Re: ‘Simon's menacing cheesecutter', (The Weekend Sun, January 13).

Simon should remove his hat as a courtesy, when indoors or addressing a lady.
It is a tradition stemming from old days when the hat was removed on entry to someone's home or meeting someone to show that no weapon was concealed, over the years evolving to a courtesy.

Stop being arrogant Simon, these rules - which banks have had to introduce - are there to protect us all from the possibility of the odd idiot who will have a weapon concealed. Then you'd be the first to squeal. It's like being random searched at the airport, it's for the safety of all, suck it up Simon. It's the world we live in.

B Elvey, Tauranga City.