Day 166 - 28 Sep 95 - Page 59
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2 MS. STEEL (To the witness): You have mentioned about
3 Mr. Preston, McDonald's President, visiting the Marble Arch
4 store, you said, quite frequently?
5 A. Yes.
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7 Q. One of the reasons was to boost morale; is that right?
8 A. No, he lived close by, so one of the reasons -- perhaps
9 the reason might be because he lived fairly close. That is
10 what he possibly did when he came in the restaurant, is it
11 not?
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13 Q. You went on to say that both management and crew were
14 pleased by his interest and encouragement. How do you know
15 that the crew were pleased by the interest and
16 encouragement?
17 A. Because Paul would make comments, speak to them, they
18 would speak to me about him coming in.
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20 Q. Did Mr. Magill ever say anything to you about Mr. Preston's
21 visits at the time?
22 A. Not that I can recall, no.
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24 Q. He did not. Was that the case with most of the crew
25 members, they did not say anything?
26 A. The majority would not possibly see him ---
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28 Q. Right.
29 A. -- if he often came in on the mornings.
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31 Q. But of those who did see him, is it fair to say that the
32 majority did not say anything about his visit?
33 A. Yes.
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35 Q. Right. You said that you were made Store Manager of the
36 Year for 1986 and that was in 1987 you got that award.
37 What was that for? I mean, what was particularly good
38 about what you had done in the way you had run the store to
39 get you to win the Store Manager of the Year award?
40 A. I suppose that should be taken up with McDonald's as to
41 what they give the Store Manager of the Year award for --
42 lots and lots of things, sales, perhaps budgets, perhaps
43 lower staff turnover, perhaps profitability, perhaps
44 management development, perhaps good training grades,
45 perhaps good personnel grades, perhaps -----
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47 Q. So they did not actually say to you at the time what it was
48 for; they just said: "You are Store Manager of the Year"
49 and you are now supposing it was for those things, because
50 you keep saying "perhaps", so it sounds as though you do
51 not actually know what it was for; they did not say at the
52 time?
53 A. They probably made in those days six or eight people
54 Store Manager of the Year, I think, for regions. They
55 might have been TV regions or it might have been areas of
56 the country.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You do not get a citation explaining
59 specifically why it is you get the award?
60 A. No, lots of things are taken into consideration, not
