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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                           DAVID ROBERTS, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        A.  If there were things like deliveries going on, you
     2        obviously would have more people for that and then you
     3        would have Managers supervising the areas so that would add
     4        on to that as well.
     5
     6   Q.   Right.  But there would be five people doing the actual
     7        cooking?
     8        A.  Yes, but the Manager would help out obviously as well
     9        if they -- if needs be.  Some of it would be spent training
    10        people, some of it would be hands-on training.
    11
    12   Q.   Right.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When you say "the Manager", do you mean the
    15        Floor Manager who is looking after the kitchen?
    16        A.  Yes.  You would have one -- it is like an area leader
    17        or a Manager, someone who is just basically designated to
    18        look after that area.
    19
    20   MS. STEEL:   Can I just ask, while you were Manager of the
    21        Heathrow store, did you have any Human Resources audits or
    22        Head Office audit?
    23        A.  Yes.
    24
    25   Q.   You did?
    26        A.  Yes.
    27
    28   Q.   What grades were you getting?
    29        A.  I cannot remember.
    30
    31   Q.   You do not remember at all?
    32        A.  No.  I mean, we have so many audits in so many
    33        different restaurants, I could not remember every single
    34        one.
    35
    36   Q.   You do not generally, I mean, you know?
    37        A.  No, I do not, sorry.
    38
    39   Q.   Did you get any failures?
    40        A.  I do not remember what the grades were.  I am sorry.
    41
    42   Q.   You said that you have heard unions being referred to in a
    43        very joking fashion?
    44        A.  That is correct, yes.
    45
    46   Q.   What do you remember about that then?
    47        A.  Well, it is when I was a crew member.
    48
    49   Q.   When you were a crew member?
    50        A.  Yes. 
    51 
    52   Q.   What, people would joke about joining the union? 
    53        A.  No, it was more -- well, certain people would say, if
    54        they did not get this, they would form a union.
    55
    56   Q.   Right.  Is that all you remember about it?
    57        A.  It was in a joking manner.  As a Manager, I have never
    58        been approached by anybody wanting to form a union or ask
    59        about a union.
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