Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 32
1 Alistair", did she saying anything else about what she
2 meant?
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well, it is obvious, is it not?
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6 THE WITNESS: I would have thought it is obvious.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not even bother to -----
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10 MR. MORRIS: Yes. It is just -- well, OK. It is obvious to
11 everybody.
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13 On page 16, two-thirds of the way down the page, it says
14 "Friday lunchtime"?
15 A. Yes.
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17 Q. You put: "Friday lunchtime, Corinne accompanied us." That
18 is Corinne, the PR woman?
19 A. That is Corinne, the PR woman, yes.
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21 Q. Where did she accompany you to?
22 A. We went to lunch outside the store. I think -- from my
23 memory, I think it is the pizza place just along the Strand
24 from McDonald's.
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26 Q. "She reported that Alistair (the Wandsworth Store Manager at
27 Hamburger University)" -- so he was the Store Manager, yes?
28 A. Yes.
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30 Q. "...had been told off for being critical of management
31 techniques during filming. Alistair asked if this counted
32 as a severe reprimand. Corinne said she said, 'Oh, do not
33 worry, you will not lose your job.' Later, however, she
34 told us she heard Bill Tindale ringing Paul Preston
35 reporting that he had been critical of McDonald's
36 management and techniques and was perhaps, therefore, not a
37 suitable person to be a Store Manager."
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39 Is that what Corinne told you over lunch, effectively?
40 A. Yes. Corinne told Jane Gabriel and myself that over
41 lunch.
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43 Q. OK. In that case, I do not need to weed out the section of
44 the statement on that matter. So, on page 3, second
45 paragraph:
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47 "This was fairly typical of attitudes throughout our
48 filming. During the rap session, one of the crew members
49 who did not want to go, he thought they were a waste of
50 time since nobody took any real notice of them, was ordered
51 by his Store Manager to attend."
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53 How do you know that?
54 A. Because I saw him being told to go to the rap session.
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56 Q. Told by?
57 A. By Michael, I think.
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59 Q. One of the managers?
60 A. Yes, one of the managers.
