Good one.
I think a signature these days mean that you claim to have read and understood the document — rather than authentication.
After all, when was the last time most of us signed a cheque?
I think a signature these days mean that you claim to have read and understood the document — rather than authentication.
After all, when was the last time most of us signed a cheque?
I was sitting on my phone with bad connection during a camping trip trying to scribble a signature that looked like the magic reference signature (that I didn't know) so that my purchase didn't fall through.
What a stupid way to authenticate people.
The cashier agreed with me that it _clearly_ wasn't my signature & "didn't know how it happened". I was in a big rush that day & no longer have the account, but I really regret not escalating it though.
The cleaning service and the car detailing service were cash or check only as was every vendor at the farmers market - which as small operations kind of makes sense.
But so was the propane service, garbage service, the dump - and the electrical utility charged $36 a year to use an E-check (no credit cards accepted).
I wrote a lot of checks.
I assume that they only checked the signature because the payment was outside of my normal habits, because my signature is an inconsistent mess in the best of times (I sign about 10 cheques/year because reasons).
The worst case for me is the stylus pads at checkouts. I can barely use those coherently when I'm not under pressure, so when there are people behind me in line and a cashier waiting for me to leave, the social anxiety kicks in and I get a pair of initials and some extra lines, at best.
That allows companies to get any old doodle from you and it can be considered (part of evidence for) a legally binding agreement.
Last week.
I don't write a lot of checks but there are a fair number of service people, for example, where that's the standard way of paying them.
Certainly my signature is just a scrawl at this point though.