Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 30

     
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     2   Q.   Which?
     3        A.  Siamak.
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     5   Q.   Which one is he so that we can know for the future?
     6        A.  He is the gentleman with the checked blue shirt on.
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     8   Q.   Right.  I would like you just briefly to tell us, how well
     9        do you remember these people, these five people, whose
    10        names I have read out?
    11        A.  Well, I have worked with them all.  Probably Ahmed
    12        Shafibeck is probably the least one that I remember because
    13        he was there for the least of time, but I remember them as
    14        people quite distinctly.
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    16   Q.   Tell us a little bit how you found them as workers and as
    17        people; first of all, Mr. Brett?
    18        A.  Fairly steady, reasonably hard working, a little bit
    19        immature, but generally a reasonably good worker.
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    Q.   What about Mr. Simon Gidney?
    22        A.  Well, he could be outstanding.  Again he could be
    23        immature at times but, generally, I would have regarded him
    24        as a very talented crew member and Floor Manager.
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    26   Q.   What about Catherine Harrison or Scannell, as she then was?
    27        A.  Steady, reasonably good, solid worker, I would say,
    28        quiet.
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    30   Q.   Quiet, you said?
    31        A.  Yes, Kate was fairly quiet.
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    33   Q.   I cut you off.  I apologise.  Saving his blushes, what
    34        about Mr. Alemi?
    35        A.  He was a very hard worker, generally affable, got on
    36        with everybody.
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    38   Q.   Finally, Mr. Kevin Harrison?
    39        A.  I remember him working hard.  He did not seem
    40        particularly happy to be working with McDonald's
         initially.  Out of all of them he was the only one who ever
    42        expressed any negatives about the position at all.
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    44   Q.   I was going to ask you that.  Amongst these five or six, if
    45        you include Mr. Shafibeck, would you categorise, leaving
    46        Mr. Harrison out now, any of the other remaining four or
    47        five as trouble-makers or wingers?
    48        A.  Certainly not, no.
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    50   Q.   Go back, if you can, in your own mind those 10 years or so, 
    51        Mr. Davis, and tell us as briefly as you can, broadly 
    52        speaking, what is the role of the Manager in a restaurant? 
    53        A.  The Manager is accountable for everything that goes on
    54        in the restaurant dealing with the Operations side of
    55        things, hiring of staff, overseeing any disciplinary
    56        matters, ordering scheduling, or at least ensuring that the
    57        ordering and scheduling and that type of thing are done to
    58        a good standard by any Assistant Managers in the
    59        restaurant.  So you are accountable for that particular
    60        restaurant.