Day 159 - 20 Jul 95 - Page 24
1 Q. Why did you change from 2.00 to 5.00 to 12.00 to 4.00?
2 A. Because my children were older and, you know, I had
3 more time in the day. My mother had died, you know, in the
4 year I started, so I did not have that much, so I changed
5 it so I could be home at 4 o'clock for the girls when they
6 came home too.
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8 Q. I think that went on until -- I am not sure if I know the
9 date; you tell me -- how long did you do those hours from
10 12.00 to 4.00, for how many years?
11 A. I am not quite sure because I think it was only for a
12 couple of years and I went to 11.00 till 4.00.
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14 Q. 11 to 4, was it? Are you still doing 11.00 to 4.00?
15 A. No, no. I only work three days a week now. I do 11.00
16 to 3.00.
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18 Q. Which days of the week are those?
19 A. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
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21 Q. Do you also -----
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23 MS. STEEL: Sorry, can you?
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday?
26 A. On the Thursday -----
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28 Q. Three days a week.
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30 MR. RAMPTON: Just hold on a minute because the Defendants are
31 having to write down what you say. We will start again in
32 a minute.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: After two years you began to work 11.00 to
35 4.00?
36 A. Yes.
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38 Q. Now you do three days a week, 11.00 to 3.00?
39 A. No, on a Thursday I work 9.30 till 2.00.
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41 MR. RAMPTON: So you start earlier on a Thursday?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. What is the reason for starting earlier on Thursday?
45 A. Because I do coffee morning for the senior citizens.
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47 Q. At McDonald's?
48 A. Yes, free coffee morning.
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50 Q. Is that something they pay for or how does it work, your
51 coffee morning?
52 A. It is totally free to the senior citizens.
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54 Q. Free?
55 A. Totally free.
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57 Q. You still get home in time to give your husband his tea?
58 A. Oh, yes.
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60 Q. While you have been working at McDonald's for all these 20
