ONE commodity in short supply at the Monkton Road Stores appears to be common sense (Hoodie Toddler Gets Store Ban, January 22).

I can understand the policy of requesting customers to remove their hoods while in the shop - but, for goodness sake, a two-year-old wearing cold-weather clothing! Did the staff believe the child was a midget Al Capone with a Tommy gun?

A Dobinson, Askham Lane, Acomb, York.