Day 185 - 07 Nov 95 - Page 35


     
     1        fired, and I do not know what day.
     2
     3   Q.   She left around that time?
     4        A.  I do not know.  I cannot remember.
     5
     6   Q.   Right.  Do you know anything about Cam Ballantyne firing --
     7        fairly soon after he took over the store, he fired a woman
     8        for criticising one of the Managers who had said, "People
     9        here are thinking you are getting a little bit bitchy";
    10        someone had criticised one of the Managers in those terms;
    11        and she got fired even though she had been employed for six
    12        years at the store?  Do you remember that incident?
    13        A.  No, I do not.
    14
    15   MR. MORRIS:   Right.  That is all I have, I think.
    16
    17   MS. STEEL:   Could I ask briefly about the business about people
    18        asking about what mood Rob was in when they came in for
    19        work?  You said yesterday that the only reason for that was
    20        that if he was in a bad mood they would make sure -- "We
    21        would make sure we did not do anything stupid that we used
    22        to do with John Tingley."  Are you saying by that that when
    23        he was in a good mood you would do the stupid things you
    24        used to do with John Tingley?
    25        A.  No.  If he was in a good mood, we would just joke
    26        around with him, not that we would do stupid things.
    27
    28   Q.   When he was in a bad mood, people were in fear of him, were
    29        they not?
    30        A.  I do not know.  I never was.  I never had a problem
    31        with Rob.
    32
    33   Q.   You also said yesterday something about when John Tingley
    34        was the Manager, crew would serve any kind of food; and
    35        then you said -----
    36        A.  No.  John Tingley was an owner.
    37
    38   Q.   Owner, sorry -- "I do not know if I should be saying
    39        this."  Is there some reason why you should not be saying
    40        it?
    41        A.  Well, it is not the best thing to say about McDonald's,
    42        that when John Tingley was there we were serving food that
    43        was not hot and fresh.  I mean, that is not something
    44        McDonald's is about.
    45
    46   Q.   So the idea is to try and put as good a picture of
    47        McDonald's as is possible?
    48        A.  No, I am not trying to do that.  I am just telling you
    49        the truth.
    50 
    51   Q.   You have come here, have you not, to help McDonald's off 
    52        the hook and to try and put them in the best possible light 
    53        that you can?
    54        A.  The reason I came here is because Cam asked me if I was
    55        willing to testify in this case and to tell my story about
    56        what I did and why I did it, you know, what I did to stop
    57        the union and why I did it.  I did not come here for any
    58        other reason.
    59
    60   Q.   Just one final question.  You said, in the first page of

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