Day 191 - 24 Nov 95 - Page 06
1 were not working fast enough? Could you work ------
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What he said is pretty clear.
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5 MR. MORRIS: OK. I am just clarifying.
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7 (To the witness): Since you left McDonald's, what kind of
8 jobs have you done since you left McDonald's 10 years ago?
9 A. I have worked in a bakery, I have worked for the
10 Community Care Association in Orpington, painting and
11 decorating for a while, I have worked in a garage as a
12 motor mechanic. The last job I have been doing, I was a
13 steel erector. Then I was made redundant in 1991, and now
14 I am back working as a steel erector again; it is picking
15 up again.
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17 Q. Looking back at your time at McDonald's, have you any views
18 on them as a Company or their employment practices?
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. Do not answer that question. There is
21 no notice of this. Ms. Steel took Mr. Baker perfectly
22 succinctly through his statement, with some elaboration of
23 the matters which are there. If I accept Mr. Baker's
24 evidence, it is that which will help me.
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26 MR. MORRIS: No further questions.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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30 Cross-examined by Mr. Rampton
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32 Q. Mr. Baker, have you got a copy of your statement there?
33 A. Yes.
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35 Q. You tell us that you were taken on about
36 24th November, 1984?
37 A. Yes.
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39 Q. Am I right that the store did not actually open for
40 business until 27th December ---
41 A. That is correct.
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43 Q. -- in the same year? So what was the incident just before
44 Christmas about the clock cards -- because the store was
45 not having any customers then, was it?
46 A. Yes. It was open a week before Christmas.
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48 Q. Before Christmas?
49 A. A week before Christmas it opened.
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51 Q. Not officially until the 27th; is that right?
52 A. I am not sure about that, sorry. But I know we were
53 open before Christmas.
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55 Q. Tell me a little bit about Mr. O'Brien, the Manager, and
56 his assistant Cassy. What sort of people were they?
57 A. In what way?
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59 Q. What were their qualities as Managers? That is the way
60 I am interested in. Were they nice; were they rude; were
