Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 74
1 Personally, I thought it was so bad, I do not
2 know why I stayed so long. It was a big
3 mistake, and even if they offered me ú1 million,
4 I would not go back" -- signed "David McGee" and
5 dated 11th April 1988.
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7 He then adds:
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9 "Also, I never received any instructions or
10 training to deal with an emergency such as a
11 fire, which I believe is compulsory by law."
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13 Continuation statement of David McGee:
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15 "1. Working in excess of 39 hours a week.
16 I agree with this. There are about two or three
17 people who did this. This was during May 1987.
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19 "2. Insufficient breaks. I cannot remember the
20 name of the manager. These things happened to
21 myself. If the store was quiet, we would
22 probably get a break every 45 minutes to an
23 hour. If not, it might be two to three hours.
24 I needed a break in order that I could smoke or
25 drink, or both. This was the same for
26 everyone. This was during the period November
27 1986 to June 1987. I was often told to hurry up
28 when it was a busy time. I was told to drink
29 up. We were usually only given a 15 to 30
30 seconds break.
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32 "In respect to (B), this happened to me.
33 Obviously, one would want a meal in the middle
34 of the shift. However, because there was
35 staggering of the breaks, you could have
36 extremes of having a break half an hour after
37 starting or finishing your break, only leaving
38 15 minutes to the end of your shift.
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40 "The section leader decided who went on break.
41 It varied with the numbers of people on the
42 crew, and I cannot remember any dates.
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44 "The extremes that I have described were usually
45 twice a month. I think one of the supervisors
46 section leader's names was William.
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48 "3. Pressure to follow prescribed steps. This
49 often happened. I can particularly remember the
50 distances that burgers had to be placed apart
51 from each other. Also, there was an insistence
52 on constant clearing of the utensils."
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54 Perhaps that is meant to say "cleaning", but I do not know
55 whether it particularly matters, anyway.
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57 "This happened in the latter part of the time I
58 was working there, May to June. I cannot
59 remember any other instances.
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