which appeared to
53 be one of your employees' notes from their studies at the
54 North London Polytechnic, you would just throw them in the
55 bin?
56 A. No, those sort of things, if they were books or
57 anything of any value, obviously, someone's handwritten
58 work that obviously relates to their work, then, no,
59 I would not do that.
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