Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 60
1 you have written there?
2 A. Yes.
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4 Q. Sometimes people were not told they would have to stay on
5 after their scheduled hours, is that correct, before they
6 started their shift? Did you say: "If people were asked
7 to stay late the vast majority of the time they were warned
8 about this before they started their shift", so there were
9 occasions when people were told: "Sorry, you have to stay
10 on"?
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It actually says that in the last sentence,
13 but he says it is on rare occasions.
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15 MR. MORRIS: So it did happen sometimes people were forced to
16 stay on?
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18 MR. RAMPTON: Not "forced", he says "asked".
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20 THE WITNESS: They were not forced.
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22 MR. RAMPTON: Asked.
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24 THE WITNESS: Asked, yes.
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26 MR. MORRIS: If Mr. Rampton does not answer the questions, it
27 might be helpful. Despite Mr. Rampton's answer, it does
28 say: "If the crew had not finished by midnight, it was
29 understood that the crew were allowed to leave when the
30 work was done". So they had to stay on until the work was
31 completed, did they not?
32 A. I think this refers to a close. If there was a close
33 on, then -- which there was every night of the week -- then
34 the crew were allowed to leave when the work was done, and
35 the work was generally done about 1 o'clock which is when
36 the close was, on average, got out. That is all I am
37 referring to there.
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39 Q. Sometimes it was 12.30 and sometimes it was 1.30, sometimes
40 on odd occasions it even got as late as 3.00 or 4 o'clock,
41 by your evidence, is it?
42 A. Very odd occasions.
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44 Q. I am not saying I agree, but I am just saying that is your
45 evidence. If we move on to 40: "Mr. Alimi's allegations
46 about pressure of being shouted at by Managers again
47 exaggerated" you say. "It is probably fair to say the
48 store does get relatively frantic at times and orders are
49 shouted out as the kitchen is rather noisy". I have not
50 got his allegations in front of me on that point, but he is
51 talking about being pressurised. It is hard to know which
52 particular paragraph or bit you are specifically referring
53 to.
54 A. Would you like me to refer to Siamak's statement?
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56 Q. Yes.
57 A. Where is it?
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59 Q. I do not know. You do not know what particular allegations
60 you are referring to in Mr. Alimi's statement?
