January 04, 2006

There's a very nice curve

I wonder if anyone has the same problem as me when it comes to putting down your signature on official documents or some not so official but still important. You see, how your signature looks really depends on your handwriting. And your handwriting depends on the speed, the slant, the type and the quality of the pen, the quality of the paper and, essentially for me, your mood. Isn't it?

Last week, I had to go to the bank to change my passbook and run a few errands due to the unfortunate defeat of kindness and honesty by greed and dishonesty. It opened opportunities to putting down my signature for the purpose of verification. However, as we all know, the bank is always super crowded at the close of the year. My only access to my money is my bank passbook. Did I have a choice? I queued for a total of about 2 hours at 2 different banks to get the chores done and refurbished my temporary wallet with legal tender. I was obviously not in a joyous mood. My signature, therefore, turned out to be less curvy than the one on the passbook.

So, the tellers, both of them, raised their eyebrows and started telling me 'I think there's a very nice curve...'

I ended up signing 8 times in total. Which started me thinking if I should change my signature to a simpler one that would ensure more consistency even if my mood swings like a pendulum.

Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:41