Day 214 - 01 02 96 - Page 27

 
 

                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                                 DAVID ROBERTS, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        wrap and call.  Obviously, if there is a Manager working
     2        there, they may have to do it at some point in their shift.
     3
     4   Q.   Somebody else would then replace them on the wrap and call?
     5        A.  Yes.
     6
     7   Q.   E, at the bottom of the page, "Scheduling": "If you did not
     8        play the game and be 'cooperative' with what Managers
     9        asked, you could be penalised" -- I think the word is, not
    10        "punished", as I read it the other day -- "with the worst
    11        jobs or low hours."  Does that ring any bells with you?
    12        A.  I do not recall playing any games with the schedule.
    13
    14   Q.   Do you ever recall either having done or having asked
    15        somebody else to do this, saying to a crew member: "If you
    16        do not work on this evening, tomorrow you will get the
    17        lavatory cleaning or even get less hours than you have
    18        asked for"?
    19        A.  No, I have never said it.
    20
    21   Q.   I think that is all from me.  Thank you, Mr. Roberts.
    22        Thank you very much.  (Pause)  Sorry.  Mrs. Brinley-Codd
    23        reminds me there is one more thing.  I am sorry, it is
    24        because I did not look at the last page of Mr. Beech's
    25        statement.
    26
    27        At the top, he says, at F*:  "When he left it was a huge
    28        relief."  Do you see that?
    29        A.  Yes, I do.
    30
    31   Q.   Did you interview Mr. Beech when he left?
    32        A.  I spoke to him when he told me he was leaving, yes.
    33
    34   Q.   What is was the nature of your conversation; what happened;
    35        what was said?
    36        A.  At that time, there was quite a few people who were
    37        leaving to return to college; and, because of the crew
    38        situation as it had been, I made a point of speaking to
    39        those people, asking them if they would be returning in
    40        December.  Obviously, at that time, I did not know what the
    41        crew situation in December would be like.
    42
    43   Q.   For December?
    44        A.  For December, yes.  I was still relatively new to the
    45        restaurant, so I wanted to make sure we would have enough
    46        people further down the line; and I asked him if he would
    47        be coming back in December.
    48
    49   Q.   What did he say?
    50        A.  "Yes". 
    51 
    52   Q.   He said "yes".  I mention, Mr. Roberts, because it is 
    53        convenient to do it now, his leaving code was 7, which
    54        I think is mutually agreed?
    55        A.  That is correct.
    56
    57   MR. RAMPTON:   Yes, thank you.
    58
    59
    60   MS. STEEL:  Where do you find the leaving code 7?
 
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