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alexist at 03:34am on 20/05/2003
alexist at 03:34am on 20/05/2003Age can bring surprising things.
In this case, it's the degeneration of my signature. When I was in my teens, I swore I would never develop a signature like my father's. He was a lawyer, but from his signature you'd think he'd gone to Harvard Medical School. It was that bad.
Until a couple of years ago, I was faithful to this vow. If you look at my driver's license or passport, you'll see a nice, legible script signature. It's not going to win any calligraphy awards, but the individual letters are discernible.
However, since then, it's gotten messier and messier. It started corroding from the inside. The rot has spread from the middle of the words to the ends. Now I start with a nice big A, and it trails off into a scribble. The other day, I looked at the register receipt I was signing and realized that the second half of the scrawl bore absolutely no resemblance to my last name. I had been in such a rush to sign it that I hadn't bothered actually forming the letters.
At this rate, my signature will be totally meaningless by the time I'm 30. I can't imagine what it will be like when I'm 50 or so.
While we're on the subject, what's with those electronic signature screens? The result looks absolutely nothing like any signature you'd produce with a pen and paper, so they're totally useless from a signature point of view. I'm dubious about signed register receipts in general. Sales staff don't seem to pay attention. THe other day I was in the liquor store. My mother had asked me to get her a bottle of wine, and had given me her credit card to pay for it. I gave them the card, and was promptly ID'ed. The clerk didn't notice the difference in the names. I then unthinkingly signed my own name (which I realized once I'd handed it to her) and SHE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE!
In this case, it's the degeneration of my signature. When I was in my teens, I swore I would never develop a signature like my father's. He was a lawyer, but from his signature you'd think he'd gone to Harvard Medical School. It was that bad.
Until a couple of years ago, I was faithful to this vow. If you look at my driver's license or passport, you'll see a nice, legible script signature. It's not going to win any calligraphy awards, but the individual letters are discernible.
However, since then, it's gotten messier and messier. It started corroding from the inside. The rot has spread from the middle of the words to the ends. Now I start with a nice big A, and it trails off into a scribble. The other day, I looked at the register receipt I was signing and realized that the second half of the scrawl bore absolutely no resemblance to my last name. I had been in such a rush to sign it that I hadn't bothered actually forming the letters.
At this rate, my signature will be totally meaningless by the time I'm 30. I can't imagine what it will be like when I'm 50 or so.
While we're on the subject, what's with those electronic signature screens? The result looks absolutely nothing like any signature you'd produce with a pen and paper, so they're totally useless from a signature point of view. I'm dubious about signed register receipts in general. Sales staff don't seem to pay attention. THe other day I was in the liquor store. My mother had asked me to get her a bottle of wine, and had given me her credit card to pay for it. I gave them the card, and was promptly ID'ed. The clerk didn't notice the difference in the names. I then unthinkingly signed my own name (which I realized once I'd handed it to her) and SHE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE!
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