Day 150 - 07 Jul 95 - Page 75


     
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     2   Q.   If it opened at nine what time would the crew be coming in?
     3        A.  I think probably about 7.30.
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     5   Q.   The shift change was four in the afternoon, did you say?
     6        A.  Generally, the shift changes at four certainly.  That
     7        is when the night shift Manager would be coming on.  So
     8        that is when the shift would start, in effect.
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    10   Q.   Crew would normally work about another two hours after the
    11        store actually closed?
    12        A.  If we shut at 11, yes or -- sorry, 1 o'clock we would
    13        be finishing, it is certainly fair to say probably about
    14        two hours.
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    16   Q.   During the day, during week days, how many people would be
    17        scheduled to work?  How many crew would be scheduled to
    18        work on the day shift?
    19        A.  During the week day?
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    21   Q.   Yes, on week days.
    22        A.  Probably about 12.
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    24   Q.   Then there would be extra over the lunch hour period, would
    25        there?
    26        A.  No, I was probably thinking about 12 would be -- if my
    27        recollection is right -- probably the number.  So, in
    28        effect, if we opened at nine o'clock, we may have three or
    29        four people, building to 12 and then -----
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    31   Q.   Building to 12 by what point?
    32        A.  By 12 o'clock usually noon, and generally running with
    33        those sorts of people until about 2 o'clock when lunch time
    34        would generally finish off or the traditional lunch time
    35        period starts to peter.
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    37   Q.   Then after two, what, you go back down to -----
    38        A.  We may, sort of, drop back down to nine or ten, then
    39        rebuild up for tea-time and then work down to, I guess with
    40        Leicester probably again about seven people until the store
    41        shut, and then probably about four people to clean up after
    42        we had shut the restaurant.
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    44   Q.   What was the situation on Saturdays?  You said for lunch
    45        time there would be 24 or 25 people, but in terms of the
    46        rest of the day?
    47        A.  Well, it would follow a very similar pattern to the
    48        previous where it would drop down between two and four and
    49        then build up again.  Generally, as the shop shut, sort of
    50        five, 5.30, 6 o'clock, we would get a burst of trade then; 
    51        that would drop off, but it would not drop off as probably 
    52        significantly as it would do on a week day because Friday 
    53        and Saturday nights people are out socialising and it was
    54        in the middle of the city centre.  So we are obviously
    55        aware of that.
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    57   Q.   So on Friday and Saturday nights, would that be as many as
    58        Saturday lunch time?
    59        A.  No, I think we would probably run with about 12 people.
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