Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 16
1 A. There was a kind of, you know -- it seemed quite a
2 jovial atmosphere; and, on the whole, I think the
3 McDonald's representatives seemed to have enjoyed the film
4 and thought it was quite an accurate representation of the
5 stores, apart from that one fact.
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7 Q. Was that the only critical thing they said, then?
8 A. You know, I think they probably said that if they had
9 been making it, they would have made it slightly different
10 and maybe emphasised some different things. But, on the
11 whole, they thought it was an accurate representation.
12 I mean, it was a fairly jovial discussion, and they seemed
13 to have enjoyed it. My impression was that they seemed, on
14 the whole, to have enjoyed the film.
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16 Q. Finally on this matter, as a professional researcher, what
17 was your view of the film as a whole, as an accurate
18 portrayal of McDonald's?
19 A. I thought on the whole it was an accurate reflection of
20 the material that we had filmed. As a totally accurate
21 reflection of McDonald's, I think because we were not able
22 to film the crew and to get their honest opinions about
23 what they thought about working in the store, that that
24 element was not an accurate portrait of the real experience
25 of working in the store for the crew members. But, apart
26 from that, I think on the whole the film was an accurate
27 record of what it is like to work in McDonald's.
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29 Q. One question before we go on to the statement. When you
30 did the shifts, when you worked five shifts, did
31 Jane Gabriel work?
32 A. She worked one shift with me, which was the first time
33 tht we did it, and after she worked kind of -- we both did
34 some work on the quarterpounders and then she did a bit of
35 frying with the Fillet-o-fish, or something of that kind.
36 So she worked one shift with me.
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38 Q. Just for the court's reference, I have found the
39 Sid Nicholson reference, which is on 2nd May, page 12,
40 day 119. Mr. Nicholson was present at the screening, apart
41 from the speeding up point. He said, at line 32: "I have
42 no criticism of it otherwise."
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44 Coming on to the statement, the way I would like to deal
45 with it is to read out each paragraph and just ask the
46 witness if there is any clarification or explanation
47 needed; and, obviously, with the sections that Mr. Rampton
48 identified, I will ask the witness how she knows that, or
49 whatever.
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51 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am not content with that, for this
52 reason, that if it is going to be read out -- if it were
53 just for your Lordship to read, that is quite different --
54 if it is going to be read out, then, with respect, the
55 passage should be identified and read, as it were, silently
56 by the witness and by your Lordship before the question is
57 asked, "Where did that come from", as opposed to -----
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It does not matter where it came from. If it
60 is hearsay on the face of it, it is not admissible.
