Day 161 - 24 Jul 95 - Page 36


     
     1   Q.   Sorry, hold on one second, please.  The voice over of that
     2        shot said: "It is a lot of pressure.  It is very hot, and
     3        sometimes you have got the Manager standing over you, sort
     4        of, really.  You know, it does your brain in.  When it is
     5        busy, it is just mind blowing.  I detest it."
     6
     7        Do some crew members feel that, really, it is just too much
     8        for them?
     9        A.  When it is, the pressure is of course there.  So it is
    10        hot; they are cooking.  Sometimes crew do feel -- you know,
    11        it is pressurised in fast food.  They do.
    12
    13   MR. MORRIS:   If we continue, please.
    14
    15                  (Video film continued to be played)
    16
    17   MR. MORRIS:  Can you stop it, please?  Do you know Peter?  Do
    18        you remember Peter?
    19        A.  Yes, I do.
    20
    21   Q.   Peter Iles?
    22        A.  Yes.
    23
    24   Q.   He said: "You are not so much" -- sorry, was he First
    25        Assistant or Floor Manager at that time?
    26        A.  I do not know.  It was not my restaurant, so -----
    27
    28   Q.   I am sorry.  I did not realise.  That is Croydon, is it?
    29        Just hold on one second, please.  So, his voice over there
    30        -- did you remember him fairly well?
    31        A.  Yes, I did.
    32
    33   Q.   The voice over there said: "You are not so much told to do
    34        seven days a week at 24 hours a day, but it is the type of
    35        hours you have to do to complete the task that you are
    36        given.  Whereas the position I am in, I do my hours, I do a
    37        lot of extra hours, but I do like to spend time at home
    38        with my child."
    39
    40        At that level, First Assistant and above, is it sometimes
    41        the case that people at that level do spend a lot of hours
    42        extra in the store, compared to, you know, the 39 or 40
    43        hours scheduled salaried position?
    44        A.  Generally, people are scheduled for eight hours, a day
    45        shift, and they would stay extra if they have something
    46        else, personally, they want to achieve within the
    47        restaurant; so you ask the individuals whether they want to
    48        stay or not.  That is my experience.
    49
    50   Q.   But whether it is because they wish to or whether because 
    51        they have to, the people at that level often do work, say, 
    52        60 or 70 hours a week at that level, do they? 
    53        A.  Nobody spends 60 or 70 hours in the restaurant, in my
    54        experience, again, in my store.  I do spend 52 hours a
    55        week; that is, I want to accomplish something with what
    56        I am doing or on the shift I am running.  First Assistants
    57        do the same thing; they stay behind; and they have to put
    58        extra -- if somebody is ambitious and wants to get
    59        promoted, wants to do some extra hours, it is up to the
    60        individuals.

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