Day 150 - 07 Jul 95 - Page 34
1 visit, would you pass that on to anyone?
2 A. I would tell the Restaurant Manager.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What you are saying is that the senior person
5 would tell you ---
6 A. Yes.
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8 Q. -- when he or she wanted to come; it would be your
9 responsibility to tell the Manager and then you would be
10 there on the appointed occasion?
11 A. That is right.
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13 Q. That is what you are saying?
14 A. Yes, I am, yes.
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16 MR. ATKINSON: When you were Area Supervisor, would an all
17 night close have been done before you visited the store?
18 A. Before I visited?
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20 Q. Would the Restaurant Manager have said to the crew,
21 "Mr. Stanton" ----
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not think you need ask that because he
24 is there two or three days a week.
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26 MR. ATKINSON: I am glad that I do not have to ask it. The
27 only reason I ask it, my Lord, is because an allegation
28 specifically to that effect has been made.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Perhaps I have leapt in too soon then.
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32 THE WITNESS: No, it would not be because then, I think, in
33 logical extension, they would be doing it two or three
34 times a week.
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36 MR. ATKINSON: Was that happening?
37 A. All night closes prior to my visit?
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39 Q. Yes.
40 A. No.
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42 Q. Is it true of all Area Supervisors, and perhaps I say that
43 I would assume it was right to be Area Supervisor wherever
44 they are visiting regularly?
45 A. Yes.
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47 Q. What is your general opinion of the good sense or otherwise
48 of using all night closes to clean the store, for whatever
49 reason?
50 A. The way I would position it with the Managers and
51 myself as a Manager was that I think we probably look at
52 them once every three or so months, just as a, I think
53 I used the term sort of spring clean, a general, not to do
54 a basic cleaning of equipment or the basic cleaning of
55 floors, or whatever, but to do areas whereby we could
56 specifically -- maybe the dining area is a very good
57 example because it is open during -- well, it is open
58 during opening hours and there are customers there; then
59 that is a good example of a project we would do an all
60 night close on; the restaurant is shut; it is not going to
