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Supermarket bosses order boy aged TWO....; ...to take down hood 'for security reasons!
Topic Started: Sep 29 2010, 04:56 PM (143 Views)
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Supermarket bosses order boy aged TWO to take down hood 'for security reasons'
Last updated at 12:19 PM on 29th September 2010



The parents of a two-year-old boy have accused their local Co-op store of a 'total lack of common sense and flexibility' after being asked by a member of staff to take their son's anorak hood down inside the shop.


Corey Read's family were faced with the bizarre security demand - said to be a policy for all Co-op customers - when they visited the store in Norwich. The boy's grandfather Alan Barker, 41, said today: 'I'm so angry at the Co-op's attitude, especially as the weather is getting worse and Corey has to stay warm to avoid getting ear infections.' His mother Stacie Read, 23, explained they had gone to the Co-op along with her five-month-old baby son Finley Read, husband Shane Read, 22, and uncle Chris Read, 21.

Mrs Read, who lives nearby said: 'We'd just gone into the shop to get a few things for our Sunday roast. 'Corey had been complaining of earache, so he had the hood of his coat up. 'We were just near the door when the manager said, 'Do you mind pulling his hood down? 'He told us, 'It's just that eight-year-olds will moan that he's allowed his hood up but they are not.' 'It was especially cold that day and the doors are always open in the shop.'

She added: 'I didn't want Corey getting cold as he is prone to ear infections. We went into Tesco next door straight afterwards and the security guard there didn't say a thing about Corey's hood.' It is understood that because the incident happened on a Sunday the store's regular manager was not on duty. Hoods, hats and other types of headgear are banned by many shops due to fears over crime and anti-social behaviour as it makes it harder to identify offenders using CCTV cameras.

Mrs Read said her husband Shane, a factory worker, was furious but she urged him not to become involved in a row over the issue. Later that day Corey's grandfather, Mr Barker, phoned the store to complain and spoke to the duty manager.

Mr Barker, of Bowthorpe, Norwich, said: 'He told me, We have to do this'. 'He said, We have 90-year-olds who come in and we have to tell them the same thing. 'This is a bad area and we have a lot of stealing. Corey Read's mother Stacie said her son had complained of earache and needed to stay warm 'Corey is quite a skinny little chap and feels the cold,' Mr Barker said.

'He's just two years old and he's hardly going to rob the store.' He added: 'We go in all the local shops and that's the first time that something like this has ever happened to us.' The company has now launched an urgent investigation into the incident. Miriam Harrup, spokeswoman for East of England Co-op, said today: 'We are investigating what happened.'

She went on to explain that the company had a general policy of asking customers to remove helmets and hoods for security reasons but that a common-sense approach was usually taken.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1316157/Supermarket-bosses-order-boy-aged-TWO-hood-security-reasons.html#ixzz10vysxni3


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I, for one, will be VERY interested to see the response of this Co-Op branch should a fully veiled female(?!) attempt to enter this (or any other) Co-Op shop.

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What did the manager think he was going to do? Maybe ram-raid the sweet counter and make a grab for the jelly babies. ^o)

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Sep 29 2010, 04:56 PM


I, for one, will be VERY interested to see the response of this Co-Op branch should a fully veiled female(?!) attempt to enter this (or any other) Co-Op shop.

if a fully veiled female or male entered the shop or any other co-op shop nothing would be said, were as i suppose a two year old child does pose a massive secruity risk, wat a absolute joke
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asking a 2yr old to take his hood down..how ridiculous is that
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Spot the difference!

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I don't blame that security guard at that co-op for asking that kid to take his hood off, My area is riddled with little baby gangsta's, roaming the streets and pram raiding the local off licences. A carefully aimed baby's rattle could quite easily take someone's eye out.
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This is ridiculous. I'd love someone to go to that same Co-Op in a burka with a hidden camera and microphone and see what happens.
NOTHING is my bet.
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Sep 29 2010, 05:26 PM
This is ridiculous. I'd love someone to go to that same Co-Op in a burka with a hidden camera and microphone and see what happens.
NOTHING is my bet.
true..she'd probably helpfully point you in the right direction for the Halal counter
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Sep 29 2010, 05:26 PM
This is ridiculous. I'd love someone to go to that same Co-Op in a burka with a hidden camera and microphone and see what happens.
NOTHING is my bet.

Maybe the local Division can get realistically 'blacked up' and, in an approptiately behaved manner for the dress code, try this out and see what happens?

OR............................

As above but each to enter the shop holding the hand of a two year old child who's wearing a hoody? Now THAT would be interesting to see!

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Sep 29 2010, 05:21 PM
I don't blame that security guard at that co-op for asking that kid to take his hood off, My area is riddled with little baby gangsta's, roaming the streets and pram raiding the local off licences. A carefully aimed baby's rattle could quite easily take someone's eye out.
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