Day 191 - 24 Nov 95 - Page 08

     
     1        unfair dismissal?
     2        A.  I did not know I could.
     3
     4   Q.   Your wife did, did she not, Sarah Baker -- Sarah Dunn, as
     5        she then was -- did she not?
     6        A.  Yes, she did.
     7
     8   Q.   You say you did not know about it?
     9        A.  I did not know about it beforehand and ------
    10
    11   Q.   Did she not tell you about it?
    12        A.  Yes, she told me about it.
    13
    14   Q.   Why did you not do it?
    15        A.  I could not be bothered.
    16
    17   Q.   I see.  That is a different answer from the first one, is
    18        it not?  "Did not know about it" was what you first said.
    19        A.  The first time, I did not know about it.  The only
    20        tribunal that I knew of, you had to be working for a firm
         for two years or more, which was a long time.  You know,
    22        I had not been working there for long enough, as far as
    23        I knew.
    24
    25   Q.   But she had been working even less long than you had, had
    26        she not?  She started in January; and she succeeded and she
    27        got compensation, did she not?  You remember that, do you
    28        not?
    29        A.  I think so.  I am not sure.  I do not know if it went
    30        to court or if it was settled out of court.  I do not know.
    31
    32   Q.   It was settled; McDonald's paid her money.  She made the
    33        complaint, they recognised the court, and they paid her
    34        money.  Do you remember that?
    35        A.  Yes.
    36
    37   Q.   Yes.  The reason you did not bring a complaint was that you
    38        knew very well you had been caught red-handed pinching
    39        meat, is it not?
    40        A.  No.
    41
    42   MR. RAMPTON:   My Lord, there is an answer missing from
    43        Caseview.  I hope it comes out on the transcript.  I asked
    44        the witness whether Mr. Terry Eagle has sorted out the
    45        business of the clock cards, and I think because the
    46        witness nodded, the answer "yes" is missing.
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  My note was: "As far as I know, Mr. Eagle was
    49        called in and he sorted it out."
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  Thank you, Mr. Baker. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  (To the witness):  How old are you now?
    54        A.  I am 31.
    55
    56   Q.   When is your birthday?
    57        A.  May 5th.
    58
    59   Q.   So you were just about 21 at the time you left?
    60        A.  Yes.