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LESLIE NEAL c and d
cross and direct
Question | Answer |
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can you please state your name for the court? | I’m Leslie Neal |
how old are you? | 31 years old |
do you have any higher education? | yes first got a bachelors degree and then a masters in organizational psychology . |
how does this help you in getting work? | well I was able to get a job right out of school and i’m really appreciative |
where were you most recently employed | gordon paint and supplies |
how did you like working at Gordan paint and supplies | i really enjoyed it gordan helped out regularly and before the pandemic hit business was great! |
how long have you been working there? | from right around when it opened in 2016 so around 7 years |
can you describe your relationship with Gordon? | i really respect him . we have a great professional relationship we’ve never had any issues and i think he’s a good boss |
why do you say he is a good boss? | he would always be willing to pitch in with any tasks we were doing |
did you work with anyone? | yes we had over 20 employees at one point |
once the pandemic hit what were some of the biggest challenges gordan paint and supplies had to overcome? | gordan had to make some tough decisions and lay off employees but i was greatful to keep my job and it was really hard finding paint and other supplies to stock the shelves |
when i you were one of four employees what changed at work? | with less employees we all to do a lot more to make sure the bussiness could run through this rough |
when you were working what were you mostly concerned with | the pandemic effects were definitely a concern on top of a problem employee pat wheeler |
how did pats preformance change since the pandemic hit? | before the pandemic he was a good employee but once we were down to 4 employees he got a bad attitude and started coming in late. |
what did you learn the most being at gordan paint and supplies ? | a great deal about management styles and running a business |
while covid reduced the amount of customers what did gordan paint and supplies struggle with the most | not being able to get inventory to stock shelevs and pat began coming into work late |
was this behavior ever acknowledged? | yes he was fired eventually in march 2023 |
where were you when you were fired? | in gordon’s office discussing important financial matters with his advisor ryan casey |
was filing for bankruptcy ever an option for gordan paint and supplies | yes but lindsey wanted to do everything to keep his business running he was determined to get throught the pandemic bump |
what happened when pat was fired ? | he was extremely angry and he made a threatening remark to lindsey before getting escorted out |
when did you see pat next? | at the nobil gas station at 10pm july 28 |
what did you see pat dojng? | he was filling up a 2 gallon gas container |
how did you know it was pat ? | i saw him a lot throught the time we worked together and i knew his eyes we made eye contact |
where did you go after the gas station? | i went home and went to my apartments rooftop and dozed off |
how did you find out gordan paint and supplies was on fire? | i woke up to the smell of smoke and looked out in the distance to see if i could tell where it was coming from? |
where could you tell the fire was from? | it seemed to be in the direction of gordans store so i immediately got in my car |
when you arrived to gordans store what happened ? | the fire department was already there so i immediately texted gordan |
who did you see filling a 2 gallon gas container just hours before this? | pat wheeler |
could you describe what the business looked like in that moment | it was really sad to see the entire thing was up in flames |