Day 121 - 04 May 95 - Page 34
1 the management?
2 A. I have no idea.
3
4 Q. You do not know?
5 A. I cannot remember; I do not know whether they did. I
6 remember the incident but I cannot remember the detail of
7 it ---
8
9 Q. Would you not have been -----
10 A. -- and I did not deal with it. It was dealt with by
11 the regional office.
12
13 Q. So you would not have been concerned to find out?
14 A. Oh, yes, I would be concerned. I saw the report but
15 I cannot remember now what happened.
16
17 Q. Do you know, I know it is not in your present capacity, in
18 Southend, 1992/3, I think it was actually New Year's Eve,
19 raw sewage was discovered in the food preparation area and
20 an Emergency Prohibition Notice for Insanitary Premises was
21 served on the store? Do you know about that incident?
22 A. I heard about it. I am aware that it occurred.
23
24 Q. Do you know what action was taken against the management?
25 A. No, no, I have no idea.
26
27 Q. Are you aware of sewage on floors or breakdowns of sewage
28 systems or sewage appearing in McDonald's stores happening
29 from time to time?
30 A. No. To my knowledge, that was the only time it had
31 ever occurred and, no, I do not think I should really say
32 anything further about it because I was not involved in it.
33
34 Q. In that particular incident?
35 A. Yes.
36
37 Q. But if that kind of problem was cropping up from time to
38 time, you would expect to hear about it, would you?
39 A. Well, I heard about that one.
40
41 Q. No, but I mean, you would find -----
42 A. Yes, I would expect -- I mean, everybody would ---
43
44 Q. Yes, but all I am saying is that -----
45 A. -- hear about that one.
46
47 Q. What I am saying is if sewage problems cropped up, you
48 would get to find out about it?
49 A. Yes.
50
51 Q. What action would you expect the management to take if they
52 were aware that sewage was present in the store, whether in
53 the customers' area or the kitchen area? What immediate
54 action would you expect them to take?
55 A. Yes, I have to be careful here because -- this is
56 hearsay my Lord -- I heard that you could not identify it
57 as sewage, it was just water.
58
59 Q. But if someone knew?
60 A. Well, they did not know. It was water but they did not
