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     1        become aware whether or not the Local Authority has served
     2        one of these environment/index.html">litter notices on McDonald's, Kings Road?
     3        A.  To my knowledge, I know that the council has never
     4        taken this type of action.
     5
     6   Q.   So far as you know, it has never taken that kind of action?
     7        A.  Yes.
     8
     9   Q.   If such a notice had been served on your predecessor, do
    10        you think you would have been aware of it?
    11        A.  Yes, I should think so.
    12
    13   Q.   What sort of importance does this question of environment/index.html">litter have
    14        in your mind as a manager of a McDonald's store?
    15        A.  It is a very important area.
    16
    17   Q.   Why is it important?
    18        A.  Well, my main priority as a manager is to ensure the
    19        health and well-being of my employees and my customers, but
    20        after that the community is very obviously important as
         well because we have to operate in that local community,
    22        and if there was problems in that local community then a
    23        lot of my time would be spent trying to solve those
    24        problems and trying to deal with those problems; whereas it
    25        could be better spent with my customers and my employees.
    26        Also, the local community is potential customers as well.
    27        If we did not care about those people, then, you know, we
    28        could go out of business.
    29
    30   Q.   Do you have children's birthday parties in your
    31        restaurants?
    32        A.  Yes, we do.
    33
    34   Q.   Are you able to tell -- it may only be a guess but it may
    35        be a valuable guess just the same -- to what extent posh
    36        local residents bring their children into your restaurant
    37        for birthday parties?
    38        A.  In the Chelsea area, I would say that anyone who wished
    39        to have a birthday in McDonald's would come to our
    40        restaurant because of the close proximity of other
         restaurants.  They would, if they lived outside of Chelsea,
    42        then they would go to some other restaurant for a birthday
    43        party, but I think we attract all the people who want
    44        McDonald's birthday parties.
    45
    46   Q.   I know that you come from Scotland, Mr. Stump, and
    47        therefore maybe this is an unfair question:  Can you tell
    48        the difference between a posh and a non-posh English
    49        accent?
    50        A.  I can now. 
    51 
    52   Q.   You can now.  To what extent then -- I ask it this way -- 
    53        do you find what I call posh English children in your
    54        restaurant?
    55        A.  At a rough estimate, approximately 75 per cent of the
    56        children we have in the restaurant probably come from
    57        well-to-do families.
    58
    59   Q.   I would like you to look at some documents and only
    60        briefly.  Behind you in those cardboard shelves you will