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                                                                  DAY 216
 
                                                KEVIN HARRISON, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        Colchester store, I was working as if I was a crew member
     2        as part of the training process.
     3
     4        "Generally, people were rushing round the store even when
     5        it was not busy.  This was the hustle element.  Managers
     6        were encouraged to verbally prompt people to hurry - 'Let's
     7        have some hustle'.  In my experience, nowhere else do
     8        people work as quickly or is it expected of you as part and
     9        parcel of the job.  McDonald's is a very pressurised
    10        environment, and nowhere else are you expected to work at
    11        that level for such long periods of time."
    12
    13        Are you happy for that to be taken as your evidence?
    14        A.  Yes.
    15
    16   MS. STEEL:   I have not got any questions.
    17
    18   MR. MORRIS:  No questions.
    19
    20                  Cross-examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
    21
    22   MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Harrison, do you still have your statements
    23        open there?
    24        A.  Pardon?
    25
    26   Q.   Sorry, it is my fault.  It is a very difficult court to
    27        hear.  I will try and bellow at you, if you try and bellow
    28        at me.  Have you still got your handwritten statement
    29        there?
    30        A.  Yes.
    31
    32   Q.   I notice on the first page that you put a figure of
    33        18 per cent on the labour cost target; yes?
    34        A.  Yes.
    35
    36   Q.   It was done from memory, I expect, was it?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   Who suggested to you that it was the wrong figure?
    40        A.  I have arrived at that conclusion on reflection since.
    41        No one suggested it.
    42
    43   Q.   Talk to anybody about it, did you?
    44        A.  No.
    45
    46   Q.   Do you know Mr. Simon Gibney?
    47        A.  Yes.
    48
    49   Q.   Mr. Siamak Alimi?
    50        A.  I would be able to pass him in the street without 
    51        recognising him.  I cannot claim to know him. 
    52 
    53   Q.   You and Mr. Gibney ran a business together for a short
    54        time, did you?
    55        A.  For about a year, yes.
    56
    57   Q.   Was it some kind of a transport business?
    58        A.  A courier business.
    59
    60   Q.   Have you always been interested in cars?
 
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